Wipro has been selected by Outokumpu as its Global Prime Partner for applications maintenance and development of legacy applications across ten countries including UK, Poland, Italy, Spain, Germany, Sweden, Finland, USA, Mexico and China.
The multi-year contract is geared towards bringing cost efficiencies and enabling enhanced optimization of applications within HR, Finance, Procurement, Market & Business Intelligence, Marketing and Communications, Supply Chain, Production and R&D, and Integration & Platform areas, thereby helping Outokumpu with their ongoing efficiency and cost saving measures to improve profitability.
Globally, select employees from Outokumpu IT are expected to be transferred to Wipro. As part of the partnership they will initially continue to be based at their current locations, with roles and tasks that remain largely the same.
N S Bala, Chief Executive - Manufacturing and Hi-Tech, Wipro Ltd, said, "We are delighted to have been chosen as a strategic global Prime Partner by Outokumpu in their transformational journey. Wipro will leverage its strong understanding of the manufacturing business domain and capabilities in new and emerging technologies, to enable Outokumpu to become more agile, and streamline information sharing across their manufacturing value chain. "
