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Author: Willem VAN ECK (WvE)

35+ years versatile leadership, productive simplicity, a brain that works. Productive simplicity and curiocity is what drives the majority of his accomplishments. Expertise includes sales management, marketing, supply chain, business operations and continuous improvement. Empathetic is what you can read from referrals @ https://willemvaneck.com
Consulting - People

Humor at work

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I am a strong believer that humor is an essential enabler of creating a more productive environment.

Personal - Pictures, Personal - Visits

Levis to Chevreuse

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A 12 Km walk from Levis St Nom back to Chevreuse, mostly walking in beautiful forrests.

All, Consulting, Consulting - About
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Productive Simplicity

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Productive simplicity somehow expresses what is driving most of Willem’s achievements.

Consulting, Consulting - Data Analysis, Consulting - Operational, Consulting - Supply Chain
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Business intelligence !

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Key to success is closely related to business intelligence i.e. data but also detailed analysis.

Consulting, Consulting - Operational, Consulting - People
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People are key !

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Guiding people is key to success, yet it is sometimes forgotten at the expense of performance.

Loudspeaker - Design

Reworked classic

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S-type timeless design this time promoted in Jerome REVON’s art gallery.

Personal, Personal - Pictures

Chevreuse

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Just a regular morning walk around the village … simple things in life, lot’s of joy !

Consulting, Consulting - People

Remote Work

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There is good news for those who enjoy working from home as per a Texas research team.

Consulting, Consulting - Business, Consulting - Operational, Consulting - Supply Chain

EDI Connectivity

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One of the major productivity (and cost reduction) enabling factors is EDI connectivity.

Consulting, Consulting - Business, Consulting - Data Analysis, Consulting - People

Management Ignorance

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A funny image but worthwhile sharing as it does nicely reflect what I regularly saw.

Personal - Music

Simply Red

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Holding back the years … a fantastic song and story behind, one of my favorites … watch here!

Personal - Pictures, Personal - Visits

Boven Leeuwen

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Theo LAM and myself, friends since ages, decided to do that traditional walk around our village once more.

Personal, Personal - Pictures, Personal - Visits

Culemborg

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On one of those usual “quick” visits to our daughter Kim, husband Laurens and grandson Roy-Willem.

Consulting, Consulting - Data Analysis, Consulting - Operational, Consulting - Supply Chain

On time delivery !

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On time delivery influences customer satisfaction and financials … so better constantly measure it !

Consulting, Consulting - Operational

Revenue in time !

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And customer satisfaction as a super bonus if you do this right securing strongest financial performance.

Consulting, Consulting - Operational

Solid processes, a must !

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Customer satisfaction and supply chain are all about solid processes, specially during crisis !

Consulting, Consulting - Operational, Consulting - Supply Chain

Operations execute !

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We don’t like to hear it but operations simply execute strategies and tactics decided by management.

Consulting, Consulting - Operational, Consulting - People

Keep things simple !

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The usual trap of many companies is trying to be refreshingly new, exciting, trend driven.

Consulting, Consulting - Referrals

Made major contribution !

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Made a major contribution to our operations since Willem joined PLP France in March 2019.

Consulting, Consulting - Business, Consulting - Data Analysis, Consulting - Operational, Consulting - People

Design Win Pipeline

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Continuous focus on identifying, and winning new opportunities is key to secure the future of your business.

Consulting, Consulting - Referrals

Focussed on result !

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I know Willem for 1 year now and we are both in a EDI project for two customers in France.

Consulting

Lousy Consultant ?

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Being unsatisfied with a consultant is not unusual but … give it a good thought first.

Consulting, Consulting - People

Obtain this ?

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It is easy to obtain a team all moving in the same direction and face the hard challenge !

Consulting, Consulting - People

Avoid this !

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It is a clear and proven fact … good communication is a proven and key productivity enabler !

Consulting, Consulting - Operational

Not a constraint !

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Policies and procedures are often perceived as such, yet they heavily contribute to productivity and quality.

Consulting, Consulting - People

Employees are consultants

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You may be very pleased with your consultant in spite of the high price you have paid for his work.

Consulting, Consulting - Referrals

Reality NO politics !

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I have appreciated your enthusiasm, perseverance and professionalism in the responsibilities you had.

Personal - Music

Knopfler live !

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Live at the Zenith in Paris on June 3rd 2015, a great surprise when my son Eef invited me … listen here!

Consulting, Consulting - People

Do you collaborate ?

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Collaboration starts with the simple willingness of a person or organization to help and make a change.

Consulting, Consulting - People

Set smart goals !

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Appropriate goal setting will drive challenge and performance … don’t push the limits though !

Personal - Audio, Personal - Music, Personal - Visits

Eagles live !

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Invited by my brother Ronald, my wife and I joined him and his wife Reggie to attend this concert.

Consulting, Consulting - Referrals

Never misses a deadline !

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Willem is extremely committed hard worker, “get things done” type. Never ever missing a deadline.

Consulting, Consulting - Referrals

A great teamplayer !

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Fondly remembering service board meetings when you were service board chairman.

Consulting, Consulting - Referrals

Strong managerial skills !

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Willem is an outstanding business manager, we worked 15 years in the automotive market.

Consulting, Consulting - Referrals

Allows customer focus !

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I have worked with Willem for over 10 years at Freescale, he has excellent skills and business intelligence.

Consulting, Consulting - Referrals

Handles critical issues !

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Willem has a great sens of professionalism when we faced extremely critical situations.

Consulting, Consulting - Referrals

Kindest and thoughtful !

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What a guy is all i can say. Willem has been a joy to work with over many many years.

Personal - Music

Stef Bos

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Papa … a tremendous song performed by Stef Bos from his 1990 album “Is Dit Nu Later” … listen here.

Consulting, Consulting - Referrals

Made us a CRM leader !

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Willem worked within my global team at Motorola and has a fantastic skillset deploying it in several areas.

Consulting, Consulting - Referrals

Kindness we memorize !

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Willem, I and many others on the Asia side of the planet can witness : Your numbers we always trust.

Personal - Music

Deep Purple

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Pictured Within … live performance of the song written by Deep Purple organ player Jon Lord … watch here!

Consulting, Consulting - About

ON Semiconductor

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A new adventure when Motorola Standard Components Group (SCG) became ON Semiconductor.

Consulting

Motorola Benelux

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My electronics background was best invested at Motorola as their Benelux distribution manager.

Personal - Music

Dire Straits

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Telegraph Road … a fantastic song written by Mark Knopfler with a great text, too. Listen here.

Personal - Audio

It started here !

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Improving my grand parents tube radio awakened my curiocity about electronics.

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