Office Depot selects Capgemini to drive tech migration

Boca Raton, Fla. - Office Depot Inc. is obtaining a little outside assistance with integration resulting from its merger with OfficeMax. Office Depot has selected Capgemini to drive critical technology migration and finance and accounting services resulting from the merger.



As part of the contract Capgemini’s role will be to help standardize and optimize Office Depot’s global finance and accounting operations, extending its existing business process outsourcing (BPO) services until 2020 (extension of contract which was set to expire in 2016). Capgemini will also provide new services for application development and maintenance to 2017, as well as testing services through to the end of 2015. Testing services include the implementation of a Testing Center of Excellence to enhance Office Depot’s application testing function.



Office Depot is extending its relationship with Capgemini to consolidate and standardize the financial and accounting processes across the combined global operations with OfficeMax. Capgemini began working with Office Depot in 2011 to streamline its end-to-end finance processes and is now expanding its services post-merger.



“Capgemini has been a longstanding and trusted business partner for Office Depot, providing us a strategic approach to restructuring our financial management processes,” said Kim Moehler, senior VP, chief accounting officer finance department for Office Depot Inc. “The sheer velocity of change and reorganization at our company required a partner that would work as a core component of our team. Capgemini has successfully implanted its consultative business process outsourcing expertise across the finance organization, which has brought us heightened benefits.”