Purchase & Warehouse Manager François Tourbach: “Na de goedkeuring van de offerte verhuurde Jan ons een 3D-meettoestel waarmee we alle stukken konden opmeten. Dat was heel handig, want zonder meting is de term ‘klein’ of ‘groot’ eerder subjectief.

Op basis van de meetresultaten kregen we een idee van het percentage stukken dat in de toren zou passen en kon Jan bepalen hoe de onderdelen het best konden worden gestockeerd. Op het moment dat de stukken effectief moesten worden ingeladen, kwam Jan ter plaatse om ons op weg te zetten. We waren bijzonder goed voorbereid: dankzij de etiketten die Jan op voorhand had gedrukt, wisten we tijdens de verhuis precies waar elk stuk moest komen. Dat leverde op het moment zelf een mooie tijdswinst op. Bovendien wordt nu 90% in plaats van 50% van de volledige opslagcapaciteit gebruikt.

We zijn heel tevreden over de optimalisatie van ons magazijn. Als we één puntje anders zouden aanpakken, dan zouden we onze productiemedewerkers van bij het begin meer bij het project betrekken, zodat zij nadien meteen mee zijn met de nieuwe indeling van het magazijn. Maar wat de service van Jan betreft, zien we alleen maar voordelen. Dankzij zijn ervaring met andere bedrijven in uiteenlopende sectoren kon hij best practices met ons delen en ons geruststellen over het gebruik en de voordelen van ons nieuwe warehouse systeem. Jan was tijdens het hele traject ook heel bereikbaar en proactief. Hij was de motor achter dit project en heeft ervoor gezorgd dat onze planning werd gerespecteerd.”

“We quickly understood that we would need outside knowledge and experience in order to avoid a lot of puzzle-work, downtime and chaos,” says Martijn Noest, CEO and owner of Dertec. “Jan came on site to estimate the workload. Based on measurements and a list of our minimum and maximum stocks, he calculated the most efficient warehouse filling with his eff-fill software. At the time of the move itself, we were 100% prepared. Our employees only had to collect the parts from the old warehouse and put them in their correct place in the new warehouse. All the instructions for this could be found on the handy labels that Jan had prepared. The first day, he came by to help us get started. He also gave clear instructions for processing all data in eff-fill Control, so that it could be correctly linked to our ERP system. That also went very smoothly.”

Noest is satisfied with the collaboration with Jan De Graeve, whom he describes as someone who “thinks along with you, and is friendly and creative”. “Jan was also not afraid to make an extra effort at times when it suited us best. Together with our team, he provided the right solution.”

Logistic Manager Bérengère Renier: “The service was recommended to us by our Dutch colleagues, who were very satisfied with the collaboration with Jan. After a first contact, Jan came on site to get an idea of the scope of the job. Later in the process, he and one of our employees measured all the parts in the warehouse, after which he ran his calculation software, eff-fill. Thanks to this calculation, the filling of the warehouse shelves could be optimised. We did the actual filling of the items ourselves, but Jan was very much available for questions via Teams. He followed everything very closely. Thanks to his good preparation and instructions, the filling went faster than expected – it was a real time saver. The whole process has also given us insights into how to best organise a warehouse. We therefore couldn’t be more satisfied with how it went.”

“It was impossible to manually assign all parts to new locations. Jan De Graeve has developed software that calculates which type of locations are required and how stock can be stored there as efficiently as possible. These calculations are based on stock inventory lists and the results of the 3D measurement of all parts. We received a proposal from Jan for the layout of the trays, ordered our layout material and started preparing all the trays. Under Jan’s guidance, we then emptied our old warehouse and filled the new system in two and a half days.

Although it was an intensive process that I would not immediately want to go through again, I am very satisfied with the collaboration with Jan. He is kind, precise and capable and I would highly recommend him.”