BELL FOOD GROUP
Some of the main achievements made by Bell Food Group include implementing SAP S4 HANA into all processes including finance , controlling , production , logistics , and planning in June 2021 for Bell Switzerland .
“ We first tried this in Easter , but we faced some issues , mostly around communication with our endpoint devices , to not risk our production , we had to roll back the implementation . I am really proud of my team that they have not lost heart after this failure . We further optimised the migration , conducted more tests so that two months later we had a much smoother rollout ,” comments Friedli .
Another achievement for the group includes the rollout of a new ERP implementation with CSB at Eisberg Switzerland . With a great combined effort from key users , the infrastructure team , the management and the CSB project team , Bell Food Group successfully , after two years , introduced the ERP system in November .
“ We have in total 63 locations spread across 15 countries , and we ’ re on the last steps to harmonise our MPLS network over the entire group ,” says Friedli . “ We have also launched a pilot with Beekeeper . With this platform , our trainees can collaborate and communicate together . We are now ready to scale this platform out to other parts of the company , to also reach out to our first line workers with digital information . We will be able to provide personal planning , site information , achievements , and much more information via their mobile device or on digital screens at the plant .
“ With Microsoft and Accenture we are introducing a new workplace strategy based on Microsoft 365 technology , right now we are moving all our exchange mailboxes to the cloud . Finally , we are also in the last stages of introducing an EXECUTIVE BIO
SVEN FRIEDLI
TITLE : CIO INDUSTRY : FOOD PRODUCTION LOCATION : BASEL , SWITZERLAND
Passionate manager with almost 20 years of experience in it , telecom , enterprise architecture , manufacturing and organizational development . Before Sven entered Bell Food Group he spend the past 12 years in the telecom industry .
He started his career in studying computer science and business economics at the university of applied science in Bern and worked for a startup in software development . Within Swisscom Sven first was responsible for several managing roles in the enterprise business group , mostly focusing on managing and delivering IT projects and telco services .
In the last five years , he was responsible for the architecture , technology and innovation steering among Swisscom .
Since October 2020 Sven is now managing the IT of Bell Food Group . He has to keep the balance in order to master the increasing complexity in IT , to ensure the daily 7 / 24 operation of the company and to make sensible use of the opportunities of digitization for Bell Food Group .