CHICAGO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Sept. 5, 2006–Capgemini, one of the world’s leaders in consulting, technology and outsourcing services, has been awarded, in North America, a multi-million dollar contract to design and implement a global SAP solution by Beam Global Spirits & Wine, Inc., the world’s fourth largest spirits company. During a 16-month engagement, Capgemini US LLC (Capgemini) and Beam Global will work together to transform key operational areas of the business.

After recent acquisitions from Allied Domecq, Beam Global has more than 100 brands, operations in 16 locations and sales in 160 countries. Capgemini will help to deliver long term solutions to global operations in multiple locations, such solutions aiming at enhanced accuracy, greater visibility into critical business data, appropriate controls to meet local and global accounting and reporting standards, and global consistency. Beam will leverage Capgemini’s expertise in the consumer products industry and global SAP implementation along with the SAP ERP solution to create a platform to support these objectives.

“As we increase our investment in brand building over the long term, we need a stable and scalable technology platform to support our new global operations,” said Keith McLeod, chief information officer for Beam Global. “Working with Capgemini as our technology partner to make the first phase of our SAP implementation a success is a corporate priority.” …

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