CH&CO's continuous investment in technology and innovation plays a key role in helping it achieve its mission of creating exciting and memorable food and drink experiences.
Over the past three years, CH&CO have undertaken a range of projects to drive efficiency and increase agility. Projects have included, JD Edwards upgrades, migration of the ERP onto Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) & Automating Accounts Payable with Redfaire's built for JDE AP Automation solution.
“The Redfaire team are committed, flexible and are always willing to go the extra mile. This is a project that should be held up as a genuine example of what can be achieved despite extreme conditions.”
Rob Lee,
Head of Information Security, Cyber and Infrastructure, CH&CO
Annual Revenues of £300m
6,200 Team Members
750 Locations Across
UK & Ireland
Headquartered in Reading, UK, CH&CO offers premium contract and hospitality catering services throughout the UK and Ireland. The company has a prestigious client portfolio and has held a Royal Warrant for the provision of catering services to the UK monarchy since 2013. The company is growing organically and through acquisitions. IT is key to facilitating this growth and delivering strong ROI.
CH&CO's success is built on creating great food experiences that lift the spirit. Key to this is empowering their teams through skills and knowledge to be the best that they can be. Agile, efficient and secure IT systems are a key to facilitating the CH&CO team. Over the past three years, the IT team has taken on a range of ambitious projects. The IT team are resilient and inventive and managed to successfully deliver the first major project in the middle of the Covid-19 pandemic.
From January to June 2020, in the middle of a global pandemic, Redfaire and CH&CO:
• Upgraded JD Edwards EnterpriseOne 9.0 to the latest version, 9.2.
• Moved JD Edwards ERP onto Oracle Cloud Infrastructure.
• Implemented Oracle’s Virtual Database (Extreme Performance) on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure.
In 2022, the team continued by:
CH&CO chose Redfaire International thanks to their skills and extensive experience with JD Edwards. The team's flexibility and commitment and keen understanding of CH&CO's business objectives were also key.
“Redfaire not only delivered but exceeded expectations. It was a pleasure to work with the Redfaire team. They combined technical excellence with a deep understanding of how this project fits with our strategic business objectives.”
Rob Lee,
Head of Information Security, Cyber and Infrastructure, CH&CO
Since January 2020, Redfaire has worked with CH&CO on a range of transformative projects:
JD Edwards EnterpriseOne
Having the latest version of EnterpriseOne:
Moving JDE on to Oracle Cloud Infrastructure
CH&CO Group selected Redfaire’s Cloud 9 service, which facilitates a fast, hassle-free move onto Oracle Cloud Infrastructure. Cloud 9 includes a fully managed service. Moving the ERP to Oracle Cloud has delivered:
Oracle Database
As part of the Upgrade process Redfaire also implemented Oracle’s Virtual Database (Extreme Performance) on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure. Benefits delivered included:
Automating Accounts Payable
With ambitious growth plans, DX needed a partner that would help them lay the foundations for growth with a modern ERP in the Cloud.
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