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S2E4 – Niek Meijer: The Scale-up Challenge: managing replatforming while expanding across borders
In this podcast episode, we speak with Niek Meijer about the challenges of completely replacing a digital foundation while simultaneously growing a business. We explore how Toelevering Online navigated a complex replatforming journey that expanded from a planned 4-month project to a year-long transformation. Niek, Director of Product and Technology, shares candid insights about carrying the entire business on his team's shoulders during this critical transition, the courage needed to admit when they took wrong turns, and how they ultimately succeeded in launching new markets despite these fundamental changes.
In this episode, we cover the following subjects:
- The limitations of their original e-commerce platform for scaling a complex, custom-built solution in the construction industry.
- How to recognize when your technological foundation has become a barrier to future growth rather than an enabler.
- The reality of extending transformation timelines and managing stakeholder expectations when projects expand beyond initial scopes.
- Balancing the competing demands of maintaining day-to-day operations while rebuilding core systems from the ground up.
- Strategic approaches to international expansion during a period of foundational technological change.
- The organizational challenges of restructuring into a group model while simultaneously transforming the technical architecture.
- Practical strategies for maintaining competitive advantage and innovation capacity during extended replatforming efforts.
- Measuring success through organizational KPIs and ensuring alignment across departments during transformational periods.
- How the company's culture evolved through the challenges of replatforming and how it ultimately contributed to their success.
- Lessons learned about a replatforming project.
- Question from the previous guest
- Dilemma
Links:
LinkedIn Evolving Digital https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/evolving-digital-podcast
Instagram Evolving Digital https://www.instagram.com/evolvingdigital.podcast/?hl=en
Facebook Evolving Digital https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61566815356179
LinkedIn Niek Meijer https://www.linkedin.com/in/niekmeijer2
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By Evolving DigitalIn this podcast episode, we speak with Niek Meijer about the challenges of completely replacing a digital foundation while simultaneously growing a business. We explore how Toelevering Online navigated a complex replatforming journey that expanded from a planned 4-month project to a year-long transformation. Niek, Director of Product and Technology, shares candid insights about carrying the entire business on his team's shoulders during this critical transition, the courage needed to admit when they took wrong turns, and how they ultimately succeeded in launching new markets despite these fundamental changes.
In this episode, we cover the following subjects:
- The limitations of their original e-commerce platform for scaling a complex, custom-built solution in the construction industry.
- How to recognize when your technological foundation has become a barrier to future growth rather than an enabler.
- The reality of extending transformation timelines and managing stakeholder expectations when projects expand beyond initial scopes.
- Balancing the competing demands of maintaining day-to-day operations while rebuilding core systems from the ground up.
- Strategic approaches to international expansion during a period of foundational technological change.
- The organizational challenges of restructuring into a group model while simultaneously transforming the technical architecture.
- Practical strategies for maintaining competitive advantage and innovation capacity during extended replatforming efforts.
- Measuring success through organizational KPIs and ensuring alignment across departments during transformational periods.
- How the company's culture evolved through the challenges of replatforming and how it ultimately contributed to their success.
- Lessons learned about a replatforming project.
- Question from the previous guest
- Dilemma
Links:
LinkedIn Evolving Digital https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/evolving-digital-podcast
Instagram Evolving Digital https://www.instagram.com/evolvingdigital.podcast/?hl=en
Facebook Evolving Digital https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61566815356179
LinkedIn Niek Meijer https://www.linkedin.com/in/niekmeijer2