J. Sainsbury’s plc CTO was wanting to review their technology strategy and 5 year roadmap in readiness for budgetary approval expenditure. He needed specialist external & interim support to provide techniques, know-how and procedures leveraging from an experienced Enterprise Architect for Retail IS/IT Strategy & Roadmap Refresh He undertook an assignment for the architecture boutique...
IS/IT Infrastructure Change Management for a large food hospitality service wholesaler and logistics group provider
He was contracted and engaged at Brake Brothers (a Sysco company), a large food service wholesale and logistics group, in Ashford (Kent) for his infrastructure architecture programme portfolio and change management capabilities. The company was undertaking a significant IS/IT Infrastructure Change Programme requiring comprehensive management across its lifecycle. This involved a complex landscape of internal...
Solution Architecture Design & Implementation of Retail Fashion Merchandise Financial and Assortment Planning
The IT Director needed solution architecture expertise with a specific retail fashion planning systems and vendor management capabilities to ensure the design and implementation of a newly acquired COTS system could be successfully introduced and integrated within their legacy landscape to meet new business planning processes . FatFace, a UK-based fashion retailer, was facing limitations...
Enterprise Architecture strategy study for a Blood and Transplant Supply Chain
In early 2015, NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) faced significant challenges due to an aging core IT system (“Pulse”) that supported its national blood supply chain. The system had become a risk due to its reliance on a single supplier and its limited ability to support modern digital capabilities. As part of a wider digital...
Consumer Electronics & Electricals – Merchandise Planning & Execution Transformation – Programme Architecture
The Commercial Systems Transitional Senior Programme Manager and Head of Architecture & Design Director for Dixons Carphone plc needed Enterprise solutions architecture from an experienced advanced retail planning systems practitioner. Following the merger of Dixons and Carphone Warehouse (now Currys plc), the newly formed FTSE100 retailer faced major challenges integrating disparate systems and processes across...
Establishing business case, benefits realisation and project governance
Product Director needed help to provide strategic and operational business decision support, ensuring that the future product roadmap was both strategically aligned and delivered benefits realisation internally and to customers, building a competitive moat and commercial revenue. There was a lack of strategic focus, evidence and objective based innovation Solution development was driven by personal...
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National Quebec’s food label business process redesign
The project involves strategically redesigning Aliments du Québec’s operational processes, integrating advanced digital tools to enhance efficiency, traceability, and customer experience. The objective is to future-proof operations, aligning with evolving market expectations for sustainability, transparency, and rapid adaptability by 2025.
TalkTalk COVID reaction
TalkTalk was developing a new customer journey to enable Full Fibre to the Premises (FTTP) installation. The project had multiple dependencies, including a high-profile, multi-million marketing campaign. Then, the COVID-19 pandemic struck, creating significant challenges for the team and the project’s delivery.
EDF Kraken Transformation
EDF was spending £40M annually to maintain SAP, resulting in high operational costs and a lack of competitiveness in a price-sensitive market. They struggled with recruiting and retaining talented engineers due to the monolithic nature of their systems. The inefficiencies were severely delaying customer-facing updates, with some projects taking years to deliver, bringing the business...
