Fletcher's 'cost management' focus pauses software rollout until 2026

Fletcher's 'cost management' focus pauses software rollout until 2026
Fletcher Building is pausing its multi-year rollout of a new ERP system. (Image: Getty)
Oliver Lewis
Rebecca Stevenson
Fletcher Building has paused the rollout of a cloud-based software system, which it has spent years and tens of millions of dollars implementing. The dual-listed construction giant continues to search for new leaders to replace former chair Bruce Hassall and chief executive Ross Taylor, who left Fletcher after the company recorded a $120 million first-half loss on the back of repeated project provisions and cost blowouts.  Once a new chair is appointed, one of the projects they’ll have to come to grips with is Digital@Fletcher,...

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