Carlsberg Inks Consulting and IT Services Contract
Carlsberg IT chooses Accenture for management consulting, systems integration, application development, application maintenance and program management services in Europe under a three-year contract. Carlsberg IT is a subsidiary of Carlsberg that delivers a wide range of business solutions to the Carlsberg Group across Europe. Financial terms of the agreement were not disclosed.
"The focus within Carlsberg on reducing operational costs and increasing business process standardization across our business requires a flexible IT organization with a global presence," says Kenneth Egelund Schmidt, vice president at Carlsberg IT. "Accenture's proven track record in the consumer products industry and world-class managed application services capabilities assures us that entering this collaboration will provide Carlsberg with access to additional IT resources and know-how when and wherever needed, giving us the needed scalability."
Accenture will help Carlsberg IT carry out SAP and Microsoft software implementations in Europe over the next three to five years to replace old legacy systems and implement a common enterprise resource planning platform, supporting standardized business processes and enabling future business growth.
"The focus within Carlsberg on reducing operational costs and increasing business process standardization across our business requires a flexible IT organization with a global presence," says Kenneth Egelund Schmidt, vice president at Carlsberg IT. "Accenture's proven track record in the consumer products industry and world-class managed application services capabilities assures us that entering this collaboration will provide Carlsberg with access to additional IT resources and know-how when and wherever needed, giving us the needed scalability."
Accenture will help Carlsberg IT carry out SAP and Microsoft software implementations in Europe over the next three to five years to replace old legacy systems and implement a common enterprise resource planning platform, supporting standardized business processes and enabling future business growth.