By late October, the Christmas range is already moving through a beverage operation. What appeared in the commercial plan as a new label, a limited-edition pack or a customer promotion now has to be sourced, scheduled, produced and shipped. For the Head of Operations...
Sandy Torrekens
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Logistics Became a Challenge — And Nobody Knows What To Do…
Are you in drinks, paper, packaging, or any other sector where the manufacturing process historically dictated the economics? Then this will sound familiar. Logistics was never the focus. The attention was on the factory — improving machines, increasing OEE, pushing...
Why CXOs See 70% of Transformations Miss Their Targets
…and how to stay in control without outsourcing your company 📊 70% of business transformations fall short of their goals (BCG, 2024).For CXOs, this is not a statistic, it is a risk. In most cases, the issue is not strategy or ambition.It is execution. Weak programme...
Why “Small” Changes Fail to Get Implemented — And How to Deliver Them.
Do you recognise this scenario… You have a business problem, everyone agreed on a solution… and then nothing happens. The issue resurfaces in every performance meeting. Weeks and months pass with the same complaints from sales, operations, and customers. Why do...
Interface Errors Aren’t Always Technical — Stop Expecting IT to Fix Broken Business
It's a familiar story. A system interface keeps showing up on the agenda — again. It's mentioned in every business review, flagged in every update, and has quietly become part of the landscape. It's been "fixed" more times than anyone can count, yet somehow, it never...
Merging SAP Systems: When Lift-&-Shift Becomes Lift-&-Sh**
When it comes to SAP system integration during mergers or acquisitions, there's a persistent myth that a "lift and shift" approach—simply transferring one system into another—is a cost-effective and fast method to merge the system of the acquired company into that of...






