{"id":4841,"date":"2023-04-16T12:30:45","date_gmt":"2023-04-16T12:30:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thedifferenceconsulting.com\/?page_id=4841"},"modified":"2023-07-13T02:41:17","modified_gmt":"2023-07-13T02:41:17","slug":"levi-strauss-co","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/thedifferenceconsulting.com\/levi-strauss-co\/","title":{"rendered":"Levi Strauss &amp; Co"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"4841\" class=\"elementor elementor-4841\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-a75569a elementor-section-content-bottom clients-header elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a75569a\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 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data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"iamcentered\">Challenge<\/h3><p>Levi Strauss &amp; Co had a \u201ctoo big to fail\u201d program to create a globally integrated Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system and set of processes. This multi-year, company-wide program needed to bring together cross-functional leaders to understand how to get the most business value from the investment while keeping profits strong. The program was required for the continued growth of the $5.8B company but could only be successful by gaining the perspectives of, and active involvement from, its key global leaders.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-229d8ef\" data-id=\"229d8ef\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c92485f elementor-align-left elementor-tablet-align-center elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget-tablet__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-lottie\" data-id=\"c92485f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;source_json&quot;:{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/thedifferenceconsulting.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/05\\\/an2.json&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:7369,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;source&quot;:&quot;library&quot;},&quot;source&quot;:&quot;media_file&quot;,&quot;caption_source&quot;:&quot;none&quot;,&quot;link_to&quot;:&quot;none&quot;,&quot;trigger&quot;:&quot;arriving_to_viewport&quot;,&quot;viewport&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;%&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:{&quot;start&quot;:0,&quot;end&quot;:100}},&quot;play_speed&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:1,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;start_point&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;%&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:0,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;end_point&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;%&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:100,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;renderer&quot;:&quot;svg&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"lottie.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"e-lottie__container\"><div class=\"e-lottie__animation\"><\/div><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b38b7a0 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget-tablet__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b38b7a0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"iamcentered\"><span style=\"background-color: var(--nv-site-bg); letter-spacing: var(--bodyLetterSpacing); text-transform: var(--bodyTextTransform);\">Solution<\/span><\/h3><p>Levi\u2019s contracted theDifference to run an engagement that included executive interviews, data organization and a global 3 day Design Forum held at the Presidio Trust in San Francisco. The interviews revealed that education was needed, specifically learning about the program lessons from its initial implementation and the latest visions for Distribution, Wholesale, Direct to Consumer and AI\/Machine Learning.<\/p><p>We gathered 65 global leaders to have spirited conversations about how moving from 8 ERP systems to 1 could impact all regions and customers. The leaders challenged each other and defined streamlined processes and actions.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-4bdcfef\" data-id=\"4bdcfef\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7db103b elementor-align-left elementor-tablet-align-center elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget-tablet__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-lottie\" data-id=\"7db103b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;source_json&quot;:{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/thedifferenceconsulting.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/05\\\/an3.json&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:7370,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;source&quot;:&quot;library&quot;},&quot;source&quot;:&quot;media_file&quot;,&quot;caption_source&quot;:&quot;none&quot;,&quot;link_to&quot;:&quot;none&quot;,&quot;trigger&quot;:&quot;arriving_to_viewport&quot;,&quot;viewport&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;%&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:{&quot;start&quot;:0,&quot;end&quot;:100}},&quot;play_speed&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:1,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;start_point&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;%&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:0,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;end_point&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;%&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:100,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;renderer&quot;:&quot;svg&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"lottie.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"e-lottie__container\"><div class=\"e-lottie__animation\"><\/div><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3d6212d elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3d6212d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"iamcentered\"><span style=\"white-space: pre-wrap;\">Impact<\/span><\/h3><p>Our effort aimed to compress 6-9 months of alignment into three days. For Levi\u2019s, the program\u2019s cost savings would have a huge bottom-line impact, but the real focus was how streamlined the business would be for customers and regions. theDifference helped guide a very complex set of conversations for the highest level of the organization. Levi\u2019s told us, \u201cWe\u2019ve done a lot of these types of intensive interventions, and this was by far the best.\u201d<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-de0a2a3 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"de0a2a3\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-405114c\" data-id=\"405114c\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3033245 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"3033245\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"650\" height=\"445\" src=\"https:\/\/thedifferenceconsulting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Rectangle-7-1-1.webp\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-7482\" alt=\"globally integrated ERP\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thedifferenceconsulting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Rectangle-7-1-1.webp 650w, https:\/\/thedifferenceconsulting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Rectangle-7-1-1-300x205.webp 300w, https:\/\/thedifferenceconsulting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Rectangle-7-1-1-500x342.webp 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3a55d99\" data-id=\"3a55d99\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4ada373 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"4ada373\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"632\" height=\"445\" src=\"https:\/\/thedifferenceconsulting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Rectangle-8-1.webp\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-7483\" alt=\"globally integrated ERP\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thedifferenceconsulting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Rectangle-8-1.webp 632w, https:\/\/thedifferenceconsulting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Rectangle-8-1-300x211.webp 300w, https:\/\/thedifferenceconsulting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Rectangle-8-1-500x352.webp 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 632px) 100vw, 632px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1920a87 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1920a87\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2494378\" data-id=\"2494378\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-320f82a elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"320f82a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>\u201cThis was the fastest, best way to align our global leaders to unlock growth for the brands. This was a huge success.\u201d\n<\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-129d6c5 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"129d6c5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Walter Ettlin, VP Finance, Global Supply Chain<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-367f43d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"367f43d\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2bc9f45\" data-id=\"2bc9f45\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8e74e78 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"8e74e78\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"609\" height=\"770\" src=\"https:\/\/thedifferenceconsulting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Rectangle-22-1.webp\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-7485\" alt=\"globally integrated ERP\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thedifferenceconsulting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Rectangle-22-1.webp 609w, https:\/\/thedifferenceconsulting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Rectangle-22-1-237x300.webp 237w, https:\/\/thedifferenceconsulting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Rectangle-22-1-500x632.webp 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 609px) 100vw, 609px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b73ebf8 elementor-hidden-mobile\" data-id=\"b73ebf8\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f681189 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f681189\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5 style=\"font-family: Montserrat, sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none;\">3\n<\/h5><h2 style=\"letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none;\">days of work\n<\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9f37b67 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9f37b67\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5>5<\/h5><h2>mega-processes agreed upon<\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-064aab2 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"064aab2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5>1<\/h5>\n<h2><b><\/b>aligned vision of globally integrated ERP<\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7f1327e elementor-hidden-mobile elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7f1327e\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-231b3f5\" data-id=\"231b3f5\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b432108 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"b432108\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! 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