The jury of election Logistic Manager of the Year has selected three finalists. Marc van het Bolscher, Mark Bär and Arie van de Tempel will compete during the final day in March. Van de Tempel replaces Arthur Böhmer in the final. Böhmer had to withdraw as a candidate due to his departure from Xenos. The finalists of Jong Logistiek Talent are also known: Luc de Jong, Jan Minnee and Fleur Straathof.
Logistics Manager of the Year
Nominees Arie van der Tempel (Europet Bernina International) and Bouk Zelissen (ThyssenKrupp) narrowly failed to make it through to the finals. These three finalists will face each other on 30 March :
Mark Bär, logistics manager at Stamhuis, specialists in shop conversions. At Stamhuis, they are able to completely rebuild a shop within a week. From the central warehouse in Utrecht, Stamhuis delivers the entire shop inventory. Goods are already prepared in the warehouse and distributed to various transports. By delivering items to the location at exactly the right time, the shop can be set up within a very short time. According to Bär, at Stamhuis they do not use difficult systems. "It really is people work. I don't always choose the most logical solution, but look at what is most efficient in the whole process. When you consider that the shop was completely empty 12 hours before, you can be quite proud of yourself. After a successful project, we don't need to thank a computer system, but ourselves.
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Marc van het Bolscher has only been working as global supply chain manager at Tanatex Chemicals for a year and has since implemented a major culture change. For instance, he introduced Lean six sigma and S&OP not only in the Dutch sites, but also in Thailand and China. "Before, there was no communication between Sales and Operations. We had to train people intensively on that." According to Van het Bolscher, sales now consults with operations prior to a sale whether something is possible. "They no longer bang their fists on the table." The culture change can already be seen in Tanatex Chemicals' results. " Our service level has increased from 86 per cent in January to 97 per cent. The availability of our products at ordering is increased by 12 per cent to an average of 97 per cent."
Arie van der Tempel has been working as logistics manager at Europet Bernina International for 2.5 years, There, from a poor financial situation, he started a project to make the warehouse process more efficient. The process optimisation ensures that goods are stored, moved, picked, packed and dispatched in the best possible way. During picking, products are packed and the picker already sees where the article should be placed in the box and on the pallet. This helped reduce total logistics costs by 12.5 per cent. And wages could be increased as turnover per employee increased. "What is special about this system, developed together with a WMS party and a stacking software company, is that it is applicable to everyone. Moreover, the Return On Investment is only 6 to 12 months."
Young Logistics Talent
Also in this category, two talents had to make way: Ardo Groeneveld (Nedcargo) and Anneloes van Klaveren (Dijco). The next three finalists will compete in March:
Jan Minnee - director and co-founder RetourPlaza
Luc de Jong - Contract Supervisor at CEVA Logistics
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