Danish brewer Carlsberg has awarded a three-year contract for management consultancy and IT services at its European business to Accenture.
Financial terms of the agreement, which is with Carlsberg IT, a subsidiary of Carlsberg that delivers business solutions to the Carlsberg Group across Europe, were not disclosed.
“The focus within Carlsberg on reducing operational costs and increasing business process standardisation across our business requires a flexible IT organisation with a global presence,” said 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 standardised business processes and enabling future business growth.
The collaboration will enable Carlsberg to meet future delivery demands by having a scalable IT organisation. According to Accenture, the agreement is designed to help Carlsberg:
- achieve strategic objectives and initiatives
- realise long-term benefits from reduced IT costs
- improve the pace of Carlsberg’s IT application development and maintenance process
- increase organisational flexibility by having access to the right skills at the right time, thereby accelerating the mobilization of resources
“Carlsberg has a culture of quality, innovation and continuous improvement, and this programme should help it to continue to deliver high performance,” said Henrik Rasmussen, a senior executive in Accenture’s consumer goods & services practice.
“The standardisation of business processes and applications across functions and borders will help to create simplified and streamlined operations, enabling Carlsberg to respond quickly and effectively to the changing business environment.”