Chazey Partners Case Study Series | 1 EMBEDDING STANDARDIZATION THROUGH MULTIFUNCTIONAL SHARED SERVICES © Chazey Partners 2014 Case Study Series Understanding what drives and what limits planned efficiency gains Case Study: Gerdau (Latin America and Spain)Chazey Partners Case Study Series | 2 I n tr od uction Gerdau is the largest producer of long steel in America, with steel mills in the United States, Brazil, Argentina, Canada, Chile, Colombia, the Dominican Republic, Guatemala, India, Mexico, Peru, Venezuela and Spain. While traditionally each country housed and managed its own administrative (back office) functions through a decentralized model, management recognized that the benefits derived from implementing Shared Services – namely labor arbitrage and standardization –

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