The Bonduelle group, an international processor of vegetable produce, has renewed the contract to manage the bulk of its computer infrastructure with Steria. The European IT services company has managed the contract since 2004 and will now continue to manage the central computer system and decentralised servers, as well as the global Help Desk, office IT and support functions for the group.

The Bonduelle information system requires just-in-time management of each step in the supply chain, from reception of the raw materials, to taking of orders, adjustment of production and delivery to the final customer, in compliance with current standards for preserving products. Steria will continue to manage the systems that coordinate these processes and ensures their stability.

Steria will deliver its service from the group's on-shore and near-shore centres, making it possible to share resources to improve cost control. The management and technical offices set up by Steria are located in Lille, close to the Bonduelle IT Department. The local teams which are mainly present at the headquarters of Bonduelle in Villeneuve d'Ascq (Nord), also cover the factories located throughout France and Benelux. Shared administration of servers is carried out in Sophia-Antipolis, at Steria's shared administration centre. The help desk and management services are provided by Steria's platform in Katowice in Poland.