By: Jon Huntress, Special Events Correspondent, BPM Institute
An Interview with Mark Evans, CIO of Tesoro Petroleum
Tesoro Petroleum is an independent refiner and marketer of petroleum products. They have refineries in Washington, Alaska, Hawaii and 240 retail stations including Mirastar stations at Wal-Mart's. They also provide marine logistics services.
Their IT strategy was to create an infrastructure that positions Tesoro to benefit from current Internet technology while integrating disparate sources of information with SAP back office. By doing this they hoped to improve Tesoro's business processes, lower costs, make faster turn-arounds and fewer mistakes. They also wanted to decrease the high overhead costs associated with running SAP.