Nightingale HQ have identified digital quick wins that improve operations in the short term. But equally they supported us in setting our digitalisation strategy. The experience has given us the confidence to form a team to support implementation. Their pragmatic approach has been hugely supportive to our business. Ashleigh Doyle, Director, CJ Sheeran Group

Accelerating digitalisation in pallet manufacturing

CJS Group are the largest manufacturer of timber packaging and pallets in Ireland, with 350 staff across 10 locations. The company has a history of M&A activity, which has resulted in different operational approaches and systems from site to site, which has lead to a need to optimise through consolidation in order to scale further.

Approach

NHQ worked with the CJS leadership team to evaluate their current systems to facilitate growth. Investigate the flow of data between core business processes and support requirements gathering for new systems.

Objectives

• Review and map existing systems, licenses, and processes
• Identified ’quick-win’ process automations across the business to save time
• Support initial requirement gathering and scoping for appropriate Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) solutions
  Recommendations for ERP solutions and modules which align with business objectives 
• Evaluate the level of digital literacy within the company and assess training needs 
• Advise on senior hiring requirements to support ERP implementation, cloud migration, and move to modern work technologies
• Review business KPI dashboards work  in production, finance, energy to facilitate growth.

Achievements

• Evaluate current systems, vendors and costings
• Support ERP demo and business alignment
• Improvements in IT policy updates
• Profiling for hiring of digitalisation team
• Digital skills training and upskilling recommendations
• Identify funding and support mechanisms to support implementation.

Results

• Identify digital quick wins to improve operations in the short term
• Support creation of a technology acquisition strategy for the business
• Provided technical expertise on ERP requirements gathering and demos
• Delivered a digital roadmap with action plan for implementation.