https://youtu.be/i7thuO3CC8I Logistics consultancy firm Groenewout recently organized its latest inspiration session in Den Hout, the Netherlands. Titled ‘Logistics & E-commerce’, the session was largely focused on logistics-related technological advancement. This is clearly a hot topic, since it attracted more than 70 attendees to what was yet another successful event. Automation is alive and kicking. The labor shortage and volume growth are just two of the factors that are more or less forcing companies to consider new,...

Bart van der Steen (left) and Peter Marijnissen joined Groenewout's team of consultants on September 1. Bart van der Steen On 1 September, Bart van der Steen started his graduation project within Groenewout’s Construction Management & Engineering team. He is studying engineering at the Avans University of Applied Sciences in 's-Hertogenbosch. The topic of his graduation project is smart-grid solutions for industrial estates with non-residential buildings (local solution). Mari van Kuijk and Peter Marijnissen are supervising Bart on...

On Friday 10 June, Groenewout employees headed to Ouddorp on the Dutch coast for the annual team outing. This year, it was a Beach Challenge. Divided into four groups, they spent the whole day battling it out for first place in a series of sports and games, ranging from beach volleyball and beach football to a ‘flying carpet’ race, tug-of-war and a blindfolded obstacle race. Great fun was had by all during this day of challenging...

The Supply Chain Innovations Event 2022 at Antwerp Expo was once again a successful celebration of the value chain organization. Jeroen Dekker, Co-founder and Managing Partner of Active Ants, took the audience on a journey exploring how automation and robotization seems to be the only sustainable way for both business and society to keep up with the sharp growth of e-commerce in logistics. Click here to download the presentation. About Active Ants Active Ants was founded in 2010 with...

We are pleased to introduce our new colleague Chantal van Buren who has recently joined Groenewout's office management team. After gaining an Associate Degree in Office Management from the Schoevers educational institution, she fulfilled various office management and project management roles. At Groenewout, Chantal is now working alongside Yaneke de Roon and Inge Tunderman. They are responsible for all the secretarial activities, provide project support to the consultants and also take care of project-related administrative tasks. vanburen@groenewout.com +31 76 533 04 40

source bol.com / november 2021 Imagine building a warehouse in just nine months – that’s exactly what this team from Bol.com has done! In view of Bol.com’s rapid growth, intelligent logistics infrastructure is crucial. Besides that, the end of the year is the busiest time for Bol.com’s logistics. By taking the lead, from design to realization, bol.com takes a very balanced and targeted approach to meeting the demand from customers and partners, both now and...

Etienne Teunissen joined Groenewout’s team of consultants on 1 November 2021. Before that, he worked as an engineer at a manufacturer of material handling equipment, where he was responsible for the design and realization of logistics systems. Within Groenewout, Etienne is mainly focusing on logistics feasibility studies and the design of highly mechanized warehouse operations such as e-commerce distribution centers, among other things. Etienne has a bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering and a master’s degree...

Building a new office at the site of Noord-Lierweg has been on Syngenta Flowers’ agenda for quite some time. The pile driving on 11th October 2021 marked the start of the construction work and currently the foundation is being laid. Over time the building’s framework will become more visible and our colleagues are excited and looking forward to move into the new office! The new office will replace some of the old offices as...

Vos Logistics’ new, sustainable 25,000m2 distribution center (DC), situated on the De Geer industrial estate in Oss, the Netherlands, is now operational. It will receive the BREEAM Outstanding certificate as soon as the solar panels have been installed in the first quarter of 2022. On behalf of Vos Logistics, Groenewout took care of the contract management, project management and strategic coordination during the construction of this new DC as well as the sale to the end...

  Dutch supply chain consultancy Groenewout adds two colleagues (source: consultancy.eu) Willem de Koning joined Groenewout as a senior consultant on 1 June 2021. He made the move following 12 years in various roles at a market leader in material handling solutions. Prior to that, Willem had been responsible for the concept and system design of new material handling systems for companies including Amazon and DHL. Within Groenewout, Willem is mainly focusing on logistics feasibility studies and the...