CARREFOUR Chooses TBG for Simulated Content Development

Northboro, MA, September 9, 2004 – The Boston Group, a leading provider of IT Solutions & Services today announced that CARREFOUR, the World’s second largest retail chain has chosen TBG to execute simulated training content for its Supply Chain Management (SCM) software.

The development of the simulated training content is aimed at increasing the consistency and effectiveness with which training is delivered to Carrefour’s employees to increase their proficiency levels in using the SCM software. This will also help in reducing considerably the time a new user would take to get certified on Carrefour's SCM system. The training content will be developed in 7 Asian languages including English to be deployed and used by more than 20,000 users across Carrefour locations in Asia.The initial implementation of the project is being done at Carrefour, Thailand ( cencar ) and expected to be rolled out in the other regions as well.

“We are delighted at this development. The Carrefour contract means a lot to us as we are actively working on consolidating our customized content development services across the globe. Being chosen by Carrefour after Bank Mandiri, Indonesia, for developing customized simulated content for their critical applications is a reaffirmation of the market confidence in the ability of TBG to provide world class content services with compelling price performance ratios .”, says Mohan Krishna Jonna, President of The Boston Group.

Subu Kota, CEO and Chairman, The Boston Group, added “TBG is privileged to have Carrefour as its client and this will provide TBG the much needed impetus in expanding our operations in the Asia Pacific region. TBG’s recent wins in globally contested turkey e-learning bids makes us more confident in our ability to serve as a single point turnkey solution provider in the e-learning domain which includes the entire spectrum of technology and associated services.”

About CARREFOUR

CARREFOUR is the largest retailer in Europe and the 2nd largest worldwide with 10,378 stores in 29 countries with consolidated sales of Euro’s 88 .7 billion and 420,000 employees. Carrefour is active in all types of retail distribution, primarily food retailing. Carrefour is rapidly expanding three of its business lines abroad: hypermarkets, supermarkets and hard discount stores. Its strategy consists of building group market share in each country in which it does business by expanding the type of retailing best suited to the local market.

About The Boston Group

The Boston Group (TBG) is IT Consulting, Services & Products Company. Founded in 1988 in Northborough, Massachusetts, TBG started out with a core business of providing software consulting and IT services to Fortune 1000 and mid-market clients. TBG today has a presence in six countries and serves clients in a broad range of industries, including pharmaceutical, financial, insurance, manufacturing, higher-ed, banking, and retail.

Over the years, the consistent hallmarks of TBG have been: quality of service, an intimate knowledge of a broad range of technologies, a delivery methodology for low-cost rapid implementation, and a team of highly-skilled professionals with expertise in numerous vertical industries.

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