World Rugby: , Ireland Managing Performance off the Pitch and in the Cloud at World Rugby

itelligence demonstrated a solid understanding of our business requirements and recommended a compelling SAP Cloud solution. With SAP Business ByDesign, we have a comprehensive ERP solution with strong financial management and enhanced reporting.

Clare Skelly, ERP Project Manager, World Rugby

Disparate systems with no integration SAP Business ByDesign Hard for management to get a holistic view of the SAP SuccessFactors (Employee Central, business Performance & Goals and Recruitment Over-reliance on excel spreadsheets Management) No central system to manage employees and their SAP Concur (Expenses and Travel) career aspirations

Benefits itelligence demonstrated a solid understanding of Single ERP platform for Finance, Purchasing, and our business requirements Project Management Strength of itelligence consultants, bringing both Easy access to all financial information business and SAP knowledge Tracking of grants and projects SAP applications integration expertise HCM efficiencies to attract, align, develop and Local Irish presence with global operations reward every employee Quick and easy means for all employees to claim expenses

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Organisational Transformation We needed a wide-ranging World Rugby is the global governing body for the IT strategy to support the sport of . With a mission to grow the game globally, it is responsible for the regulation and growth objectives of our development of the game, as well as the organisation organisation. With SAP Business of the , the sport's pinnacle ByDesign we were able to quickly tournament held every four years. World Rugby also introduce a cloud ERP solution organises many other international rugby with complete, on-the-go visibility competitions, such as the HSBC World Series, the World Rugby U20 Championship, and the into our business operations. World Rugby Pacific Nations Cup. Clare Skelly, ERP Project Manager, World Rugby Organisation: World Rugby

World Rugby previously had a number of disparate IT Industry: systems with a lack of integration. This made it International difficult to understand how the whole organisation With the flexibility to operate in a more streamlined worked together with an over-reliance on separate manner, World Rugby can manage daily transactions Key Facts: World Rugby organises a legacy applications and multiple spreadsheets which more efficiently and forecast with increased accuracy. number of global sporting often resulted in duplication of effort. In order to gain events: Additionally, travel-related spend has been § Rugby World Cup the required transparency into business operations, streamlined with SAP Concur that enables tight § HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series World Rugby initiated a core business system controls of employee spend, in-depth expense insight, § World Rugby U20 replacement project as part of their organisational and compliance with company policy. Championship § World Rugby Pacific transformation initiative. Nations Cup As the governing-body for rugby with a global Gaining Operational Visibility reputation, the ability to attract and develop the very Number of Employees: 95+ employees The key aim of the transformation initiative was to best talent is critical. The new integrated introduce efficiencies across the organisation with a SuccessFactors HCM suite will align closely with Turnover: £344,853,000 (2015) focus on Finance and HR business functions. After a World Rugby's HR strategy and improve HR efficiency comprehensive ERP selection process, itelligence was and productivity, accelerating performance through Website: www.worldrugby.org selected to deliver an SAP cloud solution covering collaboration across the organisation and provide a Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Customer strong foundation for enhanced team performance. Relationship Management (CRM), Business Intelligence (BI), Human Capital Management Clare concluded “It was very important for World (HCM) and Enterprise Content Management (ECM). Rugby to select an ERP platform with a solid roadmap and clear investment strategy. Additionally, we World Rugby introduced SAP Business ByDesign to required an SAP partner who possessed a strong track more than 95 users at its Dublin headquarters and record of Cloud ERP capability coupled with an around the world. World Rugby are now able to drive ability to understand the culture of our organisation. business improvements across their global operations We found this partner with itelligence.” with optimised finance, human resource and supplier processes. Finance are now benefiting from end-to- end processes, integrated analytics, and timely reporting.

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