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Toolway selects Birlasoft for SAP implementation
MUMBAI: Birlasoft (India) Limited has announced its selection as a strategic partner to Toolway Industries Ltd., a Toronto, Canada based company to implement SAP S4 HANA 1610 along with SAP Hybris B2B for modernizing its ERP systems. Birlasoft will offer end-to-end implementation services of SAP S/4 HANA including HCM, SFIN (FICO), Fiori, SD, MM/ IM, PI/ PO, EWM modules, BOBJ and Hybris B2B.
Through this newly expanded relationship, Toolway, an importer and distributor of high quality tools and accessories, will benefit from bolstered implementation services, and enhanced solution delivery by Birlasoft. The implementation of SAP S4 HANA ERP and Hybris Solution at Toolway will enable operational efficiencies by simplifying business processes and integrating them into a single platform. It will also help Toolway to reduce the complexity of day to day operations by enabling greater visibility and enhancing customer care services.
Birlasoft COO Dharmender Kapoor said, “At Birlasoft, SAP implementation capabilities have been a key pillar for delivering high quality technology solutions. We will be leveraging our domain expertise along with innovative methodologies to ensure that Toolway gets the most out of its SAP implementation and thereby meets its business objectives.”
Toolway president Asher Peres said, “We are very excited to partner with Birlasoft which is a well-respected and well-positioned company to address high profile projects. We have full confidence in their ability to deliver this project and make it a success.”
Director of IT Jay Khaware said, “SAP S4 HANA & Hybris Ecommerce is a next generation business suite which will help us to accelerate our business processes by simplifying our IT environment. It has greater flexibility to overcome present challenges and streamline future business and system requirements. Birlasoft possesses great capability of delivering high quality SAP projects into different business verticals. We are excited to work with them.”
Over the years, Birlasoft has taken various steps in helping the customer automate and streamline processes through Technology.
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Estée Lauder to shed 10,000 jobs as new boss bets on digital shift
The cosmetics giant raises its profit outlook but stays silent on a possible merger with Spain’s Puig, as job cuts deepen and a three-year sales slump weighs on the turnaround
NEW YORK: Stéphane de La Faverie is not done cutting. Estée Lauder announced on Friday that it plans to eliminate as many as 3,000 additional jobs, taking its total redundancy programme to as many as 10,000 roles, up from a previous target of 7,000 announced a year ago. The company, which owns La Mer, The Ordinary, Tom Ford, and Aveda, employs roughly 57,000 people worldwide. The mathematics of what is now being contemplated is stark.
The fresh round of cuts is expected to generate a further $200 million in savings, bringing the total annual savings from the programme to as much as $1.2 billion before taxes. That money, De La Faverie has made clear, will be ploughed back into the turnaround.
A CEO in a hurry
De La Faverie, who took the helm in January 2025, inherited a company that had endured three consecutive years of annual sales declines. His response has been to move fast and cut deep. A significant portion of the latest redundancies reflects his push to reduce headcount at US department stores, long a cornerstone of Estée Lauder’s distribution model but now a channel in structural decline. In their place, he is accelerating the shift toward faster-growing online platforms, including Amazon.com and TikTok Shop, a pivot that is reshaping not just where Estée Lauder sells but how it thinks about its customers.
The numbers are moving in the right direction
Despite the pain, there are signs the medicine is working. Estée Lauder raised its profit outlook for the remainder of the fiscal year, guiding for adjusted earnings per share in the range of $2.35 to $2.45, above analyst estimates and a notable step up from the $2.05 to $2.25 range it had guided for in February. Organic net sales growth is expected to come in at 3 per cent, the company said, at the high end of the range it set out in February.
The share price tells a mixed story. After De La Faverie took charge, the stock surged nearly 60 per cent, buoyed by investor optimism that a longtime company insider could finally arrest the decline. But 2026 has been rougher: the shares have fallen 27 per cent this year, weighed down by disappointing February results and the overhang of unresolved merger talks with Spanish beauty giant Puig Brands SA. The company gave no additional details about those discussions on Friday, leaving the market to guess.
Silence on Puig
The proposed tie-up with Puig remains the most consequential unknown hanging over Estée Lauder. A deal with the Barcelona-based group, which owns brands including Carolina Herrera and Rabanne, would reshape the global luxury beauty landscape. But with nothing new to say and a turnaround still very much in progress, De La Faverie is asking investors to trust the process.
Three years of sales declines, 10,000 job cuts, and a merger that may or may not happen. At Estée Lauder, the overhaul has barely started.
