Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), a leading global IT services, consulting and business solutions organization, has said that it has signed a partnership agreement with Total, a global integrated energy producer and provider, to create a digital innovation center in India.
Based in Pune in the state of Maharashtra , the center will explore disruptive technologies and solutions.
"For a large industrial group like Total, it is essential t o always stay ahead of these topics ," said Marie - Noelle Semeria, Senior Vice President and Group Chief Technology Officer at Total.
" After having integrated digital solutions within the Group, we now want to invent those of tomorrow by combining Total's know-how with the agility of TCS," she said.
The partnership will initially focus on refining. The intensive use of digital technologies will help drive the various building blocks of refining (production units, processes, and the supply chain and petroleum product markets) to improve refinery performance. Real -time data analytics, the Internet of Things, automation, artificial intelligence and agile methodology will be used to improve industrial efficiency, energy performance and availability rates.
Meanwhile, shares of the company were trading at Rs2002.95 apiece up 0.26 per cent from the previous close at 09:23 hrs on BSE.