{"id":29674,"date":"2022-08-15T10:00:03","date_gmt":"2022-08-15T14:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blueridgeglobal.com\/?p=29674"},"modified":"2025-09-15T21:36:26","modified_gmt":"2025-09-16T01:36:26","slug":"mestergruppen-successful-implementation-thanks-to-perfect-preparation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blueridgeglobal.com\/blog\/mestergruppen-successful-implementation-thanks-to-perfect-preparation\/","title":{"rendered":"Mestergruppen: Successful Implementation Thanks to Perfect Preparation"},"content":{"rendered":"[vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overflow=”visible” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none”][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1\/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][vc_column_text]Norwegian DIY retailer Mestergruppen has successfully implemented Blue Ridge\u2019s supply chain software. The investment has already almost paid for itself after just eight weeks of operation. During a webinar by Supply Chain Media and Blue Ridge, Ove Berger from Mestergruppen explained what made this project so successful: \u201cOur approach made it very easy to select the right software vendor.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

By Marcel te Lindert<\/em><\/p>\n

Mestergruppen<\/a>\u00a0is Norway\u2019s largest supplier of building materials. Besides supplying to construction companies, the company also has 420 do-it-yourself (DIY) stores in Norway and Sweden. Mestergruppen has grown rapidly in recent years, partly through acquisitions, which has resulted in a fragmented IT landscape. \u201cOur IT director recently said that he has stopped counting our ERP systems,\u201d chuckled Ove Berger, senior supply chain specialist at Mestergruppen.<\/p>\n

Despite that fragmentation, Mestergruppen has successfully implemented\u00a0Blue Ridge\u2019s<\/a>\u00a0supply chain software. According to Sverre Rosmo, general manager of Blue Ridge in Scandinavia, that success didn\u2019t happen by chance: \u201cIt\u2019s not just a matter of good or bad project management. A software implementation entails a large number of consecutive steps and involves almost the entire company. If any of those steps aren\u2019t taken seriously enough, it can jeopardize the entire project and even the company\u2019s future.\u201d<\/p>\n

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