Marks &
Spencerhas consolidated application
development services on its legacy applications with India-based
outsource supplierTata
Consultancy Services(TCS).
A spokesman for the retailer said, "We had three offshore
suppliers working alongside our IT development team. All of this
work will now be performed by one offshore supplier, TCS.
"The changes are necessary to support our strategic IT
programmes, such as the continued investment in our point of sales
and warehousing systems, so that we have improved predictability,
better quality and lower risk in delivery of programmes and
projects."