Top 100
Preferred songs in my personal music collection.
… moreAuthor: Willem VAN ECK
Passionate business consultant and audiophile !
Alpe d’Huez
In the french alps, spending a few weeks here so posting some of the things we felt good enough to share.
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Just a flower
Beautiful and just in front of our garden … only one and waiting to be taken on a picture !
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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 !
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35+ Years
Almost 40 years of expertise in sales and account management … add to that expertise in marketing, pricing, supply chain and business operations.
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Loudspeaker usages
Distinct usage area’s vary but the most common ones are “Near Field Monitors”, “Home Usage” and “Public Address”.
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Classic yet different
A rework of a classic design that somehow does fit most interiors very nicely depending on the final finish applied.
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Re-visited classics
Jerome REVON’s (tv producer, artist) design and art is easily recognized … also see my fully hand-crafted loudspeakers in his design studio !
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Revenue on time
Timely supplied also means earliest revenue. You easily understand the importance of a good supply chain securing customer satisfaction AND financial performance.
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Challenge carefully !
Fair goals and challenge drive performance, excessive challenge kills it though !
It happens too much at major companies.
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Not a guitar !
The opposite is true ! Whereas 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 !
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Little change
Progress was mainly made through fine-tuning of existing technology rather than any breakthrough revolution. Flat wire, neodymium magnets, etc.
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Customer satisfaction
Supply chain is all about solid processes and consistent timely execution ! The usual trap for organizations is to drop routine tasks and customer communication during a crisis.
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Room Influence
Reflections are THE major influencing factor when listening to music in any room or environment with objects around. Sound behaves like water put in movement.
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Just a beetle
Various reactions occur when seeing one of these … mother nature provided us with a large variety of animals in all colors and shapes.
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New challenge
Consulting high growth business management at Preformed Line Products France trying to optimize business and supply chain performance in a very fast growing company.
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Career history
A brief summary includes roles in sales, supply chain, marketing and operations at major companies like Diversey INC, Motorola, ON Semiconductor, Freescale and NXP.
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Sticky post
Different goals ?
Time for change. After an almost 40 years career in the electronics industry, it felt time to find different goals.
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Mark Knopfler Live
A great surprise when my son Eef invited me to attended Mark Knopfler’s live performance at the Zenith in Paris !
Eagles in Antwerpen
Ronald & Reggie, my brother and his wife, invited me and Catherine, my wife, to join them to attend an Eagles (hotel california) concert in Antwerpen, Belgium.
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Papa
Tremendous song performed by Stef Bos from his 1990 released album “Is Dit Nu Later”
Pictured Within
Look till the end … live performance of the song written by Deep Purple organ player Jon Lord.
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ON Semiconductor
A new adventure when Motorola Standard Components Group (SCG) became a standalone company and I became their global Pricing Processes & Systems Director.
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Motorola
My electronics background was best invested at Motorola where i started as their Benelux distribution manager after a few other jobs I had before.
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Simply Red
Holding back the years … a fantastic song and story behind, one of my favorites !
Dire Straits
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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Philips BX350A
My grand-parents Philips BX350A tube radio 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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Contact
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