Blinds ambition
13 September 2012
When a leading Dutch company set out to implement an enterprise resource planning system, one of the biggest problems was ensuring that it was compatible with the IT systems of 145 separate companies. Helen Riley reports
It might not be a household name, but the chances are that the window blind in your office or home screening you from bright sunlight originated at a plant owned by a company called Hunter Douglas. The Dutch conglomerate has its headquarters in Rotterdam and is the world leader in Venetian and vertical blinds, with a turnover last year of £1.2 billion.
It was...