Accenture and British American Tobacco Sign 5yr Application Co-Sourcing Contract

Accenture has signed a five-year application co-sourcing contract with British American Tobacco to help the company improve the design, development and implementation of information technology (IT) solutions for its business operations. Financial terms were not disclosed.

Under the agreement, Accenture and British American Tobacco will jointly design a wide range of applications for British American Tobacco’s functions, including finance, supply chain, sales and marketing, with Accenture developing these applications for global, regional and local use. The program will help British American Tobacco transform its solution delivery function into a global, simplified and standardized operation.

Accenture will deliver the co-sourced services through a joint application development center with British American Tobacco in Spain and through the Accenture Global Delivery Network, including the use of delivery centers in the Philippines and India.