Next retail in the UK creates an audit trail for new build retail store projects
Next plc is a UK-based retailer offering clothing, accessories and home products. Next distributes through three main channels:
- Next Retail: a chain of more than 545 stores in the UK and Ireland.
- Next Directory is a home shopping catalogue and website with over 4 million customers and international websites serving around 70 countries.
- Next International: with almost 200 mainly franchised stores around the world.
The challenge
Next needed a system that gave them a full audit trail, which would remove uncertainty and enable them to manage the responsibilities of their suppliers more effectively. In addition, Next required a mechanism to manage tender information so that they could control user permissions and grant users access only to appropriate information. The system needed to be able to manage large file types and images.
Our solution
With a far simpler and faster system than Next had before, the IconSystem has enabled collaboration internally and externally for new build projects. The Projects & Property module met not only the brief, it made it much easier for the Next team to search and track items related to any property. Because of the unique capability the IconSystem has to group and link projects to property records, it has been promptly embraced by Next and integrated into their work processes.
Since launch, the system has been well received and used for over 950 projects and 11 different project programmes. From this success, Next have explored and adopted the IconBIM functionn too. By sharing their Revit library with external suppliers globally, Next now has full control and manages over 900 ‘families’ in their system.
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