Joris Keizers has won the title Logistics Manager of the Year. The Group operations manager of producer Veco won the award thanks to the use of Process Mining in logistics.
"We think Joris did a fantastic job," explained jury chairman René de Koster. "What won us over was the use of Process Mining. We think this is a fantastic tool that you can use in a lot of organisations. Joris has been one of the first in this branch. I think he has really set an example with that that can be followed by many companies."
Joris Keizers. "I am thrilled to receive this award among all these peers. And I am very much looking forward to being an ambassador in this role in the coming years. A number of people have already approached me today asking if I would like to tell them what Process Mining can do. I hope that will now take off."
At producer Veco, the Group operations manager is responsible for the operations of two factories in the Netherlands and one in England, where he aimed for an even higher service level and, to do so, turned to Process Mining, a technique that comes from the world of Data Science and Big Data. He said earlier: "I have a data-driven background through my studies in Econometrics and was therefore always interested in new techniques such as Process Mining. After an online course, I quickly saw what the technique could do for Veco."
Process Mining allows organisations to visualise and analyse processes based on information from various databases. "From that whole mess of data, Process Mining literally brings your process into focus. From there, you can immediately see where there is a lot of traffic and where congestion is. You can then put this alongside how you once conceived the process on paper."
Thanks to the insight gained, the processes at Veco are now more closely aligned and the total lead time has been halved. Keizers saw his participation in the election as the perfect opportunity to make new techniques known within logistics Netherlands. "In that respect, the theme 'cross-border' fits me like a glove. In logistics, we should always keep looking across the border for new techniques, also from other disciplines. Within the supply chain, we are now looking across departments, but we need to look beyond that."
