Interview with Kees van de Lagemaat, Director of Global Operations Decowraps Ten years after entering Europe, Decowraps has opened a warehouse of its own. The sustainable 3,200m2 building on the Greenpark Aalsmeer site houses a highly efficient narrow-aisle warehouse with 6,000 storage locations. Thanks to Groenewout’s thorough analysis, Decowraps has been able to make optimal...

Interview with Luis Omana, Site Engineering Manager at Syngenta, by Marcel te Lindert.   Until recently, the logistics operation at Syngenta’s production facility in the Belgian town of Seneffe was inefficient. The manufacturer of crop protection agents enlisted Groenewout’s help to turn things around. That ultimately led to the outsourcing of all the logistics activities, including...

Interview with Christiaan Geeve, Manager European Logistics Operations Agfa, by Marcel te Lindert. The Agfa-Gevaert Group, a leading manufacturer of analog and digital imaging systems, was keen to investigate whether its existing distribution network was still equipped to cope with the changing market situation. A network study by Groenewout confirmed the manufacturer’s gut instinct: the center of gravity is shifting towards Eastern Europe,...

Interview with Aiga Priede, Logistic & Supply Chain Director Rimi Baltic by Marcel te Lindert Rimi Baltic replenishes 263 stores (Rimi Supermarkets, Rimi Hypermarkets and hard discount chains Supernetto/Säästumarket) in three countries, seven days a week. As the Baltic food retailer gradually outgrew its central distribution center (DC) in Riga, the efficiency and effectiveness of...

Interview with Jan Frans Berends, Director Logistics at Kramp Benelux by Marcel te Lindert Kramp is an ambitious, internationally active wholesale company. By 2020 it intends to be generating one billion euro in revenue – a third more than in 2016 – and then to continue growing. To facilitate that, Kramp enlisted Groenewout’s help in...

An interview with Luitzen Wobma, Managing Director Tools to Work, Teteringen (The Netherlands) by Marcel te Lindert. As a result of rapid growth in Tools to Work’s activities in recent years, the charity was approaching its limits in terms of both space and capacity. Based on advice from consulting firm Groenewout, Tools to Work has...

An interview with Mr Kees van de Lagemaat, manager logistics, and Mr Urban Deering, manager ICS, from Forbo Flooring in Assendelft, The Netherlands. Forbo Flooring decided to develop its own new warehouse management system (WMS) for its new distribution center in the Dutch town of Assendelft. After a very smooth construction process, however the go-live...