MCDONALD ’ S SA
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N ishal Ragoobeer is a man in a hurry : less than 18 months into his spell as IT Director at McDonald ’ s South Africa ( SA ), the number of initiatives he has rolled out or is currently implementing befits a man who has been in the job a great deal longer .
Tasked with the remit of turning around the fortunes of the company ’ s IT team , Nishal had no time to relax into his new position , spending a few months getting his feet under the table . One of his first actions was to upgrade the pointof-sale ( POS ) system , from NewPOS 3 ( NP3 ) to NewPOS 6 ( NP6 ), which has seen a lift in sales contributions .
In March 2017 , 240 restaurants operated the NP3 system , with just 10 running the NP6 system . Now , that has been turned on its head with just twenty three ( 23 ) sites running NP3 , and two hundred and thirty seven ( 237 ) running NP6 . By the end of August 2018 , the entire restaurant base of two hundred and sixty ( 260 ) would be running the NP6 system .
AUGUST 2018