EUROPE just a matter of making a decision and moving forward . I got the senior team on board and said ‘ this is what we need to do ’, and just went in that direction . The technology teams knew what to do but had previously not been allowed the freedom to go that route , and so the inevitable had been deferred for a long time . Once we got stuck in it took about two and a half years to complete the consolidation of the technology platforms .
“ It was very much a consolidation integration story . We had a very successful and sizeable business , but so much complexity in the technology area . The moment I started we made a big change around in terms of the teams , focussing on our ability to deliver in three layers ; front end , platform , and back office ( ERP ). We had to accommodate all the functionality we needed from all three businesses to make sure that when we migrated , we were ready to go . We didn ’ t have one system that would work long-term so we re-used parts of our business logic layer , and
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