Network Integration: Keeping Traffic in the Fast Lane - ' Inergy Base Case ' (
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Inergy Base Case
U.S. Headquarters: 2710 Bellingham Drive, Troy, MI 48083
Phone: (248) 743-5700
Business: Manufactures plastic automobile fuel tanks and related systems for Toyota, DaimlerChrysler, General Motors and others.
Chief Information Officer: David Stephens, vice president, information systems and services
Financials in 2005: Revenue of about 1.3 billion euros (about $1.6 billion).
Challenge: Formed in 2000 as a joint venture of European plastics companies, Inergy has had to integrate previously separate networks, centralize information services to save costs, and boost network performance to ensure those newly centralized services would function properly.
Baseline Goals:
Boost effective bandwidth by 200%; actually achieved 300%.
Reduce the number of Windows network domains by 90% and the administrative manpower required to administer them by 80%. Actual: 95% and 85%, respectively.
Cease adding to wide-area network bandwidth every six months, saving about $300,000 per year in telecommunications costs for bandwidth upgrades.
Realize a 2.25-year payback on its $2 million network integration project.
Projects: Integration 
