Vazquez: The longer you work in a system that has different ERP systems and different accounting systems, you find ways to have a swivel-chair operation - you find ways to manage through legacy operations. Why are you moving everything to one ERP platform? We are very closely aligned on the supply chain side to the finance group we work together in terms of managing and documenting all of the spend. A lot of these programs that we have are SAP products, and that's where we tie those together as we build the one ERP platform with SAP. Vazquez: We use several SAP systems, whether it's workforce management or Concur for travel and expenses, finance systems. What supply chain management systems and applications do you run? We ship to our 100 million-plus customers directly, with over 130 million items delivered each year. And we do more than just supply chain we also have sourcing, logistics and inventory management.

It's a group of 1,500 professionals in the supply chain organization. Everything in Verizon - holistically and globally - flows through one supply chain organization.

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