Expertise

Industry

Capital goods. OEM machinery, mechanical and electrical supply-industry, automotive, professional service.

Logistics

Flexibilisation in volume and mix. JIT / TOC. Supply chain optimization. Lead time reduction. Value stream mapping and analysis. Planning modelling. Enterprise resource planning systems: a.o. SAP, IFS, MS Dynamics AX , systems for RFID.

Procurement

Purchase portfolio approach. Machined and sheet metal products, industrial plastics ; machine control components and systems; electrical assemblies and cabinets. Offshoring / Outsourcing to low wage countries. Cost price calculation. Procurement of professional services; contractors; facility services.

Manufacturing

Lean production, operational excellence, Six Sigma, 5S, manufacturing-strategy. Make-or-buy decisions. Quality improvement programs.

Development and Engineering

Product portfolio management. Cost- and value engineering. Design for manufacturing/assembly. Outsourcing of mechanical , electrical and software engineering.

Customer Service

Streamlining of field service interventions and repair- / spare-part supply. Simplification of expense- and cost-reporting. Field service planning, call-management. CRM. Installed Base Management.

Administrative organization

Simplification and efficiency improvement. Overhead value analysis. Key Performance Indicators, management cockpit, balanced scorecard model.

Leading

Experienced in leading professionals, and large organizations. Project management.

Corporate

Experienced with the challenges of larger, multi-site organizations: with regard to decision making, budgeting, transfer-pricing, and multi-discipline cooperation.

International

Experienced in international cooperation. Fluent in English, German and Dutch language. Sensitive to cultural differences.

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