Discover the latest software purchases and digital transformation initiatives being undertaken by De La Rue and its business and technology executives. Each quarter our research team identifies on-prem and cloud applications that are being used by the 1800 De La Rue employees from the public (Press Releases, Customer References, Testimonials, Case Studies and Success Stories) and proprietary sources.
During our research, we have identified that De La Rue has purchased the following applications: SAP Business ByDesign for ERP Financial in 2017, SAP Business Planning and Consolidation for EPM in 2016, SAP Concur Expense for Expense Management in 2017 and the related IT decision-makers and key stakeholders.
Our database provides customer insight and contextual information on which enterprise applications and software systems De La Rue is running and its propensity to invest more and deepen its relationship with SAP , Advance Systems , Sage or identify new suppliers as part of their overall Digital and IT transformation projects to stay competitive, fend off threats from disruptive forces, or comply with internal mandates to improve overall enterprise efficiency.
We have been analyzing De La Rue revenues, which have grown to $439.0 million in 2023, plus its IT budget and roadmap, cloud software purchases, aggregating massive amounts of data points that form the basis of our forecast assumptions for De La Rue intention to invest in emerging technologies such as AI, Machine Learning, IoT, Blockchain, Autonomous Database or in cloud-based ERP, HCM, CRM, EPM, Procurement or Treasury applications.
About the Customer
De La Rue plc is a British banknote manufacturing, security printing of passports and tax stamps, brand authentication and paper-making company with headquarters in Basingstoke, Hampshire, England.
Scope and Challenges
By the end of 2016, De La Rue decided it was time to take steps in solving the problems the business was facing some time. Among other challenges the main goals they wanted to achieve by getting themselves into a digital transformation were: Multiple systems in multiple locations running different processes on different systems, many of which were inadequately supported; Time lost pulling data from the system to make the best business decision possible; Need for a solution that serves as a platform across the company to support state-of-the-art business processes with consistent, real-time data in a unified way.
Outcome and Implications
The digital transformation process for De La Rue started with the help of their implementation partner Itelligence Group. They transitioned finance program from Sage X3 ERP to SAP Business ByDesign, a cloud-based ERP solution with a value of over £5M. De La Rue continued the transformation with the implementation of the supporting technology such as SAP BPC, Concur Expense Management System, and Travel Management System.
With SAP Business ByDesign, De La Rue consolidate multiple Finance EPR systems, migrated and consolidated the AP, AR, O2C, R2R and GA finance functions from multiple teams to a single team.
Quotes
"With SAP Business ByDesign, we move toward one blueprint on how to do business across the company, equipping people to focus on what they do best and with the data to make the best possible decisions." Keith Robinson, Finance Transformation Program Director, De La Rue Plc.
| Vendor | Old Product | New Product | Category | Market | Users | VAR/SI | When | Live |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon Web Services (AWS) | Legacy Apps | Amazon EC2 | Application Hosting and Computing Services | IaaS | n/a | n/a | 2016 | 2016 |
| Subscribe | Subscribe | Subscribe | Content Delivery Network | IaaS | Subscribe | Subscribe | 2017 | 2017 |
| Subscribe | Subscribe | Subscribe | Content Delivery Network | IaaS | Subscribe | Subscribe | 2020 | 2020 |
| Subscribe | Subscribe | Subscribe | Secure Email Gateways (SEGs) | IaaS | Subscribe | Subscribe | 2016 | 2016 |
| Subscribe | Subscribe | Subscribe | Web Application Firewalls (WAF) | IaaS | Subscribe | Subscribe | 2017 | 2017 |
| Subscribe | Subscribe | Subscribe | Application Hosting and Computing Services | IaaS | Subscribe | Subscribe | 2018 | 2018 |