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It is sometimes difficult to corral all the people you need into a room to have a meeting. We can do many things online, but sometimes it is important to be in the room and be able to discuss things, particularly when you are having longer or more technical meetings.
It involves setting up the IT system, building the sorting centres and working out all the logistics, particularly around online take-back. Those things take time.