TCS bags deal from United Biscuits
Business Standard — December 7, 2006

IT major Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) has received a five-year, multi-million pound managed services contract from Europe's leading manufacturer and marketer of biscuits and snacks, United Biscuits (UB). TCS has won the contract over UB's preferred partner for the last five years.

TCS will be UB's preferred IT supplier for applications development and support in the UK.

The Tata firm will also provide end-to-end IT support services for UB ranging from application support, projects, business analysis services, strategic IT programmes and value-added initiatives for its UK markets.

TCS will also service critical applications covering key business functions of manufacturing and supply chain, the company said in a release here today. However, the financial details of the deal were not disclosed.

"This win strengthens our penetration in the consumer goods industry," TCS vice president and country manager (UK and Ireland), A S Lakshminarayanan, said.

"I am confident that TCS will provide United Biscuits with the best possible solutions, helping us to grow our business and operate more effectively and efficiently," said Steve Airton, UK IS Controller.

"We needed a provider that would be able to work strategically with us to help us achieve our business goals, and implement long term IT programmes."

UB is one of the leading manufacturers of biscuits in UK, joint number one in the Netherlands and the second largest in France and Belgium. In the UK, UB is the leading manufacturer and marketer of packaged nuts and the second largest manufacturer and marketer of savoury snacks and crisps. In Ireland, UB is number two in biscuits and number three in snacks.