Accenture has signed a five-year application co-sourcing contract with British American Tobacco (BAT). Under the terms of the deal, Accenture will help BAT to improve design, development and implementation of information technology (IT) services for the company’s business operations.
Accenture and BAT will jointly design a range of applications for BAT’s functions, including finance, supply chain, sales and marketing, with Accenture developing these applications for global, regional and local use.
BAT said that the programme will allow it to transform its services delivery function into a global, simplified and standardised operation.
Accenture said that it will deliver the co-sourced services through a joint application development centre with BAT in Spain and through the Accenture Global Delivery Network, including the use of delivery centres in Philippines and India.
Craig Wallace, head of solution delivery at BAT, said: “We believe that this co-sourced programme will make us considerably more effective across our global enterprise. Collaborating with Accenture on this programme will greatly enhance our knowledge, skills and capabilities and enable us to more quickly reshape and transform solution delivery within our business.
“Accenture is arguably the leader in this field and brings world-class people, tools and assets, combined with a deep understanding of and close relationships with SAP and Siebel.”
