
Business consulting
Powered by 35+ years of expertise mostly in the electronics industry. Expertise includes sales account management, marketing and pricing, supply chain & operations.
… morePowered by 35+ years of expertise mostly in the electronics industry. Expertise includes sales account management, marketing and pricing, supply chain & operations.
… moreMicrosoft experts will say “you can set planned update timing” so this won’t impact you but … unexpected “Windows Updates” hit many people privately and large organizations too.
… moreIf you are trying to achieve big things, manage a large project, target major improvements, don’t forget it starts with small steps taken by many people.
more …I know Willem for 1 year now and we are both in a EDI project in France. INFOR Visual ERP must be setup to send/receive EDI messages.
… moreCuriocity and a continuous eagerness to learn new things ! A brief career summary includes roles in sales, supply chain, marketing and operations.
… moreIt may be so exciting and full of fashion but don’t build custom things … designing, building and implementing a specific custom design just isn’t the right thing to do !
… moreYou easily understand the importance of a good supply chain if you look at your cashflow situation and link it with customer satisfaction.
… moreWe easily forget it … and many companies share that somewhat silly or excessive need for trendy change … however the biggest productivity influencer is simplicity !
… moreCustomer relationship is heavily influenced by customer delivery performance i.e. constantly measure your delivery performance.
… moreIt seems so obvious but good communication, and sharing of key information, seems to be an issue in many companies.
… moreGood collaboration starts with the simple willingness of a person or organization to help others and make a change by doing so.
… moreNo 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 in the same direction.
… moreWillem 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.
… moreMany companies push challenges too far, digging way too much into those “crucial” details, but what happens at the end ? Only “appropriate” challenge drives performance !
… moreSupply chain and customer satisfaction is all about solid processes. Especially during crisis, don’t drop the timely execution of routine tasks and customer communication !
… moreHopefully allowing Preformed Line Products France (PLP) to cope with high and fast growth in this new business consultant assignment.
… moreRunning a company in a productive manner while securing quality, it’s key to have documented and communicated policies and procedures in place.
… moreWillem is an outstanding supply chain and business manager. I worked with Willem for 15 years in the framework of the challenging automotive market segment.
… moreBeing unsatisfied with a consultant is not unusual but … have a step backwards and think what and where possible root causes can be.
… moreWillem is extremely committed, hard worker, “get things done” type of person. Never (NEVER!!!) missing a deadline (even the shortest ones!).
… moreA brief summary includes roles in sales, supply chain, marketing and operations … usually at major global companies like Diversey INC, Motorola, ON Semiconductor, Freescale and NXP.
… moreI have worked with Willem for over 10 years in Freescale and NXP. He has excellent skills on creating business intelligence tools.
… moreA new adventure when Motorola Standard Components Group (SCG) became a standalone company and I became the ON Semiconductor EMEA Business & Services Manager.
… moreMy electronics background was best invested at Motorola where I started as their Benelux Distribution Manager before moving to Toulouse, France, in 1994.
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