Dixons (Currys etc.) has suspended a major supply chain technology rollout due to cost pressures, it has been reported.
According to technical newswire Computerworld UK, the company has pulled back from deploying the supply chain module of a SAP enterprise resource planning solution to reduce costs. The report stated that the suspension comes after Dixons Retail has implemented financial modules of the ERP system, in addition to transferring data to SAP.
“The design is done for the supply chain system, and the rollout will restart in 2012,” a Dixons spokesperson told Computerworld UK.
The spokesperson added that Dixons had “achieved a great deal with SAP” and that it has put the roll out on ice to save costs, rather than axing it altogether. Dixons was not looking to replace SAP, the spokesperson insisted.
“Dixons said it had been facing rising costs maintaining its previous array of core systems. In January, Dixons disclosed it had missed out on £15 million in potential sales after its web platform crashed for long periods of time on 26 to 28 December. The heavy snow that month also made it lose out on £20m of in-store sales, it estimated,” according to Computerworld UK.