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Chris Hassell
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Company: Geest.
Interviewee: Chris Hassell.
Job Title: Programme Manager,
Project Darwin.
The Subject: Food supplier Geest
is modernising its operations around a foundation of
ERP-based supply chain software.
PERSONAL FILE
NAME: Chris Hassell.
BACKGROUND: After training
and qualifying as an accountant Chris has majored on
managing major ERP implementations. He was attracted
to Geest by its commitment to resourcing the management
of the various stages of ERP introduction and exploitation.
As Programme Manager of Project Darwin, he is responsible
for the business preparation and rollout of Protean
at 22 sites, applying group standards and practices
around the application of their ERP solution.
Geest is coming to the end of the
road in implementing Protean in all its UK and European
sites. Chris’s teams have set the initial standards
which can be built on by the group to improve its supply
chain processes.
Before Geest, Chris jointly managed
the implementation of SAP R/3 at East Midlands Electricity
(EME), going live in August 1999 – taking responsibility
for all project aspects of introducing the customer-facing
modules. This was a major challenge in terms of cultural
change and the number and varying complexity of legacy
systems.
Outside work, Chris is a key member
of the National Management Committee of the Association
of Spina Bifida & Hydrocephalus, acting as business
and systems advisor. He is also a proud dad – one son
is a UK champion at wheelchair basketball and the other
a talented pantomime performer. Chris holds a post-graduate
Certificate in Education from Westminster College, Oxford
and a 1st Class BA (Hons) degree in Business Administration
& Accounting from Oxford Brookes University.
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Q: WHAT WERE GEEST’S MAIN BUSINESS REASONS
FOR ADOPTING NEW SUPPLY CHAIN SOFTWARE?
A: The object of Project Darwin was to establish a common
use of systems and business processes within the devolved
businesses in Geest. Our old Dec Alpha-based Impcon system
got us through the year 2000 problem but it was old technology
and wasn’t supportable. Geest realised that it was important
to keep up with the times in order to maintain a competitive
advantage.
Project Darwin was set up to find a system and put that system
in – in a consistent way – across all our sites. The main
objective was for the business to have a quality ERP package
and quality use of an ERP package.
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