Diageo signs £20m deals with CSC

Diageo toasts new deals

Drinks giant Diageo has signed two deals worth a total of $35m (£21.4m) with IT services supplier CSC.

The first, a four-and-a-half year contract worth $7m (£4.3m), will see the vendor design, develop and implement a new worldwide supply chain management system.

The SAP-based system is intended to improve visibility of Diageo’s product stocks worldwide, increase supply-demand ratio and reduce costs throughout the supply chain.

The second deal is a five-year, $28m (£17.1m) extension of an existing outsourcing contract to provide application support for the drinks firm’s sites in the UK and Ireland.

“The continual relationship with CSC demonstrates the contribution they make in supporting Diageo’s information systems strategy,” said Donald Dempsey, global services director at Diageo.