cadbury
Christine Connelly
CIO Profile Before joining the DoH Connelly, a computer science graduate from Aberdeen University, spent three years as CIO at Cadbury Schweppes. Prior to joining Cadbury Schweppes, Connelly worked in various global... [01 Jun 2009]
D-Link Case Study: Dr Pepper/Seven Up, Inc.
White Paper Dr Pepper/Seven Up, Inc.the largest beverage division of Cadbury Schweppes plc (NYSE: CSG), is the leading non-cola soft drink enterprise in North America. With a sizable field sales force, Dr Pepper/Seven Up wanted to... [03 Apr 2009]
Cadbury Schweppes Undertakes Global Restructuring Using mySAP.com
White Paper Cadbury Schweppes has used IT systems since the 1970s. The diverse organizations that Cadbury Schweppes acquired and combined as a single group over the years continued to use its existing IT systems. [01 Feb 2009]
NHS names top tech tag team
News Christine Connelly was previously CIO at Cadbury Schweppes and spent more than 20 years at BP where she became head of IT. The Department of Health has named the new leadership team that will direct the future of the NHS... [07 Aug 2008]
Webcast: Cadbury Schweppes and B2B Process Management
White Paper View this on-demand Webcast to see how Cadbury Schweppes is leveraging B2B Process Management to control the increasing complexity of their trading community -- complexity that's due to acquisition and growth. [28 Apr 2008]
Cadbury takes wraps off £650m efficiency drive
News Confectionary and soft drinks giant Cadbury Schweppes is to cut the size of its IT department by up to a third as part of a new £650m four-year plan to slash group operating costs and increase profit margins. [26 Jun 2007]
Leader: Who cares about their laptop?
Leader Guy Harris, director of global desktop services at Cadbury Schweppes, read the story and commented that it's further evidence why all organisations must get on top of the automated back-up issue. Last week we revealed... [05 Sep 2006]
How to avoid an ERP disaster
Comment Examples include MFI, which was thrown £46m into the red as a result of technical problems with the rollout of a SAP-based supply chain system, which led to inventory shortages and incomplete orders being sent out, and more recently... [12 Jul 2006]
Cadbury IT glitch takes £12m chunk out of profits
News UK confectionary giant Cadbury Trebor Bassett (CTB) has taken a £12m hit on its profits after IT problems caused too many chocolate bars to be produced. As a result CTB was forced to put hefty discounts on its product... [08 Jun 2006]
CIO Forum: Talk more about business, less about tech
News Cadbury Schweppes CIO Christine Connelly said the trick is understanding the business well enough to know of the 20 things you could do today, which is the right one. CIOs need to talk less about technology and more... [27 Sep 2005]
ITNet admits £200m takeover talks
News ITNet was formed in 1995 out of the IT department at Cadbury Schweppes, following a management buyout led by current CEO Bridget Blow. One of the UK's biggest government IT services suppliers has confirmed it is the... [15 Nov 2004]
Mobile operators sign up to BT, the Wi-Fi wholesaler
News Two of Orange's corporate customers, Cadbury Schweppes and the Hilton group, have already signed up to take part. BT is turning itself into a Wi-Fi wholesaler by opening up its Openzone wireless network to other... [29 Sep 2003]
Oil giant Shell flogs own software company for $18m
News It was spun-off as an independent company in 2001, although Shell retained ownership, and Kalido has since secured major enterprise users in the UK and Europe including Cadbury Schweppes, Halifax Bank of Scotland and... [14 Jul 2003]
The recession and IT departments: a threat or an opportunity?
Comment One reason Cadbury's became the nation's favourite chocolate maker was its decision to continue advertising throughout the second world war. Recessions are never much fun for anyone (other than 'outplacement'... [14 Oct 2002]
Microsoft 'surprised' by calls for OFT investigation
News Roberts said TIF's members - all large corporate IT users including the likes of BP, Cadbury Schweppes, Glaxo SmithKline and ICI - said the new licensing terms would increase their licensing cost by 94 per cent on average. [24 Sep 2001]