Blurred vision ?
Consistency at management level is by far less obvious as it should be.
… moreAuthor: Willem VAN ECK
35+ years expertise including sales management, marketing, supply chain, business operations and continuous improvement.
Productive simplicity and curiocity is what drives the majority of accomplishments.
Empathetic is what you read in referrals @ https://willemvaneck.com
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Productive Simplicity !
Productive simplicity expresses what drives most of Willem’s achievements !
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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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Solid Referrals
Reviewing solid referrals is key. Willem’s referals, numerous, can be found here !
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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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