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Productive Simplicity !
Productive simplicity expresses what drives most of Willem’s achievements !
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Solid Referrals
Reviewing solid referrals is key. Willem’s referals, numerous, can be found here !
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Blurred vision ?
Consistency at management level is by far less obvious as it should be.
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Alpe d’Huez
November 2022 … the sun, slowly down, playing with shadows and colors.
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Flowers
Don’t expect any quality here, this is about me picking up my phone (not even a camera) taking pictures whenever the occasion occurs.
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Butterflies
Don’t expect any quality here, this is about me picking up my phone (not even a camera) taking pictures whenever the occasion occurs.
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Commodity pricing
Providing customers with a fast pricing proposal is key to grow your business in a productive manner.
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Set smart(er) goals !
Appropriate goal setting will drive challenge and performance … don’t push the limits though !
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Culemborg (April 2022)
On one of those usual “quick” visits to our daughter Kim, husband Laurens and grandson Roy-Willem.
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Boven Leeuwen (April 2022)
Theo LAM and myself, friends since ages, decided to do that traditional walk around our village once more.
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Simply Red
Holding back the years … a fantastic song and story behind, one of my favorites … watch here!
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Chevreuse
Just regular walking around the village … simple things in life, lot’s of joy !
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Levis to Chevreuse
A 12 Km walk from Levis St Nom back to Chevreuse, mostly walking in beautiful forrests.
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Design Win Pipeline
Continuous focus on identifying, and winning new opportunities is key to secure your business.
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Late Deliveries ?
Delivery issues can easily increase customer intimacy if well handled.
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Forecasting
Demand and revenue forecasting requires different levels of detail depending on your timeframe.
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Business intelligence !
Big data is no guarantee you are in the driver seat of your business, it’ll take more than data only !
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People are key !
Guiding people is key to success, yet it is sometimes forgotten at the expense of performance.
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Humor at work
I am a strong believer that humor is an essential enabler of creating a more productive environment.
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Remote Work
There is good news for those who enjoy working from home, findings from a Texas research team.
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EDI Connectivity
One of the major productivity (and cost reduction) enabling factors is EDI connectivity.
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Management Ignorance
A funny image but worthwhile sharing as it does nicely reflect what I regularly saw.
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On time delivery !
On time delivery influences customer satisfaction and financials … so better constantly measure it !
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Revenue in time !
And customer satisfaction as a super bonus if you do this right securing strongest financial performance.
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Solid processes, a must !
Customer satisfaction and supply chain are all about solid processes, specially during crisis !
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Operations execute !
We don’t like to hear it but operations simply execute strategies and tactics decided by management.
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Animals
Don’t expect any quality here, this is about me picking up my phone (not even a camera) taking pictures whenever the occasion occurs.
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Keep things simple !
The usual trap of many companies is trying to be refreshingly new, exciting, trend driven.
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Lousy Consultant ?
Being unsatisfied with a consultant is not unusual but … give it a good thought first.
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Obtain this ?
It is easy to obtain a team all moving in the same direction and face the hard challenge !
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Avoid this !
It is a clear and proven fact … good communication is a proven and key productivity enabler !
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Not a constraint !
Policies and procedures are often perceived as such, yet they heavily contribute to productivity and quality.
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Feel free to contact us !
Below contact form can be used to transmit your questions or requests, we’ll be pleased to get back to you as soon as possible.
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Employees are consultants
You may be very pleased with your consultant in spite of the high price you have paid for his work.
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Knopfler live !
Live at the Zenith in Paris on June 3rd 2015, a great surprise when my son Eef invited me … listen here!
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Do you collaborate ?
Collaboration starts with the simple willingness of a person or organization to help and make a change.
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Eagles in Antwerpen
Invited by my brother Ronald, my wife and I joined him and his wife Reggie to attend this concert.
Stef Bos
Papa … a tremendous song performed by Stef Bos from his 1990 album “Is Dit Nu Later” … listen here.
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Deep Purple
Pictured Within … live performance of the song written by Deep Purple organ player Jon Lord … watch here!
ON Semiconductor
A new adventure when Motorola Standard Components Group (SCG) became ON Semiconductor.
Motorola
Joined Motorola as their Benelux distribution manager, moved to Toulouse at a later stage.
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Poco – Call It Love, Live
Great band and song … this one of from their 1989 ”Call It Love” album and live performance this time … watch here
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Dire Straits
Telegraph Road … a fantastic song written by Mark Knopfler with a great text, too. Listen here.
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Loudspeaker Design
What started as a simple “improvement” of my grand parents old tube radio, became a lifetime passion with true quality results.
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Eagles – Hotel California, Live
One of my absolute favorites … and i think listed on all the usual “top-x of all times” … watch here.
Audio
Loudspeaker design has been a lifetime hobby, see my S-type timeless design this time demonstrated in Jerome REVON’s art gallery.
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It started here !
Improving my grand parents tube radio awakened my curiocity about electronics.
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