Project Management
For project management services we use Apidae Project Consultancy Limited.
The company, owned and operated by Debra Chalton, has the benefit of over 30 years experience in the realm of supply-chain, retail, insurance and utilities software development.
Debra has a history of delivering multiple concurrent projects, including budgets, planning, communications, stakeholder management, risk & issue management, service transition and
project governance.
Throughout her impressive career, Debra has coached direct reports to progress their careers and develop line management capabilities.
Key illustrative projects include:
Throughout her impressive career, Debra has coached direct reports to progress their careers and develop line management capabilities.
Key illustrative projects include:
- Leading a project team including remote developers to amend existing store pricing and discounting application providing stakeholders with a single version of the truth, allowing accurate data for analysis of key customers.
- Increasing customer base from 200 to 1300 by delivering an upgraded customer ordering website.
- Establishing governance and structure to a hybrid waterfall/agile software project to deliver a reporting tool, providing enhanced information for decision making and compliance.
- Implementing development changes to a pricing scheme system, enabling a 15% sales increase.
- Implemented a cloud telephony solution for Customer Service teams with addition of dashboard analytics linking 11 warehouses.
- Led a project to ensure stock availability via stock rationing by implementing development changes at order entry. Delivered on time, on budget and successfully audited.
- Led a project team to provide electronic invoices, orders and ASNs via EDI to customers, including government organisations and multinational retailers.
- Upgraded Sage HR & Payroll system which improved stability & provided additional functionality for employees and the business (allowing employees to view payslips online, team managers to view staff availability online etc.)
- Vendor selection for CRM solution and cloud telephony project.
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