Leading global IT, consulting and business solutions provider, Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), announced a global partnership with the leading provider of end-to-end supply chain and retail solutions, JDA Software. The goal of the partnership is to build next-generation cognitive solutions and offer consulting and system integration services to optimize supply chains for customers worldwide.
The partnership aims to leverage the TCS Business 4.0’s thought leadership framework and JDA Luminate’s solutions portfolio, combining them with Blue Yonder’s leading AI and ML technologies to develop a joint solution for futuristic supply chains. These solutions will use TCS’ Machine-First Delivery Model to accelerate human and machine collaboration to solve complex business problems, faster and better, delivering multi-fold productivity improvements and transforming the customer experience.
As part of the deal, TCS will establish an end-to-end Cognitive Supply Chain Lab at its Business Solutions Lab in Cincinnati, Ohio, the USA to develop quick proofs of concept.
“We’re delighted to see this partnership between JDA and TCS as two of our strategic technology partners that we work with to drive supply chain transformation within our business,” said Carl Dawson, CIO, Marks & Spencer. “The ability to transition towards an autonomous supply chain working hand-in-hand with TCS and JDA presents the opportunity to give us the complete supply chain visibility we need, combined with recommendations to make profitable business decisions.”
“Combining TCS’ advanced and disruptive Business 4.0™ digital technologies and deep expertise with JDA’s end-to-end supply chain and retail solutions, we will collectively reinvent our customers’ supply chains enabling them to fulfill product demands intelligently, explore new business models, capabilities, and value propositions,” said Raman Venkatraman, Vice President and Global Head, Alliances and Technology Unit, TCS.
“TCS’ customer-centric approach, digital expertise, and deep contextual knowledge align with our mission to optimize intelligent supply chains by bringing in predictive, prescriptive insights and recommendations that improve customer experience throughout our customer’s end-to-end business,” says Mark Morgan, Chief Revenue Officer, JDA. “We look forward to leveraging TCS’ expertise in the implementation of digital technology to further help our customers transform their supply chains and end-user journeys.”
