Asda has signed a multi-year partnership with IT specialist Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) to help fuel its digital transformation.
TCS will implement a new organisation-wide IT operating model following the supermarket’s divestiture from Walmart.
The IT specialists will build a new digital core by implementing multiple cloud-based resource planning platforms to streamline Asda’s supply chain forecasting, buying and merchandising processes, HR processes, warehouse management and ecommerce processes.
Asda chief executive Mohsin Issa said: “We have a long-term vision to grow Asda and bring our great heritage in value to even more communities – and our technology will form a key part of delivering this vision.
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“We have partnered with TCS because they bring experience in retail technology transformation and innovation.
“We look forward to working with them to accelerate our digital transformation journey and to unlock the potential of our business.”
Asda chief digital and technology officer Carl Dawson added: “We are confident that this collaboration with TCS will be one of the engines to deliver such a large technology transformation, where we are in the process of reimagining retail.
“TCS is going to bring together the cutting-edged technologies and help Asda employees and customers have a seamless experience.”
Changes to its digital infrastructure comes as the supermarket revealed last week that it had restructured its commercial team as it brought in a operating model.
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