At E.ON Drive Infrastructure (UK), EV charging projects depended on statutory DNO grid-connection applications. Submissions were tracked inconsistently, errors were common, and applications regularly stalled or went missing.
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Planning cloud migration waves around business complexity and readiness
A major retail organisation was migrating enterprise applications to Microsoft Azure. The programme covered multiple business units with different levels of complexity and readiness. A workable migration sequence needed to reflect application dependencies and the readiness of technical, business and operational stakeholders across each business unit.
Separating a business-critical supply chain application while preserving trading integration
Following a major divestment, a pharmaceutical distribution business needed to separate a complex enterprise application supporting ordering and supply chain operations shared with a retail pharmacy business. The trading relationship would continue after separation: the distributor would still supply pharmaceutical orders to the retailer. Existing internal integration points therefore needed to become external business-to-business interfaces,...
Meeting a fixed site exit deadline through a two-stage data centre migration
A pharmaceutical distribution business needed to vacate a building housing both its data centre and supply chain operations because the owner was ending the lease. The operational relocation and technology migration depended on the same local technical, business and operational teams. It became clear that the original approach could not complete both moves by the...
Gene Commerce: restoring profitability and delivering 40% revenue growth
Gene Commerce, an eCommerce agency, needed to restore profitable growth. The business was stagnating, with a net profit margin of 0%, and needed stronger commercial discipline, delivery control and leadership accountability.
Neos Networks: digital transformation supporting £2.5m+ in revenue
Neos Networks, a B2B infrastructure business, needed to modernise its digital buying journey. Pricing and ordering involved manual workflows, and the transformation required marketing, sales, digital experience and technology delivery to work together.
Ride Shotgun: cutting production time by up to 60% and costs by 30%
Ride Shotgun, an integrated creative and production agency, needed a clearer operating model across creative, production and engineering. The challenge was to improve everyday delivery while turning AI opportunities into practical, scalable production capability.
WPP/Hogarth: AI-enabled content transformation, from months to days
Global content production needed to respond faster to demand while maintaining brand consistency. WPP/Hogarth was exploring how generative AI could shorten production cycles and become a practical part of creative delivery.
Building a global delivery function from nothing at HellermannTyton
HellermannTyton had grown by acquisition, leaving 39 countries each operating essentially as an independent business. A new global IT function was set up to centralise infrastructure, delivery methods and information security, and the EMEA Microsoft Dynamics 365 implementation needed a stop and fix.
Turning round a failing programme at Jisc
A Jisc programme being delivered with an external delivery partner was forecast to run 100% over budget and 100% over time.
