by DavidSpratt | Aug 1, 2016 | ICT
We talk to dozens of small and large companies around the country to help them modernise and streamline their ICT needs. We frequently hear about an issue that’s important to managers everywhere: a supposed lack of control over the growth of these as-needed costs. In...
by DavidSpratt | Jul 12, 2016 | Case Studies, ICT
The year 2013 was tough for Zespri. The PSA virus was decimating its growers’ high value, gold kiwifruit crops across New Zealand. As well, a major initiative was underway to help growers replace existing cultivars with a more disease- tolerant variety, Sun Gold. The...
by DavidSpratt | Jun 30, 2016 | ICT
Complexity, cost, and increasing competitive inertia create big problems for business IT departments, as we saw in part one of this series. In today’s post, David Spratt addresses what to do about it. So where did we leave off, last post? Competitive advantage...
by DavidSpratt | Apr 18, 2016 | Case Studies
When you have a global supply chain delivering premium live seafood and chilled fresh fish to domestic and overseas markets, there is little room for communications, business process or system errors. Aotearoa Fisheries Limited is the largest Maori-owned fisheries...
by DavidSpratt | Apr 11, 2016 | ICT
I had lunch with an old friend last week and he raised the issue of technical debt with me: the notion that complexity breeds complexity until a business’ IT systems are a burden rather than a benefit. The realisation came, like a bolt from the blue, that this was the...
