Hanesbrands (HBI)

The integration of our information technology systems is complex, and any delay or problem with this integration may cause serious disruption or harm to our business.

As part of our efforts to consolidate our operations, we are in the process of integrating currently unrelated information technology systems across our company which have resulted in operational inefficiencies and in some cases increased our costs. This process involves the replacement of eight independent systems environments running on different technology platforms with a unified enterprise system, which will integrate all of our departments and functions onto common software that runs off a single database. We are subject to the risk that we will not able to absorb the level of systems change, commit the necessary resources or focus the management attention necessary for the implementation to succeed. Many key strategic initiatives of major business functions, such as our supply chain and our finance operations, depend on advanced capabilities enabled by the new systems and if we fail to properly execute or if we miss critical deadlines in the implementation of this initiative, we could experience serious disruption and harm to our business.