ARV Group

P.O. Box 174
6860 AD

Stationsweg 44a
6861 EJ Oosterbeek
The Netherlands

ARV Group
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

"With the help of ARV Group, we are going to meet our maintenance process improvement and cost-reduction targets for the next four years. And the changes implemented within our maintenance organization will be of benefit to the company for much longer than that." go to case

Ronald Raben, maintenance manager Shin-Etsu Botlek

"Within a short period, ARV Group helped our team to boost our efficiency and effectiveness to higher levels, additionally helping our team develop their capabilities. And the improvements are ongoing. Bet practice work processes and straightforward communication now let us stay on top of demand and go for further growth." go to case

Robert Tomsa, Operations Manager

"ARV Group helped us to implement performance management in a way that changed it from a tool into part of our organization’s DNA. The improvements seen in the last year are only the start of an ongoing process." go to case

Wilfred de Jager, Program Manager, Attero, Wijster, the Netherlands

"ARV Group helped Bolletje change from a pure cost focus to a results-oriented organization. Today we’re better prepared for the future, and the change is a lasting one." go to case

Henri Wolters, Operations Manager, Bolletje B.V., Almelo, the Netherlands

"We knew where we needed to go with our maintenance organization, and ARV Group helped us get there. Through effective training, better planning and the effective and efficient distribution of tasks and responsibilities, we were able to achieve the improvements that helped make us ready for the future." go to case

Maintenance manager Mons

"This was our second successful collaboration with ARV Group, and one that once again showed significant business results. The structured approach taken proved to be a solid based for an effective and successful implementation program. ARV Group proved capable of building up good cooperation with all the people involved, including our local production organization, and of supporting them in the implementation of the improvement package." go to case

Marcel Werner, Manufacturing Manager at Colbond, Arnhem

"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

"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

"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 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

"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

"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

"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

"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

"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