Automotive comeback kid General Motors has extended a series of contracts with Capgemini, under which the IT consultant will handle GM’s enterprise integration needs for the next five years, Capgemini announced today.
GM, which recently re-emerged as a public company following a period of instability and a government bailout, will rely on Capgemini for enterprise integration services, including developing and connecting applications to support GM’s business processes. The $100 million transaction covers three GM business units: Global Sales, Service & Marketing; Global Purchasing and Supply Chain; and Global Business Services.
For each of those divisions, Capgemini will continue to serve as GM’s application integration management provider. That work, according to the IT consultant, is a furtherance of its efforts to support the carmaker’s Next-Generation Systems Factory Operating Model, which “provides standardized processes for application management as well as developing common, integrated standards-based solutions that scale with business needs,” Capgemini said in a statement.
Specifically, the Capgemini team will work with GM’s IT group to provide strategic planning, data management, systems engineering and architecture, software engineering, program management, and verification and validation.