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J D Wetherspoon plcJ D Wetherspoon plc operate 650+ pubs around the UK and I have been engaged by them since May 2004 to manage the implementation of new supply chain systems and more latterly new back office and EPOS systems into their pub estate. The Supply Chain project arose as a result of Wetherspoon bringing their supply chain management in-house after years of out-sourcing to a third party. They now control the supplier relationships and the supply chain processes. They built a new central Distribution Centre in Daventry and have contracted Exel to manage the warehouse and logistics. Consequently new systems and processes were required to handle ordering upon suppliers, to stock the Distribution Centre, receive stock into the centre, the generation of replenishment orders from the pub systems, the dispatch of orders to the pub and the receiving of orders at the pub. At the core of this new process is a Microsoft Biztalk message hub that transfers the transactions between the various systems in the process and keeps a record of each transaction. Other systems are used for ordering in the pubs (including automated suggested orders), purchase orders on suppliers (linked directly to the accounts ledgers), and warehouse management. I managed the implementation of these systems for Wetherspoon which went live in the distribution centre in June 2004 and all 650+ pubs during the summer of 2004. I the conducted a post implementation review of the project and carried out business analysis and business case for a further Phase. In February 2005 I was asked to lead the implementation of a major new £15m project to install new back office and EPOS systems throughout the pub estate. All initiation and planning of the project was completed and a pilot phase of 50 pubs was implemented. However, in June 2005 the company decided to stop the project for commercial and contractual reasons. I was then responsible for de-commissioning the 50 pubs we had installed with the new system and re-install the old system. This project was completed in September 2005. B.I.C. Books Returns ProjectI have been retained since March 2002 by Special Media Solutions Limited
who are the book industry’s sole supplier for the centralised return of
unsold books for disposal. I initially worked with the book industry central
body, BIC (Book Industry Communication) on the arrangements for a centralised
books disposal system and process that was developed into a pilot for
Macmillan Distribution. I designed, specified and commissioned new systems to
be installed at H M Prison, Altcourse in During the latter part of 2005 I have managed the complete upgrade and re-development of these systems to cope with vastly increased volumes and supervised the installation of the new systems into a larger unit at the prison. These new systems went live in November 2005 handling all of Macmillan’s returned books. These systems are now handling book returns at the rate of 5 million per annum. During the early part of 2006 I managed a new implementation for Thomson
Publishing based upon a completely new concept of using Thomson’s own systems
on-line. A new infrastructure was implemented whereby systems at Altcourse
are connected via secure VPN links to Thomson’s network in More recently, I have managed the modification of the current SMS systems to handle books returns from Waterstones stores with onward return to suppliers. Waterstones are the first retailer to use SMS’s services and this has entailed the addition of an extra stage in the books returns process. The Waterstones system went live in August 2006 handling books returns from stores as part of a stock rationalisation and consolidation programme. I manage this programme utilising other contractors for development, implementation and support services. |
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