He was engaged for his expertise in Enterprise Architecture to assist Tesco Direct (as an associate consultant through TRANSFORM/ENGINE LLP in London). The focus of the assignment was to develop a future supply chain technology strategy for the non-food sector of this major multi-channel retailer.

The primary task was to conduct an IT planning assignment aimed at defining the future supply chain technology strategy and warehousing architecture for Tesco Direct’s non-food operations.

This involved identifying key capabilities and opportunities for improving supply chain management execution and multi-channel order fulfilment processes.

The output was intended to inform future solution architecture and software selection, aligned with a detailed business change roadmap.

His key actions included:

• Future Supply Chain Technology Strategy Development:
  • Conducted analysis and planning to define the future technology strategy for the non-food supply chain and warehousing.

• Capability and Opportunity Identification:
  • Identified key capabilities and opportunities for enhancing supply chain management execution and multi-channel order fulfilment processes.

• Alignment with Business Change Roadmap:
  • Ensured that the identified capabilities and opportunities could be translated into solution architecture and software selection based on the appropriate timings of a detailed business change roadmap.

• Capability-Based Planning Framework Development:
  • Developed a capability-based planning framework that linked business objectives and drivers to specific capability definitions

His contributions resulted in:

• Defined Future Supply Chain Technology Strategy:
  • A clear technology strategy for the non-food supply chain and warehousing architecture was established.

• Identified Improvement Opportunities:
  • Key capabilities and opportunities for improving supply chain management and multi-channel order fulfilment were identified, providing actionable insights for future development.

• Framework for Solution Architecture and Software Selection:
  • The work laid the groundwork for future solution architecture design and software selection, aligned with the business change roadmap.

• Capability-Based Planning Framework:
  • A framework was achieved that provided a structured approach to translating business needs into defined IT capabilities. This framework could be used for ongoing planning and alignment.

• Enterprise and Business Architecture
• digital strategy

• Accelerated Solution Delivery
• Digital Enablement

• Retail and Consumer