ARV Group
The Result Engineers
Velperweg 76,
P.O. Box 3034,
6802 DA Arnhem,
The Netherlands
Phone +31 (0)26-366 5475
Fax +31 (0)26-366 5856
infoarvgroupcom
www.arvgroup.com
ARV Group n.
1. professionals dedicated to helping professionals achieve lasting improvements by constructively analyzing existing operational patterns.
2. Also: specialists combining insider’s expertise with outsider’s “out of the box” vision
3. facilitators in not only becoming a market winner, but above all in staying a market winner.
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What clients say
"ARV Group helped us to identify the right ideas, with a cost and performance focus, and guided our people in effectively implementing them. Within six months, we had achieved a substantial reduction in our maintenance costs and improved the way we worked together." go to case
Lars Goran Jönsson, technical manager, Akzo Nobel Surface Chemistry, Stockvik, Sweden
"If you change your maintenance after over 20 years, you need an external party to get things going and keep everyone focused. Together with them and our maintenance people we concluded there was a lot of potential and people were involved in implementing improvements. That is crucial, because improvements imposed by headquarters won’t work. Commitment matters." go to case
Edward Dorst, Program Manager Suiker Unie
"This was our second successful collaboration with ARV Group, and one that once again showed significant business results. We ourselves did not have the resources, experience, tools and expertise to perform a structural, fact-based analysis like the one needed to shed light on the quality chain, and to translate the results into an effective implementation program... ARV Group proved capable of building up good collaboration with all the people involved, including our local production organization, and of supporting them in the implementation of the improvement package."
Marcel Werner, manufacturing manager, Colbond, Arnhem
"With the Clarity program we're writing company history, and that is quite an achievement, something we can all be proud of. The drive and motivation of the local MT was instrumental in making this project a great success as well. Clarity has facilitated the actual implementation of our Supply Point Master Plan, and so provides us with the competitive edge we strive for." go to case
Gert-Jan Hoogers, Supply-Point Manager, Numico/Danone, Cuijk
"From my perspective, the insights I gained from ARV Group helped me to make the right decisions for the business. With improved management practices in place, I am confident that we can handle future situations at our Delfzijl facility, especially due to better cooperation and understanding between our sites."
Mark Claassens, supply chain manager, Teijin Twaron, Delfzijl
"ARV Group managed to let people in our organization bring to life improvement proposals in a natural way, and to focus on the issues that produced the results. By implementing this responsive organization, we have been able to anticipate the changes of the future." go to case
Rimmert Wolters, managing director, bioMérieux, Boxtel
"After restructuring our organization and work processes, we felt there was too much strain on the organization to keep up our excellent performance. We very much wanted to improve our organization, but didn’t have the capacity. By maintaining the right focus, actually managing our improvements and with the timely and temporary support of ARV Group, we were able to improve our organization and so sustain our world class maintenance operations."
Ferdinand Koster, plant manager, Invista/DuPont, Rozenburg
"The results were in on time, and the OEE improvements in particular exceeded our original expectations. Now we have a solid foundation for building further results." go to case
Frank Termote, Production Director Cheese
"The enormous boost in OEE was the result of effective cohesion between the three improved operational methods. ARV not only helped us to set up and follow these methodologies, but in the course of the projected implementation period also succeeded in making itself completely ‘dispensable’. We have learned how to move ahead in the process of continuous improvement." go to case
Marc Falger, Production Manager, FrieslandCampina CPC
"With its work on the Clarity program at our Cuijk SP, ARV Group showed us that it had the capability to help empower our people during the international Clarity roll out. Within two years we have seen concrete and sustainable improvements in both productivity and mindset throughout the organization, and have been able to meet and even surpass our original targets." go to case
Mariano Garcia, Vice-President Operations, Danone Numico Baby Food Europe
"With the assistance of ARV Group, the On Track program not only helped us respond effectively to anticipated market developments, but did so on time, within budget and with all objectives met." go to case
Agneta Gerdner, Operations Manager
"ARV Group provided indispensable assistance in analyzing our site's performance and in helping to draw up our master plan, with resulting boosts to productivity, the systematic organization and rationalization of labor resources and information flows, and crucial energy savings." go to case
Jos Sluys, Manufacturing Director Liquids/Instants
"We now focus our maintenance on what’s really necessary. By optimizing the workflow, efficiency improves automatically. To plan all this, we need all of our maintenance resources. Commitment, from management to the mechanics, is the key. As a mechanic, you can then assist in improving your own work, knowing what it takes to help achieve that. That challenges people and gives the best results." go to case
Wijnand Hogenes, Technical Director Suiker Unie
"With the support of ARV Group, our organization started working together, focusing on the mutual goal and costs. For the first time, we gained the real capability to control and steer our supply chain, with focus on logistical performance and costs, thereby enabling a timely and effective response to changes in demand and ensuring lowest-cost supply costs to the market." go to case
Wim de Kruijff, SBU manager
"The project's success was due in part to the way ARV Group achieved harmony with our organization's culture, enabled us as management team to take the lead and communicated well with our people while presenting them with relevant facts & figures. That formed a major stimulus for the Bohus site." go to case
Ann Lindgärde, Site manager
"While helping us to optimize our maintenance sourcing model and operation, ARV Group showed us the value of 'thinking the other way around'. Now we have not only achieved major cost reductions, but are also able to keep analyzing the way we work in a process of continuous improvement." go to case
Gregor Pettersson, Site maintenance manager