“It was in the run-up to that move that we got into contact with Jan”, says Michaël Marchandise. “More specifically for the relocation of our stock, which was on shelves in the old location but would be transferred to two Kardex cabinets in the new warehouse. Jan clearly had experience with this kind of job.

After an initial introduction, he advised us on how to approach the move in several steps. We provided him with our stock list, which he supplemented with additional information in order to be able to accurately locate each item afterwards. Through his eff-fill software program, he then assigned a logical place to each part in the Kardex cabinets, so that we could make optimal use of the available space. All information was entered into our management package and Jan provided handy moving labels and a picking list based on the new locations.”

Jan was also present at the move himself in order to solve any problems on the spot. “But he did much more than that!”, says Michaël Marchandise. “He created subdivisions in the Kardex drawers and gave input where he could. The move went really smoothly and we are very pleased that we brought in Jan. We have already passed his name on to other companies.”

Peter Thienpondt: “Jan had experience with this, plus he has a background in the agricultural machinery sector.
Before the move, Jan inventoried our entire stock in order to waste as little space as possible in the new system.
An aim that we successfully achieved. Later it turned out that by focusing on saving space, the layout of the warehouse was not entirely suitable for our way of working. After all, we don’t look for every piece that we need in the computer, but we also frequently pick parts visually. That’s the only thing we would have done differently, in retrospect: creating groups in our database so that we can sort more into groups in our warehouse as well. That may be less efficient in terms of use of space, but it is easier for our way of working. Conclusion: for the arrangement, we should have taken our working method more into account. I talked to Jan about this, so that he can potentially apply it in new projects. The inventorying and the move itself went very smoothly.”