01/11/2017
Dock of the bay, factsheet:
Dock of the Bay was founded in 2007 by Niek Visarius. The key driver to start up the company was the founders ambition to use his commercial acumen and business experience in operations, supply chain, change management and training for a broader scale of companies.
Prior to and during the start-up months Dock of the Bay experienced that many companies had a distinct need for the knowledge offered by Dock of the Bay, but did not have that knowledge available.. Dock of the Bay is since able to fill that gap with it’s own resources or through partnering with a network of selected international based professionals.
One of the unique strengths of Dock of the Bay and it’s business associates is the combination of in-depth experience in certain fields or businesses, combined with the capabilities to train people and exchange and “lock-in” knowledge. Since we started we maintained our focus in operations, supply chain and training across multiple industries.
Below you will find a selection of companies supported: Business Consulting and Lean deployment:
Industrial Automation EMEA wide: Rockwell Automation Program management
Chemicals: NL, Poland, USA AkzoNobel Car refinishes – Supply Chain design and implementation
ArjoHuntleigh UK&I Medical Equipment – Operations Management and roll out of Lean business practices
Sohar Aluminium Oman Supply Chain management turn around and implementing Lean methodologies
Logistics Service providers Various assignments, quick scans and consulting
Philips Healthcare EMEA Medical Equipment - Supply Chain Management and Lean Implementation
Omron healthcare EMEA Assessment of EMEA Supply Chain and manufacturing; SCM strategy advice to EMEA MT
Nobia, Sweden, Managing the production/operations and supply chain across Europe. Roll out Lean
Training and education:
Lean experience:
IFBD.BE:
- Delivered training courses in the field of Supply Chain, e-commerce and financials of SCM
Bace.NL:
- Delivered APICS CPIM training across Europe (in house and open courses)
MCE.com
Designed and delivered the lean deployment for Philips HealthCare Commercial operations
AirLiquide Benelux:
Designed lean Deployment methodology and started role out for AirLiquide Benelux
Sohar Aluminium, Oma:
-Implemented lean at
ArjoHuntleigh UK&I:
Designed and rolled out lean business practices at
Lean training courses (tailor made) for various companies
Since Dock of the Bay started we maintained a limited crew of 3 permanent employees.
When appropriate we teamed up with business- or industry specialists in the respective fields to deliver the best solution for the customer. Key to the success is a long(er) term relationship, trust, win-win and the willingness and belief in establishing partnerships. We have and still are successfully teaming up with companies such as InQuest, IQServices, 2Think Logic, ProQua, Durlinger Consultancy, Customer1st.nl and others. Most of these relationships span over multiple assignments.
Our specialism and industry focus areas are:
Advisory, Management Consulting and Interim Management,Training & Recruiting in disciplines:
- Operations management
- Supply Chain & Logistics Management
- Procurement & Purchasing
- Inventory Management/S&OP
- Program/Project Management
- Lean Deployment and Lean Management
- Change Management
Industry experiences:
- High-tech & Electronics
- Logistics Service Providers
- FMCG
- Distribution and Trade
- Manufacturing
- Food processing
- Medical Equipment/Healthtech
- Government
- Automotive
Lean,
Our Lean philosophy can be captured in a sentence: “Lean thinking aims to create more value for customers. All employees are engaged to continuously reduce waste in the process. The flow of products, services and information through the entire value stream to customers is optimized”.
Lean is a philosophy that focuses on value creation. Lean is not a goal in itself, but a mean to achieve the goals that derive from the vision and strategy of an organization. It moves an organization, assures improved service to customers, creates financial value, and increases employee satisfaction.
Working according to the Lean philosophy asks for a change. 70% of the change programs fail. Even though these interventions are usually started with a lot of energy, time after time they appear not to get off the ground, come to an end, or work out in the wrong way. The failure of changes can be reduced to the people and the change process. It is often not sufficiently considered what is needed to carry through a change and what this implies for the people involved in terms of new behavior.
Unfortunately, we often see that Lean is used as a set of tools to cut costs and that there is little connection with the vision, strategy and leadership of the organization. The focus is on short-term objectives and sub-optimization. This ultimately leads to relapse and disillusioned customers, employees and managers.
We see Lean as a philosophy which contributes to the creation of sustainable and measurable value. Creating sustainable value is a continuous process and we use the Value Creation Cycle for this.
Do you want to know more about what Dock of the Bay can do for you, or just want to catch up?
Contact Niek Visarius at +31(0)6 8325 8821 or per mail [email protected]
Dock of the Bay. Pragmatic, revenue & service and cost focussed. Leading to efficient and effective results.
