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Typical Projects

This section shows some of my more 'typical' projects. The choice is made, based on functionality, rather than on size of the company.

 

Companies include departments of international brands, but also national multisite branches and smaller implementations in specific sectors.

 

Click  on the companies' logo to reveal the specific functionality which was included in the implementation and for which I was involved.

 

Logos
Company

 

Smartbox Group is the pioneer, the European and Worldwide leader in the experience gift market.

After starting off in Belgium they expanded their activities to several European companies, later they even went global.

 

Navision

 

Creation of the framework started in 2006 and has been used in Belgium since then.

The framework created for Belgium was implemented and modified in following countries:

Belgium, Netherlands, Ireland, Germany, France, Spain, Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Italy, USA, Brazil, Japan.

 

Main challenges

 

  • Cope with international diversities

  • Website connection: Vouchers are bought by end customers online and are sent directly to the central Navision system.

  • Follow up of usage of vouchers: Vouchers are activated via a website, so double usage of vouchers is prevented.

  • Immediate registration of individual voucher numbers by logistics partner

  • Webservice connection for registering sales from third party resellers

  • Financial followup of customers

  • Follow up of payments to partners  (Hotels, restaurants, events...)

Bongo/Smartbox
PCS
Company

 

Innotec sells products for maintenance, reparation and assembly. Main industries are bluilding, industrial and mobility. PCS (Partner in Chemical Solutions) devlops, tests and produces kits, adhesives, sprays with the newest techniques.

 

Navision

 

Navision has been used for over 10 years as central ERP, including finance, purchase, sales and assembly and link to external partners.

 

Main challenges

 

  • Lot number management 

  • Integration with IT of logistics partner via XML messages.

  • Reporting by means of Jet Reports.

  • Printing of several logistics documents (Shipment note, CMR, VOC, Multimodal dangerous goods, depending on country, customer and type of items.

Pernod
Company

 

Pernod Ricard is world co-leader in wines and liquros. Both internal growth and a politics of acquisitions have led to a constant increase of turnover since the foundation 1975.

 

Navision

 

Navision (Drink-it) is used to manage sales, purchase, taxes and excises, reporting. The integration of forecasting, connection to a centralised purchase system and electronic links with customers and logistics partners hass been set up. 

 

Main challenges

 

  • Webservice connection with the centralised 'Bridge' system   

  • Incoming orders via expose of webservices within Navision 

  • EDI setup of invoices and logistics documents

De Voorzorg
Company

 

'De Voorzorg Limburg'  consists of 12 pharmacists in Belgian Limburg. They are supplied by a central warehouse who negotiates prices with the vendors. Distribution from the warehouse is done twice a day.  

 

Navision

 

12 pharmacists in Belgian Limburg enter their orders in the Greenock syetem from Corilus. Automatically these orders will be sent to the Navision system in the central warehouse and processed to be shipped. An automated response is given if items are out of stock.  The 12 pharmacies of 'De Voorzorg' are delivered twice a day. The outgoing stock is registered and daily sales information is delivered to official agencies.  

 

Main challenges

 

  • Automatic link with Greenoc front end system. 

  • Return messages in case of out of stock

  • Calculation of average sales, for the purpose of replenishment

  • Automated daily export of sales figures to IMS

Verpa
Company

 

Verpa is a family owned business, selling hygienic products to companies and administrative services. From their warehouse, located in Laakdal, customers are supplied via their own trucks. This assures an on-time delivery and a close customer relationship.

 

Navision

 

Navision has been used for many years, in all departments of the company. Allthough not a large company, Verpa has implemented a lot of functionality on their Navision system. Orders can be placed via a webshop, which is directly linked with the Navision backoffice. Purchase orders are sent by XML to some of their vendors and a Biztalk connection has been setup to send invoices automatically to a number of their customers. 

 

Main challenges

 

  • Setup of a webshop, connect to the buiness logic of Navision

  • Automated import of orders coming from the public employment service of Flanders

  • Export XML files for purchase orders

  • Connection with Biztalk to send out invoices 

  • BI reporting on sales figure

genae
Company

 

As a specialized medical device CRO, genae is involved in the development and commercialization of investigational products and therapies that change medical practice. genae’s mission is to improve health and quality of life by innovating and accelerating high quality research – with a zealous dedication to safety and ethics.

 

Navision

 

Navision has been implemented as a financial and reporting syetem. Linked to a Sharepoint project system, data are synchronised between Sahrepoint and Navision. Intercompany registrations are done automatically and time entrances can be used for internal auditing. 

 

Main challenges

 

  • Link with Sharepoint, using webservives

  • Intercompany transactions

  • BI reporting, based on centralized information 

Bogerd Martin
Company

 

Bogerd Martin has been supplying charts and nautical publications to the marine industry for over 100 years. 
One of the largest distributors of its kind, Bogerd Martin serves a global customer base. Every day, we send out printed and electronic charts to all corners of the world, making sure that vessels receive critical navigational data where and when they need it. Logistics, deliveries, updates, inventory. We have it covered. For a simple end-to-end solution to all your navigational needs, point your compass to Bogerd Martin.

 

Navision

 

Navision is the backend system to store information about nautical charts, ships, agents and owners. Each time a chart changes, an update is received from an external system. The ERP is also used in the Chinese subsidiary of Bogerd Martin. 

There is a strict interchange of data with Chart Track in which a folio management system has been implemented. Inventory of charts on ships is automatically updated when new chart editions arrive. 

 

Main challenges

 

  • Diversity of customer requests concerning printed layouts of invoices

  • Close on line integration whith Chart Track system

  • Sycnhronisation between data in Belgian an Chinese company

Komatsu
Company

 

Komatsu offers a complete, full-liner utility range in which you’re sure to find an answer to your specific needs. All our utility machines share a number of key properties such as comfort, versatility, high performance and precise control. To cut machine downtime and boost profitability, they were designed for easy maintenance and with Komtrax now standard on almost all models. This gives you a higher resale value and maximum satisfaction.

 

Navision

 

Navision is used hold a clear view on assembled machines. Whenever attachments are added, the machine data is updated. Invoicing and finance is also tackled from within Navision.

 

Main challenges

 

  • Build up of machines and its attachments

  • Diversity of attachments and configurations

  • Keep a clear view on costs of the machines, including the attachments

La Bourbon
Company

 

The Brasseries de Bourbon ("Breweries of Bourbon") is the only major producer of beer on Réunion Island, a French oversea department in the Indian Ocean formerly known as Bourbon Island.

The group was founded in 1962. The first product of the brasseries, and by far now their most sold and widely known, is the blonde lagerDodo, named after the now extinct bird of Mauritius Island (its official name is simply "Bourbon"). This beer is widely known because of its emblem of a smiling dodo, and the creole slogan La dodo lé la (The Dodo is here!), both displayed in colourful wall paintings on shops, snacks etc. selling the beer.In 1986, Heineken entered the capital of the brasseries.

 

Navision

 

Setup of an EDI system for importing sales orders and exporting iem data and invoices.

 

Main challenges

 

  • Complying to the Heineken standard

  • Setting up EDI in an environment that is not used to doing this kind of electronic business

  • Understanding then needs of main customers 

Mack
Company

 

The Mack Brewery is the world`s northernmost beer brewery. Every season, they launches new cans to fit the time period- from Northern light beer to Midnight sun etiquettes. The Brewery started in 1877 in Tromsø with top modern equipment and the building can still be seen in the central part of Tromsø. Today, the production is placed in Nordkjosbotn, 70 kilometres from Tromsø. You can buy beer in the store until 8 pm Monday-Friday and until 6 pm on saturdays. The food stores in Lyngenfjord are closed on sundays. The Mack beer is described as fresh, well matured and characterized by the fantastic nature in Northern Norway.

 

Navision

 

Seting up scanning solution.

 

Main challenges

 

  • While the offices are in Tromso, the brewery iteslf is located in Nordkjosbotn, about 70 km from Tromso.

  • Additional request concerning empty palllet registration 

  • System of sell and buyback for some of the products

Toshiba
Company

 

TOSHIBA TEC Europe Retail Information Systems NV, dat haar hoofdkantoor in Brussel heeft, is in oktober 2000 ontstaan uit de samenvoeging van alle Europese filialen voor detailhandelcomputers en barcode-printers. 
We hebben filialen in België, Duitsland, Frankrijk, Ierland, Nederland, Portugal, Oostenrijk, Spanje en het Verenigd Koninkrijk. Er zijn tevens dochterondernemingen in Italië en Polen.

Als lid van de TOSHIBA TEC Corporation, gevestigd in Japan, heeft TOSHIBA TEC Europe de financiële stabiliteit van een van de meest toonaangevende technologieconcerns, terwijl het toch een klantendienst en efficiëntie op een niveau kan houden dat meestal wordt geassocieerd met kleine bedrijven.

Ons belangrijkste doel is het leveren en ondersteunen van kwalitatief hoogstaande, betrouwbare producten die makkelijk te bedienen zijn en die waar voor hun geld geven.

 

Navision

 

Setting up Navision for sales, purchase, inventory and service. 

 

Main challenges

 

  • Integration of all modules in a Navision version which was not as integrated as is is now. 

  • Matching the requirments of all departments, when not all of them were enthousiastic about implementing a new ERP.

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