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November, 2016

“The road to success is always under construction”

Lily Tomlin

Meet the Team

Many of the Change Partners have extensive experience in the publishing industry and have worked for the group

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Detailed below is further information on some of team: Peter McNulty

Hodder & Stoughton, Headline and Quercus Having started at Hachette Ireland in 2006, Peter now works for H&S, Headline Parts from the cooling tower and the and Quercus as Commercial Manager. He Construction Update chimney are being crushed into small pieces that will be used as a base for the has played a central role in a number of Work on the site of the new distribution projects, including the recent integration centre began in early October. warehouse and surrounding roadways. of Nicholas Brealey Publishing. This is a measure to reuse what is already The warehouse is scheduled to deliver in available at the location and to minimise July 2017. Landscaping activities are now Fiona McIntosh in progress, involving flattening the land the amount of new materials that need to be brought on to the site. to ensure a level base before building work Orion Publishing Group can start. Trenches are also being dug to Members of the Hachette team visited the install telephone lines and power mains. site recently to monitor proceedings. The Fiona joined Orion in 2004. In addition to her role as production director for the The warehouse will be on the site of the picture above shows Programme Director old Didcot Power Station. The chimney Andy Davies, COO Chris Emerson and division, she is an advocate for production and remaining cooling towers will be Distribution MD Matt Wright. process improvements across the group. demolished to clear space for the wider Any suggested captions should be sent to development of the site. [email protected]! Karen Mole

Octopus Publishing Group

Business Partnership Karen has been with Octopus for 16 years Digital Sales Processing and is the division’s Head of Sales & An important aspect of the project is the Workshops in November will review how engagement of publishing representatives. Publishing Systems Support. sales are currently managed and how a We are very pleased to have Helen Gibbs, standard approach could be established. Both Fiona and Karen were divisional Karen Mole, Rasha Elsaeed, Peter representatives for the roll-out of the McNulty, Fiona McIntosh, Alex Jones, Stock at Printer Charmian Allwright, Ben Wright and Biblio3 publishing system. Usmaan Maan as members of the Business Process Owner Peter Asbury is Publishing Change Partners forum. leading the task to identify how stock held by printers can be accurately captured. They are a vital element in the overall Did You Know? process to help manage the inevitable Access to Historical Data ambiguity, issues and uncertainty that The project team will detail what data is The chimney that will be demolished is change brings. planned to be migrated from Vista to SAP one of the tallest structures in the UK at A list of their key concerns has been and how reporting across historical items 200 metres high. in both systems will be managed. This will recorded which will help to ensure that we Poet Kit Wright wrote ‘Ode to Didcot focus on those uncertainties. be validated by the change partners to ensure it meets the business needs. Power Station’ in 2014. T opics under discussion include: