Accenture awarded multi-year systems integration contract from Delhaize Belgium

Brussels, Belgium Delhaize Belgium has awarded Accenture a multi-year contract to support the implementation of an integrated supply chain enterprise resource planning platform. Financial terms of the agreement were not disclosed.

Drawing on its global systems integration experience, Accenture will collaborate with Delhaize Belgium to implement the new platform that will enable the retailer to standardize their supply chain transactions, leading to increased efficiency and productivity. The program will also enable Delhaize to improve the management of the inventory in their datacenters, aiding their ability to make faster and better business decisions and helping to offer an enhanced experience for their customers, while reducing inventory costs, the company said.

In delivering the program, Accenture will implement the G.O.L.D solution from Aldata, a global leader in the supply of integrated business solutions to organizations that serve the retail consumer and wholesale distribution markets.

"Delhaize Belgium requires an integrated enterprise resource planning platform to standardize its end-to-end supply chain transactions" said Luc Koenot, senior VP and CIO at Delhaize Belgium. "Accenture's proven track record in the retail industry and system integration capabilities assures us that the collaboration with Accenture will provide Delhaize Belgium with access to the appropriate expertise and know-how to deliver on this ambitious vision."

Delhaize Belgium is a subsidiary of Delhaize Group, a Belgian international food retailer present in six countries on three continents. At the end of 2009, Delhaize Group’s sales network consisted of 2,732 stores.