Tuesday, January 20, 2009

TCS bags multi-million dollar deal from Ducati

MUMBAI, INDIA: Tata Consultancy Services , today announced that it has won a multi year, multi million dollar deal from Italian auto major Ducati motor holding company.

As per the deal TCS will deliver its technology based services to Ducati that would improve customer responsiveness and business efficiency.

S Ramadorai, TCS' CEO and managing director, Gabriele Del Torchio, Ducati's CEO and president, along with N Chandrasekaran, TCS' COO made this announcement in Mumbai.

Under the partnership, TCS has signed a multi-million dollar, multi-year agreement with Ducati to deliver technology based services that will help to improve customer responsiveness and business efficiency. In the first assignment TCS has been awarded an ERP engagement for Ducati Motor Holding and its subsidiaries in Europe. While TCS has partnered KPMG Advisory Italy for this deal.

S Ramadorai, TCS' CEO and managing director said," Our partnership with Ducati is another example of the cutting edge technology services that TCS is providing to leaders in different sectors and industries. With TCS as its tech partner, Ducati's ability to respond to customers and react to the evolving business environment will increase and help them to effectively use TCS' talent and expertise to boost their presence globally."

Further he added, "Both the companies are iconic and has expertise in respectively fields. Now this new strategic partnership will add value to both brands and products."

Ducati entered the Indian market just about two months back.

"We are proud and hold high respect for TCS. It's important for company like us to remain outstanding and iconic in our field. So we need expertise of TCS to help us improve our products and efficiency," said Gabriele Del Torchio, Ducati's CEO and president.

On commenting about selecting TCS as Ducati's tech partner, Torchio said," Cost is one of the factors along with it the track record of TCS and its success in the field. Already Ferrari has partnered TCS and although we are small company our products are world renowned for its performance. And TCS can help to enhance our products further."

Earlier, Ducati had partnered several American IT companies to help in the technology front. However, the worth of the new deal and number of tech staffs involved in the project are not disclosed here.

N Chandrasekaran, TCS's COO called a strategic partnership between the two companies and said," Significance of this project is to provide technology enhancement and provide efficiency in the areas of Supply Chain management, initially with SAP platform and then to move further in other areas."

TCS will help Ducati in implementing SAP platform that will drive quantum improvement in supply chain management, in areas of forecasts, inventory levels and optimized production plans and overall reduced logistics costs.

No comments:

Post a Comment