Customer cases

Equazion and its implementation partners take great pride in the confidence major industrial players have in our know-how, software solution and services. Below you will find some of our customers that have successfully applied the Equazion methodology and software.

Barry Callebaut

Barry Callebaut industry - food and beverages
solution - customer & product profitability
solution - performance monitoring

"Barry Callebaut, the world's leading manufacturer of high quality cocoa and chocolate products, uses Equazion to unlock potential in its strive for Commercial Excellence."

Stefan Kopainsky - Project Manager Commercial Excellence

 

Biomet

Biomet industry - medical devices
solution - product portfolio management
solution - working capital management

"Biomet uses Equazion to optimize its inventory deployment and portfolio management."

Denis Leissing - Director European Inventory

 

Cebeo

Cebeo industry - distribution electronical parts
solution - product portfolio management
solution - working capital management

"The Equazion solution gives us instant insight into our broad and complex product portfolio. It provides the exact information needed for a regular and comprehensive assessment of our inventory policies for the more than 40.000 items we stock."

Patrick Verougstraete - National Logistics Manager

 

CRH Building Products Europe

CRH Building Products Europe industry - building products
solution - customer & product profitability
solution - performance monitoring

"CRH Building Products Europe uses Equazion to unlock potential in its strive for Commercial and Operational Excellence."

Filip Beyers - Project Manager Continuous Improvement

 

Friesland Foods Cheese

Friesland Campina industry - food and beverages
solution - product portfolio management

"Based upon the Equazion Tool and Methodology, Friesland Foods Cheese has successfully optimized its product portfolio. The standard Equazion profiles provide a fast and accurate picture of opportunities for optimization, which was a key element for success in the process."

Hans Berghorst - Director Ripening, Packing and Logistics

 

Friesland Foods Hungaria

Friesland Campina industry - food and beverages
solution - customer & product profitability
solution - product portfolio management

"The analyses made by S&V Management Consultants have helped us enormously in optimizing our portfolio to improve profitability. The insights provided have enabled us to determine which products and customers were really profitable."

Erwin Joosten - Operations Director Friesland Foods Hungaria

 

King Belgium

King Belgium industry - wholesale disposables
solution - product portfolio management
solution - working capital management

"The Equazion tool and methodology allowed us to do a screening of our product portfolio and to identify the true cost-to-serve throughout our sales and distribution. Additionally, Equazion has helped us to improve our inventory management performance and to gain insight in the opportunities to optimize stock levels."

Werner Meuleman - Managing Director King Belgium

 

Ontex

Ontex industry - hygienic products
solution - product portfolio management
solution - working capital management

"The Equazion tool and methodology has allowed us to gain a thorough understanding of our supply chain performance in a short time frame. It provides the exact information needed for a regular and comprehensive assessment of our product portfolio and its inventory balance. S&V's profound knowledge of inventory optimization has helped us to reduce our stocks considerably while keeping product availability at a very high level."

Filip Stevens - General Manager Healthcare
Kurt De Varé - Director Planning & Logistics

 

Panasonic

Panasonic industry - manufacturer batteries
solution - performance monitoring

"Using the Equazion built-in scorecard, we now constantly monitor our supply chain performance, using a consistant set of KPI's tuned to the specific requirements of our company. The transparency of the performance (and the ability to drill down) enables us to focus on the right issues and to treat them is a very analytical and systematic way. Now, our whole organization is constantly forced to question itself and to focus on the real areas of improvement."

Jo Pottie - Supply Chain Manager Europe

 

VPK packaging

VPK packaging industry - paper and packaging
solution - cost-to-serve
solution - product portfolio management

"Equazion allows us to identify the true cost-to-serve and complexity throughout our entire manufacturing and distribution organisation. The time-driven Activity Based Costing model provides valuable insights into the costs generated by both product complexity and customer service."

Johan Vanhee - Chief Supply Chain Officer

 

Wavin

Wavin industry - building products
solution - product portfolio management

"Wavin, the leading supplier of plastic pipe systems in Europe, uses the Equazion tool and methodology to optimise its product portfolio complexity."

Bas Stuifbergen - Business Analyst Supply Chain

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