Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), a leading global IT services, consulting and business solutions organization, today announced that it has successfully delivered Qantas  with an upgrade to Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 (R12) provisioned in a Software as a Service model together with Macquarie Telecom.  The new cloud-based version of Oracle E-Business Suite will provide Qantas with key benefits including enhanced system functionality, reduced system management complexity and unification of vendors.

Qantas was utilizing the Oracle E-Business Suite R11 to support a range of business processes in the areas of Financials, Supply Chain Management, Customer Relationship Management and Human Capital Management. TCS unified support and management of the application and upgraded the Oracle E-Business Suite to R12, with over 1,800 customizations. TCS also transitioned the Qantas’ Oracle E-Business Suite R12 to an end-to-end managed Software as a Service (SaaS) platform hosted by Macquarie Telecom.

''TCS is pleased to provide Qantas with end-to-end delivery and ongoing support for its Oracle ERP program,'' said Deborah Hadwen, chief executive officer, Tata Consultancy Services, Australia and New Zealand.  ''Qantas partnered with TCS due to our in-depth knowledge of Qantas's IT environment, our global specialist skills in Oracle Applications and IT Infrastructure Management, and most importantly because of our ability to partner with multiple vendors to bring out fit for purpose solutions for our clients.''

Shares of the company declined Rs 10.9, or 0.42%, to trade at Rs 2,562.60. The total volume of shares traded was 23,622 at the BSE (11.38 a.m., Monday).