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SUBMITTED BY: SASHMITA PARIDA SANJEEV KUMAR SANDIP ROY SAURABH Company Profile Type Public company Traded as BSE: 532540 NSE: TCS Industry, IT services,IT consulting Founded 1968 Headquarters Mumbai, Maharashtra, India Area served Worldwide Key people Ratan Tata (Chairman) S Ramadorai (VC) N. Chandrasekaran (CEO & MD) Products TCS Bancs Digital Certification Products Healthcare Management Systems Services Outsourcing BPO Software Products Revenue US$ 8.355 billion (2011)[1] Profit US$ 2.024 billion (2011)[1] Total assets US$ 7.215 billion (2011)[1] Total equity US$ 5.499 billion (2011)[1] Employees 202,039 (Q1, 2011)[1] Parent Tata Group Website tcs.com TCS is a leading provider of highly flexible financial management software that powers mid-sized businesses. Board of Directors: Non-Executive Ratan Tata Chairman Aman Mehta Director Naresh Chandra Director Venkatraman Thyagarajan Director Clayton M. Christensen Director Laura Cha Director Dr. Ron Sommer Director Mission Our mission is to maximise the business success of our customers through the installation, maintenance, and support of superior financial management software solutions. Objectives We have set a number of strategic and tactical objectives that reflect our mission, aim and collective goals: to establish the company as the best global organization for large-scale deployment of financial management software solutions on the Caché platform. to establish a fully object-oriented component based application, which will enable us to deliver robust software quicker and more efficiently than any competitor. to ensure that customers can operate their business software solutions on infrastructures that match their needs. Tata Consultancy Services Limited (TCS) is the world-leading information technology consulting, services, and business process outsourcing organization that envisioned and pioneered the adoption of the flexible global business practices that today enable companies to operate more efficiently and produce more value. We commenced operations in 1968, when the IT services industry didn’t exist as it does today. Now, with a presence in 34 countries across 6 continents, & a comprehensive range of services across diverse industries, we are one of the world's leading Information Technology companies. Six of the Fortune top 10 companies are among our valued customers. We are part of one of Asia's largest conglomerates - the TATA Group - which, with its interests in Energy, Telecommunications, Financial Services, Chemicals, Engineering & Materials, provides us with a grounded understanding of specific business challenges facing global companies. Services and Solutions: TCS is a leading IT services provider, with a wide breadth of services across the entire Information technology spectrum. To know more about how TCS can help you identify opportunities of improvement, build the roadmap to getting there & leverage technology to make it possible, read more about our services & solutions: 1. Consulting. 2. IT Services. 3. BPO. 4. IT Infrastructure Services. 5. Engineering and Industrial Services. 6. Product Based Solutions. Address: Bangalore 1. Abhilash Building, Plot No. 96 EP-IP Industrial Area, Whitefield Road,Bangalore 560 066 Phone: +91 (080) 5660 8400 Fax: (080) 2841 3420. 2. International Tech Park, Explorer Bldg., 11th Floor, Whitefield Road, Bangalore 560 066. Phone: +91 (080) 5660 7777 Fax:(080) 2841 0526. 3. International Tech Park, Innovator, 11th Floor Whitefield Road, Bangalore 560 066 Phone: +91 (080) 5660 7222 Fax: (080) 28410114. 4. International Tech Park, Discoverer Bldg., Upper Ground Floor & 1st Floor Whitefield Road, Bangalore 560 066 Phone: +91 (080) 5660 6666 Fax: (080) 28412135. 5. SJM Towers, 18, Sheshadri Road Gandhinagar, Bangalore 560 009 Phone: +91 (080) 5660 6000 Fax: (080) 22207510. OUR SERVICE OFFERINGS Our robust and mature processes coupled with technical and functional expertise in several industry verticals have placed us at the forefront of providing best-in-class services for the following industries: Banking & Financial Services Insurance Life Sciences & Healthcare Travel & Transportation Telecom Retail & Consumer Packaged Goods Energy, Resources & Utilities Our cross-industry or horizontal functions spectrum includes the following: Finance & Accounting Human Capital Management Supply Chain Management High Tech BPO To help our customers achieve new levels of efficiency, TCS BPO offers innovative and flexible business models, platform-based services and transformational outsourcing. IT Services For maximum flexibility, speed, and efficiency, a robust IT strategy is critical. TCS IT Services offering helps companies make the most of their IT investments – from providing system integration solutions, application development and management services, and testing solutions. See our top practice areas below, or contact a TCS expert today to discuss a custom solution for your enterprise. CLIENT CHALLENGES Align IT with strategic business initiatives Built-in flexibility to adapt to a constantly changing global market The ability to strategize, develop and execute new initiatives with optimal speed to remain competitive WHAT TCS PROVIDES TCS delivers excellence and certainty across all of your enterprise’s IT needs. Learn more about the following areas: Custom Application Development Application Management Migration & Re-engineering System Integration Testing Performance Engineering BUSINESS VALUE IT enabled achievement of strategic objectives Speedier time to market Improvements in cost and energy efficiency Increased productivity IT Infrastructure Services Today’s business environment makes it imperative that the dynamic infrastructure requirements align with your business needs. TCS’ IT Infrastructure Services (IS) /Infrastructure Management Services (IMS) deliver end-to-end, effective and reliable solutions that can transform your business operations. With ―optimal shoring,‖ we help you enhance business performance, improve margins, align technology with business priorities, reduce costs, improve service speed and flexibility, and achieve long-term success. Enterprise Solutions From managing supply chains, devising CRM strategies, and deploying content management solutions to integrating enterprise-wide functions, TCS helps you with comprehensive, efficient and robust solutions that meet your unique requirements. Client Challenges Sustaining profitability in highly competitive and rapidly changing environments Building and managing complex customer information What TCS Provides TCS delivers comprehensive, efficient, and robust solutions tailored to your enterprise’s needs. Learn more about the following areas: Supply Chain Management Customer Relationship Management RFID Call Management Oracle SAP Microsoft Supply Chain Management Thrive in today’s market by identifying new opportunities and innovations that sustain and maximize your enterprise’s growth. When you strategically partner with TCS, we’ll provide innovative, rigorous solutions to identify, manage and operate your non-core operations – all in an environment of collaboration, trust, and reliability. Customer Relationship Management (CRM) TCS helps organizations devise and implement CRM strategies and solutions that become the backbone of their customer acquisition and retention strategies, and helping them foster loyal, profitable customer relationships. RFID As an evolutionary automatic identification technology, RFID was considered a niche technology a few years ago. As costs associated with RFID hardware have decreased, and standards defined for managing data, RFID has gone mainstream, and can potentially power business systems to become the competitive backbone of organizations. TCS helps organizations plan and implement RFID enabled systems across multiple business areas, including regulatory compliance, inventory management, transport systems, document tracking and brand protection among others. Call Management CIOs are considering effective call management solutions to not only make enterprises cost- effective but also have tighter SLAs for enhanced process efficiencies. TCS evaluates organizations’ needs and implements the right call management solution to meet their demands. Consulting Businesses today need to stay on their toes and respond to the rapidly changing market conditions with innovation and agility. Staying ahead of that change and achieving long-term success requires business transformation. TCS Global Consulting delivers integrated, end-to-end IT solutions and services to help your business transform in the right way. We leverage our unparalleled technology expertise and deep industry knowledge to develop best-in-class, custom solutions that make your business more efficient, agile and responsive to customer needs and market demands. CLIENT CHALLENGES Adapt to the changing market conditions Innovate continuously Align IT with business goals Optimize costs, while maintaining high customer satisfaction Accelerate time-to-market for new products and services Integrate distributed operations and systems into a cohesive organization Meet industry standards and compliance requirements Leverage emerging technologies effectively The TCS APPROACH We partner with you to understand and address your unique transformation imperative. We work in transparent consultation with you to devise a best-in-class solution and define the best course of action to implement the same across your organization. Our integrated consulting
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