TCS Drives ALDI SOUTH’s Global Digital Shift with AI Cloud

Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), a global powerhouse in IT services, consulting, and business solutions, has strengthened its long-standing collaboration with ALDI SOUTH by expanding their multi-national partnership. Through this renewed engagement, TCS will continue to manage the retailer’s infrastructure and application services across several key markets while driving greater stability and efficiency in IT operations. This extension reinforces TCS’s role as a trusted digital partner for ALDI SOUTH and aligns closely with the retailer’s values of simplicity, consistency, and responsibility.

The updated agreement covers ALDI SOUTH’s operations across a wide geographic footprint, including Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Slovenia, Hungary, Italy, the United Kingdom, Ireland, the United States, and Australia. As part of this effort, TCS will bring in its AI-powered Cloud Operations Solution and advanced digital services to help stabilize, modernize, and streamline ALDI SOUTH’s IT systems. Additionally, the IT giant will work to increase automation, strengthen cyber resilience, and elevate overall operational performance.

Drawing on decades of retail experience, TCS aims to simplify operations, lower costs, and support ALDI SOUTH in delivering reliable, value-focused customer experiences around the world. The partnership is also anchored in shared objectives—delivering seamless integration of legacy and modern systems, driving service excellence, and supporting innovative, sustainable growth that supports the evolving needs of global retail. 

Building on years of close cooperation, this expanded partnership positions TCS as a key driver in ALDI SOUTH’s digital transformation journey. The collaboration will support faster time to market, enhanced automation, and improved IT stability, ensuring ALDI SOUTH remains agile amid shifting retail industry demands. Together, both organizations are working to modernize critical systems, reinforce operational resilience, and establish a future-ready framework for retail operations across various international markets.

Daniel Koch, International Technology Officer, ALDI DX, said, “We are pleased to extend our collaboration with TCS to accelerate our digital transformation. Together, we will modernize infrastructure, drive automation, and deliver improved outcomes for our business and customers worldwide. This partnership ensures that ALDI SOUTH is well positioned to respond with agility to the evolving demands of global retail.”

Abhijit Niyogi, VP and Business Unit Head, Retail – UK, EMEA and India, TCS, added, “This expanded collaboration is a testament to the trust ALDI SOUTH places in TCS to deliver at scale. By leveraging our deep retail expertise along with advanced cloud, automation, and AI capabilities, we will simplify and modernize ALDI SOUTH’s technology landscape, strengthen operational efficiency, and enable them to respond with agility to evolving market demands. Together, we are building a future-ready, customer-centric model of retail that creates lasting business value across global markets.”

TCS has maintained a robust presence in Germany for more than 35 years. With over 15,000 employees supporting leading enterprises across the region, the company continues to play a major role in driving transformation in sectors such as consumer industries, banking, financial services, insurance, telecom, and hi-tech. TCS Germany ranks #2 in customer satisfaction according to independent surveys and has earned recognition as a Top Employer by the Top Employers Institute.