Information Technology

In today's highly competitive business world, Information Technology professionals are a vital part of an organization’s ongoing business success. BASF's Information Technology community is comprised of the Corporate Information Technology group, located within the Mount Olive, NJ, Headquarters campus and several site-based IT groups located throughout the NAFTA region community. All of BASF’s IT groups function as an integrated IS Community, whose primary function is to support the growing technology needs of our businesses and the expanding marketplace. These teams also work closely together to establish community-wide IT standards and to offer support to our colleagues who use this technology to manufacture and market BASF’s products and services.

Our Corporate IT organization focuses primarily on large-scale client-server, mainframe and web-based projects. In addition, it provides PC, infrastructure and customer support services. The IT organizations within BASF are considered to be valued business partners who consistently provide innovative business-oriented solutions through the use of information technology.

Organizational Structure:

Application Support Teams

This is the largest group within the Corporate Information Technology organization. These teams maintain and develop Corporate applications. They also maintain and create Data Warehouse information resources. They are the primary resource for core systems such as:

• SAP R/3
• Sales Force Automation
• Web Application Development

IS Customer Services

This group focuses closely on the needs of BASF's internal customers. They interact every day with end-users and are involved in making technology work effectively within the business environment. Their teams include:

• CA Unicenter support
• PC and LAN support
• PC Standardization
• HELP Desk

Administration and Controlling

This group is responsible for several important corporate functions, among which are IT security, budgeting and reporting, quality assurance and software standards and compliance. The role of Administration and Controlling is to focus on three main areas: results, people, and finances.

Infrastructure Services

Infrastructure is responsible for local and wide-area network support as well as telephone, FAX and wireless services. It also has teams that perform computer operations services for several facilities within the BASF network. Its teams include:

• Novell LAN Server support
• UNIX Server support
• R & D / Networking Technologies
• Data and Voice Communication