Breakthrough in Jumbo Supermarkets' data directory

Focus on consultancy complemented by technology

Change Manager Harm Hoebergen was point of contact for Jumbo’s MT IT on the larger themes. Together with Roel, he guided the transition from drawing board to implementation. This prepared the organisation for the next phase.

Harm: “This collaboration shows how we like to work together as Blenddata. We mirrored our experience from other customers to the situation at Jumbo and then determined the right next steps together with Jumbo. Not only strategically but also practically; two of our data engineers support Jumbo’s team on an ongoing basis.”

Go live and build on that foundation

Data Architect Roel Smits: “When we started this collaboration, there was disconnected autonomy: many islands and too little collective Jumbo. We just didn’t manage to implement the recently developed data strategy. We occasionally took on the role of breaker. We provided an external vision of the organisation and brought knowledge from outside to inside Jumbo.”

Back to the essence

“Our advice: go live and start finding customers to use it. Instead of continuing to develop and make it technically perfect, we reduced the platform to something good enough to go live. It’s a foundation that the whole data organisation can build on.”