19 Nov Warehouse-in-warehouse for Wasco
Extreme situations in warehouses require new solutions. Warehouse best practices have changed over the past decade. We look at a case from Wasco's DC in Apeldoorn....
03 Nov Twenty years of Jeroen van den Berg Consulting
[vc_row][vc_column] [vc_column_text] "We have learned to pioneer" Jeroen van den Berg Consulting turns twenty. In the last decade, warehouse management expert Jeroen van den Berg saw more changes than in the first ten years: "You don't compete just by reducing costs." Initially, the focus in consulting assignments was almost...
03 Aug Six Notorious Pitfalls in the Pluripharm IT Debacle
[vc_row][vc_column] [vc_column_text] Dutch newspaper de Volkskrant published an interview with Jan Dirk Jansen, director of pharmaceutical wholesaler Pluripharm. A failed ERP implementation caused thousands of orders to go undelivered. The article reveals six notorious IT pitfalls. The remarkable article mentions glitches in software settings. Small errors have major...
23 May Standard or Custom Software?
IKEA and Amazon are two extremes in their software approaches. IKEA embraces standardization and relies on off-the-shelf software, while Amazon focuses on innovation and builds its own software. This choice raises an important question. Which approach is most suitable for your company: Make or buy?...
16 Mar Lessons Learned from the Amazon Fulfilment Center
I visited the Amazon fulfilment center, found a well-oiled machine with some unorthodox elements and learned some interesting lessons....