No two technology setups are alike within PepsiCo—a situation that costs the company more in initial investment, maintenance and support than it has to. PepsiCo is trying to unify technology across divisions this year but hasn't yet chosen standards for all applications. A sample:
| Pepsi-Cola North America |
| Technology |
Product Description |
| Handheld computer |
Norand 6100 from Intermec Technologies |
| Enterprise software |
Oracle |
| Inventory software |
Great Lakes Software CIMSPAD from Microsoft |
| Databases |
Red Brick Warehouse from IBM; Sybase |
| Analysis tools |
Various Cognos tools |
| Servers |
HP 9000 from Hewlett-Packard |
| Frito-Lay |
| Handheld computer |
Devices from Intermec and Fujitsu Transaction Solutions |
| Sales software |
Custom systems |
| Enterprise software |
Oracle financials and human resources; i2 supply chain |
| Analysis tools |
Tools from Business Objects and Hyperion |
| Databases |
IBM DB2; Oracle |
| Transportation system |
OmniTracs and OmniExpress from Qualcomm; DigitalFreight from Manugistics |
| Servers |
IBM 3090 mainframes, RS/6000s and various PC servers |
| Tropicana |
| Handheld computer |
Fujitsu |
| Sales software |
CMS-Pro from Interactive Edge |
| Enterprise software |
Oracle 11i E-Business |
| Analysis tools |
Various, including tools from Comshare and Hyperion |
| Transportation system |
RT-2000 ReeferTrak wireless and satellite railroad monitoring system from StarTrak |
| Databases |
Oracle; Microsoft Access |
| Servers |
Digital Equipment VAX and Alpha minicomputers from Hewlett-Packard |
| Quaker Oats |
| Handheld computer |
None |
| Sales software |
Sales Enterprise and eConsumer Goods Sales from Siebel Systems |
| Enterprise software |
Was SAP; now has reverted to custom-built applications |
| Analysis tools |
PowerCenter and PowerConnect for Siebel from Informatica |
| Databases |
Oracle 8 |
| Servers |
HP 9000 and HP rp8400, DEC Alpha and various Compaq PC servers from Hewlett-Packard |
| Pepsi Business Solutions Group |
| Data warehouse |
IBM DB2 and UDB |
| Analysis tools |
Hyperion Essbase |
| Pepsi Bottling Group |
| Handheld computer |
Pocket PC 2002 from Symbol Technologies |
| Sales software |
Mainly custom-coded in Java and Microsoft .NET C#; and eConsumer Goods Call Center from Siebel Systems |
| Enterprise software |
Oracle GEMMS (modified in-house with PowerBuilder tools) |
| Human Resources |
PeopleSoft 8 |
| Analysis tools |
Various, including tools from Business Objects, Hyperion and Informatica |
| Databases |
IBM DB2; Microsoft SQL Server; Oracle 8; Sybase 10 and 11 |
| Servers |
IBM RS/6000 and 3090 mainframes; Hewlett-Packard Unix servers |
| PepsiAmericas |
| Handheld computer |
PDT 8000 from Symbol Technologies |
| Sales software |
Combination of custom-coded and RouteXpress package from Extended Technologies |
| Enterprise software |
PeopleSoft 7 and 8 |
| Databases |
Oracle 8 |
| Servers |
HP 9000 from Hewlett-Packard |
| SOURCE: Baseline Research |
Projects: Integration 
