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On the very first day Graham Bass got his feet under the desk as CFO of leading Trans-Tasman menswear specialist Cambridge Clothing, he set the ball rolling on automating the paper-intensive processes of his finance team.
“I could see straight away there were some nice easy low hanging targets to put in robotic process automations that would take away a lot of the box ticking I would have been doing,” says the Auckland-based finance professional who joined the iconic 157-year-old clothing company in 2020. Fast forward four years, since starting work with digital workforce partner Virtual Blue to streamline the process of checking off stock received into the company’s warehouse, the remit of the team’s digital worker by SS&C Blue Prism – affectionately named ‘Bunny Robot’ – continues to expand. “It’s been a game changer for us,” Bass says. “It covers at least five regular daily routines, and we’ve got a list of others where we’ll be looking to improve data accuracy and speed to improve our people’s working lives. We also want to bring in some other generative AI tools across the operations and dial up our predictive stock analytics.” Part of the fabric Founded in Auckland, New Zealand, in 1867, Cambridge Clothing has a stable of menswear brands sold predominantly in Australia and New Zealand through major retailers such as Myer and David Jones, specialist outlets such as Peter Shearers, and a newly launched online marketplace. In addition to its own brands, including Cambridge, Gibson, Uberstone and Joe Black, it has acquired other quality menswear specialists including Australia’s Ganton shirtmakers and City Club Menswear. Until 2013, Cambridge made its stock in New Zealand, before partnering with a set of manufacturers across Asia, including Indonesia, Thailand and Laos. For the full story, head to CFO Magazine. Comments are closed.
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