Italian pasta maker Barilla identified several important elements when it began its SWIFT project. Security and control were two main reasons justifying the effort and investment, and treasury optimisation was another important consideration. The new set-up allows central treasury to decide the time and the size of the payments. In addition, Barilla was able to significantly reduce its cost associated with maintaining dozens of local set-ups, each one with its own fee and related maintenance costs, by implementing a central infrastructure.