Household brands giant renews major outsourcing contract
posted in Outsourcing News and Top Outsourcing deals |Source: computerworld.com.sg
SINGAPORE – The Sara Lee Corporation, a multi-national manufacturer of household items, has renewed its infrastructure outsourcing services contract with HP for another seven years.
The new contract adds more than 25 countries to the original deal.
Sarah Lee is a major American-based producer of frozen baked goods, fresh and processed meats, coffee, hosiery and knitwear, plus household and shoe-care products.
“We are focused on customer and operational excellence in order to meet our aggressive growth plans,” said Steve Merry, senior vice president and chief information officer, Sara Lee.
Global outsourcing reach
The new agreement will see HP providing IT infrastructure, managed print services, applications, web hosting, legacy maintenance, data centre and network services for Sara Lee in more than 35 countries across Asia, Africa, Latin America, Middle East and Western Europe.
HP and Sara Lee first signed an outsourcing services contract in December 2000, which covered 10 countries in Western Europe, namely Denmark, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain and United Kingdom.
