Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) said on Tuesday that it has been selected by the National Health Service (NHS) Supply Chain to lead a comprehensive, five-year project focused on modernising its core business systems and cloud infrastructure. The deal encompasses application development, support, and maintenance, aimed at drastically improving the organisation's operational backbone.
Under the terms of the agreement, TCS will implement a suite of cloud and AI-enabled solutions designed to enhance the NHS Supply Chain's overall efficiency. The primary focus will be replacing existing legacy infrastructure with a state-of-the-art supply chain and Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) solution. This transition is expected to deliver faster time-to-market, seamless scalability, and a significantly improved customer experience for NHS staff.
Beyond technology replacement, the partnership includes transforming the NHS Supply Chain's outdated IT processes into a modern, product and platform-based operating model. This strategic shift is intended to enable the organization to manage deliveries more intelligently and operate with greater long-term strategic clarity.
Matthew Wynn, Executive Director Data and Technology at NHS Supply Chain, underscored the importance of the modernisation effort. "This shift will strengthen our resilience, improve user experience, and enable us to respond faster to changing business and customer needs," Wynn stated. "Ultimately, it will enhance our operational efficiency and service delivery as we work towards our commitment to unlock over GBP 1 billion in recurrent value by 2030."
Vinay Singhvi, Head of UK & Ireland for TCS, mentioned the company's extensive experience in complex migrations. "TCS has decades of experience in taking large, complex legacy systems and modernising them using solutions like cloud and AI-enabled platforms," he said.
He added that the new supply chain ERP solution will help the NHS Supply Chain "deliver more for less and enhance patient experience."
Singhvi also reaffirmed TCS’s long-standing presence and commitment in the region, noting the company’s recent pledge to hire and train over 5,000 new UK-based workers, who will partially support large-scale transformative projects such as this one. |
