Author: Willem VAN ECK
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Business consulting …
powered by 35+ years of expertise in the electronics industry !
Expertise includes sales & account management, marketing & pricing, supply chain & operations but most important … team motivation !
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Revenue in time …
and customer satisfaction as a super bonus if you do this right !
You easily understand the importance of a good supply chain securing customer satisfaction AND financial performance.
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Simplicity …
the biggest productivity influencing factor as far as I am concerned !
We sometimes forget it though … and many companies share a somewhat silly or excessive need for trendy change.
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On time delivery …
heavily influences customer satisfaction i.e. constantly measure your delivery performance.
Usual measurement is actual delivery date versus customer requested date … and usually also against the promised supply date.
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Career summary …
A brief summary of my carreer includes roles in sales, supply chain, marketing and operations.
Such roles usually at major global companies like Diversey INC, Motorola, ON Semiconductor, Freescale and NXP.
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Avoid this ?
Good communication is a proven and key productivity enabler !
It seems so obvious but good communication, and sharing of key information, seems to be an issue in many companies.
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Target this ?
No collaboration and you never doubted why nobody get’s back to you ?
Collaboration starts with the simple willingness of a person or organization to help others and make a change by doing so.
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Obtain this !
No need to over-engineer an organization to get the very best best our of the team !
It is easy to obtain a team all moving to the top … look at the image and think about how simple this is.
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Loudspeaker creation …
individual design, high performance, unbeatable value for money !
Initial creations were quite “crate-alike” but got better and better over time as expertise grew fast … from timeless classic to very modern.
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Personal interests …
like music, pictures and some other things, sharing those things I feel worthwhile.
This personal TOP-100 playlist will start with No-100 counting down to my absolute favorite no-1 of all times.
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Alpe d’Huez …
in the french Alps, enjoying some vacation.
Spending a few weeks walking around a lot, this is a wonderful place to visit.
Just a flower …
in front of our garden discovered by surprise.
I decided to take a picture as it looked so natural yet beautiful at the same time.
Culemborg …
close to Utrecht, in the center of The Netherlands.
On a flash visit to see our daughter Kim, her husband Laurens and grand-son Roy !
Loudspeaker usages …
can vary a lot and are key to understand when developing !
Three typical usages area’s exist even though there are obviously many more.
Reworked classics …
but somehow always nicely fitting most interiors styles still !
These are classic real wood builds but modern colors are within the possibilities.
Fair goals …
and appropriate challenge drive performance !
Many companies push challenges too far, digging way too much into those “crucial” details, but what happens at the end ?
Not a guitar …
and even the very opposite if well designed !
Cabinet and internal cavity of a guitar are used to amplify and shape it’s sound character, the cabinet of a loudspeaker should absolutely not !
Loudspeaker technology has really seen little progress over time.
Most of the real progress was mainly made through fine-tuning of existing technology rather than any breakthrough revolution. Flat wire, neodymium magnets, etc.
Solid processes !
Supply chain and customer satisfaction is all about solid processes !
The usual trap for organizations is to drop timely execution of routine tasks and customer communication during a crisis period.
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Room influence really is THE major sound influencing factor at home.
Reflections heavily impact your listening experience … sound behaves like water put in movement and room reflections deteriorate your sound.
beetle
Various reactions occur when seeing one of these … it is just a beetle !
Mother nature provided us with a large variety of animals in all colors and shapes.
plp
A new challenge in a very different business this time !
Hopefully allowing Preformed Line Products France (PLP) to cope with high and fast growth in this new business consultant assignment. Very different from micro-electronics !
Not a constraint …
even though policies and procedures are often perceived like that.
Running a company in a productive manner while securing quality, it’s key to have documented and communicated policies and procedures in place.
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keep simple
Keeping things simple is the only way to keep your productivity high !
The usual trap of many companies is trying to be refreshingly new, exciting, trend driven.
Useless consultant ?
Pay a consultant, but not getting expected results ?
Being unsatisfied with a consultant is not unusual but … have a step backwards and think what possible root causes can be.
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order mngt
Successful companies all share the fact they have solid order management in place !
They also document a series of key dates in their ERP system … dates that allow the supply chain to be measurable and thus … ready for continuous improvement, too.
career
A brief summary of my carreer includes roles in sales, supply chain, marketing and operations
Such roles usually at major global companies like Diversey INC, Motorola, ON Semiconductor, Freescale and NXP.
Contact …
I’ll be pleased to get back to you if you have any comment, input of query.
Please complete below form with your request or query.
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About
35+ years of expertise in sales, account & operations management. Add expertise in marketing, pricing, business analysis and supply chain and you get the big picture. systems & processes It takes quality systems and processes in order to have a quality operation in place. Processes also need to be well documented, communicated, understood AND applied. Systems like ERP, CRM and others should support your business … certainly not the other way around as often the case ! motivation & communication. Eager to improve productivity ? Take a close look at communication inside your company. Quality communication is a proven motivation … Continue reading About
zenith
Mark Knopfler live performance at the Zenith in Paris ! That was June 3rd 2015.
A great surprise when my son Eef invited me. A wonderful birthday present I will never forget ! Knopfler also played one of my favorites “Telegraph Road”.
eagles
Attended The Eagles live in Antwerpen with my wife Catherine, my brother Ronald and his wife Reggie.
An excetional concert. We stayed over in an hotel in the center of Antwerpen to spend some good time the four of us.
Papa
a tremendous song performed by Stef Bos from his 1990 released album “Is Dit Nu Later”
This is one those songs that remind me of my father who just passed away.
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Pictured within
what a song ! performed by Deep Purple.
Super concert featuring Miller Anderson performing vocals of this tremendous song in memory of Deep Purple’s organ player Jon Lord who died in 2012 at the age of 71.
ON Semiconductor
A new adventure when Motorola Standard Components Group (SCG) became a standalone company
I became the ON Semiconductor EMEA Business & Services Manager, at a later stage global account director for Philips after the family move to Paris.
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Motorola
My electronics background was best invested at Motorola where i started as their Benelux distribution manager.
After moving to Toulouse in 1994, I ended up as Motorola’s EMEA Business Manager and at a later stage Global Director, Pricing, Processes & Systems.
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some humor
This site would not be complete without some personal interests and subject areas. Personal interests that include music, audio equipment, pictures but also fun and some other things. Music ff Pictures ff Humor This site would not be complete without some fun … humor keeps you healthy and fun to others too ! Continue reading some humor
Simply Red – Holding Back The Years
Holding back the years … a fantastic song and story behind, one of my favorites !
Dire Straits – Telegraph Road
Telegraph Road … a fantastic song written by Mark Knopfler with a great text behind the song ! Originally on the Dire Straits “Love Over Gold” album.
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start of a lifetime passion
Philips BX350A tube radio owned by my grand parents.
That one somehow started it all. Taking the speaker out building a new “crate” to make it sound so much better (it felt).
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