Hans SCHERRENBERG
(QUARTESS Co-owner & Product Director)
I know Willem for 1 year now and we are both in a EDI project in France where the ERP system INFOR Visual must be setup to send/receive EDI messages.
This is a mandatory requirement for 2 major customers of the company.
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Alex CANDELA
U-BLOX Sales Executive
I have worked with Willem for over 10 years in Freescale and NXP.
He has excellent skills on creating business intelligence tools ( dashboards, reports, ..) since he understands very well both the IT behind CRMs systems and the real needs to run a business.
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Powered by 35+ years of expertise mostly in the electronics industry.
Expertise includes sales account management, marketing and pricing, supply chain & operations.
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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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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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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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Curiocity and a continuous eagerness to learn new things !
A brief career summary includes roles in sales, supply chain, marketing and operations.
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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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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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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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Initial creations (~40 years ago) were quite “crate-alike” but it all got better and better over time as expertise grew fast.
Current products are all individually designed and built: high performance loudspeakers offering unbeatable value for money … designs from timeless classic to very modern.
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They obviously are part of this site … music, fun, pictures and some other things worthwhile sharing.
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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in the french Alps, enjoying some vacation.
Spending a few weeks walking around a lot, this is a wonderful place to visit.
Cherif ASSAD
NXP Automotive Sales Director
Willem has a great sens of professionalism when we had the opportunity to handle critical issues and escalation in the supply chain for our Automotive customers.
He is committed and he always strives to find the solution by coordinating between the operations planning and the customer’s logistics team.
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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.
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 !
can vary a lot and are key to understand when developing !
Three typical usages area’s exist even though there are obviously many more.
but somehow always nicely fitting most interiors styles still !
These are classic real wood builds but modern colors are within the possibilities.
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 ?
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 !
Most of the real progress was mainly made through fine-tuning of existing technology rather than any breakthrough revolution. Flat wire, neodymium magnets, etc.
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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Reflections heavily impact your listening experience … sound behaves like water put in movement and room reflections deteriorate your sound.
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.
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 !
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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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.
Lionel COHEN
FREESCALE Automotive Account Manager
Willem is an outstanding supply chain and busness manager. I worked with Willem for 15 years in the framework of the challenging automotive market segment.
On the one hand, internally, he has demonstrated strong managerial skills with people oriented approach.
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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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Elsa TREBOSC
MOTOROLA Director Supply Chain
Willem is extremely committed, hard worker, “get things done” type of person. Never (NEVER!!!) missing a deadline (even the shortest ones!).
Proactive, always willing to brainstorm on what the business needs so he delivers per expectations.
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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.
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.
I’ll be pleased to get back to you if you have any comment, input of query.
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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
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”.
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.
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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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.
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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My electronics background was best invested at Motorola.
I started as their Benelux distribution manager before moving to Toulouse, France.
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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
Holding back the years … a fantastic song and story behind, one of my favorites !
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 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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