Itella Corporation and Accenture have signed an agreement with which the maintenance of Itella's SAP systems will transfer to Accenture on 1 June 2008. The transfer will be implemented in the form of a business transfer, through which the 15 employees of Itella ICT Services' SAP Customer Competence Center will join the payroll of Accenture.
– We were looking for a strong partner able to serve Itella’s business on an international scale. In future, we will be able to make SAP expertise more accessible for all our companies in all Itella countries, comments Tomi Pienimäki, CIO, on the reasons for the outsourcing decision.
– We are delighted to be able to start a new kind of partnership with Itella, and help Itella to gain effectiveness in an expanding international business environment. We warmly welcome Itella’s SAP support team as part of Accenture’s staff, says Jorma Jokinen, Senior Partner at Accenture Finland’s Public Service Group.
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Itella Group: Tomi Pienimäki, CIO, tel. +358 20 451 5395
Itella Group provides solutions for managing information and material flows. Itella operates in mail communication, information logistics and logistics. The Group, with operations in ten Northern European countries, reported a turnover of €1,688 million in 2007, employing some 25,000 staff. The Group’s corporate services are delivered under the Itella brand, while the Post brand is used for services targeted at Finnish consumers. More information on the Group is available at www.itella.com/group.
