Whirlpool Corporation moves to Google Apps to build its “winning workplace”

See what Google Apps customer Mike Heim, CIO of Whirlpool Corporation, has to say about Going Google. Whirlpool is the world’s leading manufacturer and marketer of major home appliances. Can you tell us about Whirlpool, your business and your decision to move to Google Apps? Whirlpool is in a very competitive market. We’re the world’s leading manufacturer and marketer of major home appliances with 68,000 employees and 66 manufacturing and technology research centers around the world. We market Whirlpool, Maytag, KitchenAid, Jenn-Air, Amana, Brastemp, Consul, Bauknecht and other major brand names to consumers in nearly every country around the world. Our products are very different globally, but the design principles and the ability to scale depend on our ability to interact and move at pace. One of the challenges we face is the need to innovate faster. We believe Google Apps is critical to helping us do that — to collapse geography and take the best of the global ideas and apply them locally. Google Apps is a simple solution in many ways, but the features are actually very sophisticated, enabling us to surround our business processes with the right tools to connect people. It allows us to unleash the talent in […]

Whirlpool Corporation moves to Google Apps to build its “winning workplace”

See what Google Apps customer Mike Heim, CIO of Whirlpool Corporation, has to say about Going Google. Whirlpool is the world’s leading manufacturer and marketer of major home appliances. Can you tell us about Whirlpool, your business and your decision to move to Google Apps? Whirlpool is in a very competitive market. We’re the world’s leading manufacturer and marketer of major home appliances with 68,000 employees and 66 manufacturing and technology research centers around the world. We market Whirlpool, Maytag, KitchenAid, Jenn-Air, Amana, Brastemp, Consul, Bauknecht and other major brand names to consumers in nearly every country around the world. Our products are very different globally, but the design principles and the ability to scale depend on our ability to interact and move at pace. One of the challenges we face is the need to innovate faster. We believe Google Apps is critical to helping us do that — to collapse geography and take the best of the global ideas and apply them locally. Google Apps is a simple solution in many ways, but the features are actually very sophisticated, enabling us to surround our business processes with the right tools to connect people. It allows us to unleash the talent in […]

Whirlpool Corporation moves to Google Apps to build its “winning workplace”

See what Google Apps customer Mike Heim, CIO of Whirlpool Corporation, has to say about Going Google. Whirlpool is the world’s leading manufacturer and marketer of major home appliances. Can you tell us about Whirlpool, your business and your decision to move to Google Apps? Whirlpool is in a very competitive market. We’re the world’s leading manufacturer and marketer of major home appliances with 68,000 employees and 66 manufacturing and technology research centers around the world. We market Whirlpool, Maytag, KitchenAid, Jenn-Air, Amana, Brastemp, Consul, Bauknecht and other major brand names to consumers in nearly every country around the world. Our products are very different globally, but the design principles and the ability to scale depend on our ability to interact and move at pace. One of the challenges we face is the need to innovate faster. We believe Google Apps is critical to helping us do that — to collapse geography and take the best of the global ideas and apply them locally. Google Apps is a simple solution in many ways, but the features are actually very sophisticated, enabling us to surround our business processes with the right tools to connect people. It allows us to unleash the talent in […]

Whirlpool Corporation moves to Google Apps to build its “winning workplace”

See what Google Apps customer Mike Heim, CIO of Whirlpool Corporation, has to say about Going Google. Whirlpool is the world’s leading manufacturer and marketer of major home appliances. Can you tell us about Whirlpool, your business and your decision to move to Google Apps? Whirlpool is in a very competitive market. We’re the world’s leading manufacturer and marketer of major home appliances with 68,000 employees and 66 manufacturing and technology research centers around the world. We market Whirlpool, Maytag, KitchenAid, Jenn-Air, Amana, Brastemp, Consul, Bauknecht and other major brand names to consumers in nearly every country around the world. Our products are very different globally, but the design principles and the ability to scale depend on our ability to interact and move at pace. One of the challenges we face is the need to innovate faster. We believe Google Apps is critical to helping us do that — to collapse geography and take the best of the global ideas and apply them locally. Google Apps is a simple solution in many ways, but the features are actually very sophisticated, enabling us to surround our business processes with the right tools to connect people. It allows us to unleash the talent in […]

Whirlpool Corporation moves to Google Apps to build its “winning workplace”

See what Google Apps customer Mike Heim, CIO of Whirlpool Corporation, has to say about Going Google. Whirlpool is the world’s leading manufacturer and marketer of major home appliances. Can you tell us about Whirlpool, your business and your decision to move to Google Apps? Whirlpool is in a very competitive market. We’re the world’s leading manufacturer and marketer of major home appliances with 68,000 employees and 66 manufacturing and technology research centers around the world. We market Whirlpool, Maytag, KitchenAid, Jenn-Air, Amana, Brastemp, Consul, Bauknecht and other major brand names to consumers in nearly every country around the world. Our products are very different globally, but the design principles and the ability to scale depend on our ability to interact and move at pace. One of the challenges we face is the need to innovate faster. We believe Google Apps is critical to helping us do that — to collapse geography and take the best of the global ideas and apply them locally. Google Apps is a simple solution in many ways, but the features are actually very sophisticated, enabling us to surround our business processes with the right tools to connect people. It allows us to unleash the talent in […]