PepsiCo has signed a five yar partnership deal with Microsoft to support PepsiCo’s ability to meet rising demand for its food and beverages and drive new innovations to enhance the consumer experience.
The deal means Microsoft becomes PepsiCo’s preferred cloud provider to help improve the CPG supplier’s operational infrastructure and develop more innovative products based on data acquisition.
As part of the agreement, PepsiCo will roll out Microsoft 365 and Microsoft Teams to all of its 270,000 employees worldwide. In addition, Microsoft Azure will provide PepsiCo with greater agility and the ability to derive new insights from its data estate to fuel product innovations, customer intimacy and sustainability goals.
“As a global leader in convenient food and beverages, our commitment to the timely delivery of PepsiCo products has never been more important,” said PepsiCo CIO, . “Through our partnership with Microsoft, we aim to improve service delivery capabilities to meet rising demand for essential goods while driving new innovations to make our operations and workforce stronger and more resilient for the future.”
Deb Cupp, Microsoft CVP Enterprise Commercial Business, says the “partnership with PepsiCo applies Azure and AI capabilities to the ever-changing supply chain and retail landscape in new and exciting ways. By migrating PepsiCo’s global data estate and SAP landscapes to Azure, we’ll be able to help PepsiCo drive efficiencies from farmer to consumer.”
