DP-DHL considers scrapping parts of costly troubled IT project

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By Alex Lennane

07/08/2015

Deutsche Post’s now infamous IT project could be scrapped, the company revealed yesterday after announcing its second-quarter results. Getting rid of it completely would be very unlikely, however, because of the investment involved so far. It said it would make a decision before its Q3 results. Its NFE transformation project was put on hold in May for being overly ambitious and negatively affecting performance. Meanwhile, Q2 EBIT was down 18%.

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