{"id":5096,"date":"2019-01-22T15:48:00","date_gmt":"2019-01-22T15:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testing.capgemini.com\/ar-es\/?post_type=client-story&#038;p=5096"},"modified":"2025-03-27T11:16:51","modified_gmt":"2025-03-27T11:16:51","slug":"helping-smiths-news-to-seize-new-business-opportunities-2","status":"publish","type":"client-story","link":"https:\/\/www.capgemini.com\/ar-es\/news\/client-stories\/helping-smiths-news-to-seize-new-business-opportunities-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Helping Smiths News to Seize New Business Opportunities"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<header class=\"wp-block-cg-blocks-hero-reusable header header--sub2 header--sub2b header--insights1  \"><div class=\"header-bgs\"><\/div><div class=\"heroPictureCardHeaderShape\"><\/div><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"row\"><div class=\"col-md-10 offset-md-1\"><div class=\"box\"><div class=\"box-title\"><h1 data-maxlength=\"34\">Helping Smiths News to Seize New Business Opportunities<\/h1><\/div><div class=\"inner-row-insight download-btn\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/header>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"wp-block-cg-blocks-group undefined section section--article-content section--story-content article-body\"><div class=\"article-main-content\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"row\"><div class=\"col-12 col-md-11 col-lg-10 offset-md-1 offset-lg-1\"><div class=\"article-text article-quote-text\">\n<p>Consulting and technology skills from Capgemini, coupled to collaboration with IBM and SAP, boosts agility, responsiveness and customer service.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\u201c\" src=\"\/img\/data\/quote-left.png\"> Capgemini\u2019s open, collaborative style makes it easy to combine their skills and talents with our knowledge and experience, ensuring every project is delivered successfully, on time and within budget. (\u2026) Working with Capgemini, we are successfully transforming our entire business by moving the service we give our customers from \u201cgold\u201d to \u201cplatinum\u201d, while simultaneously pursuing new business opportunities on an IT platform that is at last agile enough to match our vision <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\u201d\" src=\"\/img\/data\/quote-right.png\"><strong>Richard Webb,<\/strong> IS Director, Smiths News<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-the-situation\"><strong>The Situation<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Smiths News, the UK\u2019s leading newspaper and magazine wholesaler, was determined to meet ambitious performance targets while continuing its quest to constantly improve service and value-for-money for its retailer customers, and respond to the stringent demands of the fast-growing supermarket sector.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At the same time it was keen to pursue many new opportunities for expansion by offering additional services to its customers and supply chain partners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To do so effectively would require a new and much more flexible level of IT support as well as professional advice and expertise in specific areas such as CRM and project management.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-the-solution\"><strong>The Solution<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Realising the vital role of IT in its plans for the future \u2013 and in every area of current operations \u2013 the company selected Capgemini to run its entire systems infrastructure on a long-term outsourcing basis, tasking them with reducing total cost of ownership and further enhancing already high service levels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The main aim, however, was to achieve two key benefits: to reduce the complexity of the infrastructure to enable easier management, and to gain new levels of business agility through access to new, world-class technology from an IT partner with a global track record and a collaborative approach.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 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