References
Queensland Government
Treasury and Corptech – Program Recovery
Cavendish led a team of
consultants in a highly focussed audit of the SAP Shared Services
programme. Programme recovery actions were defined in the audit
report which included the establishment of a Solution Design Authority
and Cavendish led three further phases of the assignment to re-plan
and re-structure the programme which resulted in the final recommendations
being tabled to the Queensland Treasurer and Under Treasurer in
2007.
Cavendish resources and our legal partners were
appointed as negotiators for the subsequent Tender process and drafted
the legal agreements for the newly established Prime Contractor
engagement. Cavendish subsequently provided both the Program Delivery
Director and the Head of the Solution Design Authority until Public
Service appointments were made. Confirmation of this successful
process was included in the Auditor General’s report to Parliament.
Department Of Education and Training
– Quality Assurance
Cavendish
provided its Quality Assurance Framework which reported on all key
program status measurements and vendor performance.
Cavendish resources also led the vendor negotiations for the acquisition
of a new Learning Management Solution, Workplace Health and Safety
system and a SAP Asset Management system.
Cavendish legal partners provided the probity audit
for the public tender process for a new Workplace Health and Safety
system
GULLIVERS TRAVEL GROUP (New Zealand)
– Program Recovery
- Cavendish led a consulting
team from Cavendish in a major Business and ICT Change programme
to restructure the ICT operations across this group of companies.
Gullivers was a billion dollar company and one of the largest
Travel and Tourism groups in Asia Pacific.
- The assignment delivered an integrated ICT
group out of the previously fragmented ICT operations across
7 companies in the Group.
- Two major failing projects were re-established
and fully ITIL compliant ICT Operations, Service Support and
Service Delivery groups were established as well as the deployment
of the Prince II project delivery methodology. One of these
was a major group wide Telco implementation.
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Fonterra is a New Zealand’s largest
enterprise with a turnover of $12 billion and is the world's largest
exporter of dairy products, exporting 95 percent of New Zealand’s
production and 24% by value of all New Zealand exports. Their global
supply chain encompasses farms, customers and consumers in 140 countries.
Collecting over 13 billion litres of milk a year, they manufacture
and market over 2 million tonnes of dairy products annually, making
them the world's leader in large-scale milk procurement, processing
and management.
Cavendish Performed two
Programme Delivery roles for Fonterra:-
- Cavendish directed
a Global Business Transformation programme involving the roll
out of SAP R3 across all the international regional operating
companies of Fonterra Co-Operative Group.
The solution covered all the major SAP Modules including Sales
& Distribution (SD), Materials Management (MM), Finance
& Accounting (FI), Controlling (CO), Basis System (BC),
and Human Resources (HR).
This was a $290 million project and was then the largest single
IT programme in New Zealand.
- Cavendish directed the delivery
of global Group Financial Reporting System.
Project included full system development lifecycle for consolidated
group financial reporting using Hyperion Financial Management
system for sixty three international companies.
The solution design incorporated advanced business intelligence
and data warehousing strategies.
- Grant Keats
• Finance Applications Manager • Fonterra Group
stated:-
“Cavendish International
people have been involved in two major project implementations
for Fonterra.
Cavendish International headed the consortium which implemented
the global financial consolidation project. This project was
an unqualified success, delivered on time, well within budget
and contributed significantly to Fonterra’s broader business
transformation initiatives.
Feedback from global users and senior Fonterra managers has
been very positive.”
- Jackie
Calloway • Group Reporting Manager • Fonterra Group
stated:-
”The global
budgeting process was completed in February 2004 using the new
system and processes, and meeting all of the required deadlines.
The Cavendish International team delivered to our highest expectations
in all key areas.”
Cavendish International headed the consortium which implemented
the global financial consolidation project. This project was
an unqualified success, delivered on time, well within budget
and contributed significantly to Fonterra’s broader business
transformation initiatives.
Feedback from global users and senior Fonterra managers has
been very positive.
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