ARV Group outingThe annual ARV outing with the whole team was held this year on Friday, June 29, 2018. This year we took part in a clinic and duel fending course, held in the gardens of mediaeval Doddendael Castle in the eastern Netherlands. Click here for a photographic impression of our fanatical team of fencers!

ARV Golf EventAnnual ARV Group Golf event

We are pleased to introduce to you: Erik Petter"When a company is faced with an enormous challenge, that gives me energy. Making good use of an organization's potential is one of the things I do best: developing people and teams and working together in such a way that durable results are achieved." Click here and meet Erik.

New at ARV Group, we're pleased to introduce: Stephan Verboom "Implementing change and thereby improvement within the supply chain, by means of a people-focused approach, is what I enjoy doing." Click here and get to know Stephan.

CI-Community workshopCI-facilitators from a number of food companies meet regularly at ARV Group’s invitation, to share their knowledge and experiences in the field of Change Management and Continuous Improvement. On Thursday, March 8, 2018, the members of this CI-Community applied themselves to the question: “How and when does one apply interactive working formats in the course of change processes?” Here you can read about how they inspired each other in their exploration of this fascinating and challenging theme.

Operations and private equity: from prejudice to nuance and shared interestsWhat changes are in store for operations when a private equity party takes over the organization? Individuals from both sides talked about this during one of ARV Group's Experience Workshops. In his blog, Roelant van Herwaarden looks back on a successful workshop, during which prejudices made way for nuance and mutual understanding: investor, owner or manager, the interests are virtually always the same.

Smart MES is the basis for better performance and continuous improvementA Manufacturing Execution System (MES) usually serves only as the bridge between planning (the ERP system) and process-control. Even though an MES can also act as the sole, “pure” information platform. Companies that see to the careful and well-thought-out development and implementation of their MES, Frank Bekkers says, are therefore laying the foundation for better performance and continuous improvement. Read about it in his blog.

ARV experience workshopsThe implementation of an MES is a timely theme in many operations environments: what is essential for an effective implementation and application, and how do we go about organizing that?

Interim meetings at ARV GroupOn a quarterly basis, our interim managers meet to share their knowledge and practical experiences. During these "interim meetings", they discuss timely issues impacting the process industry.

Direct personnel planning every bit as important as OEEThe goal of Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) is to achieve optimal productivity on a production line. But aren’t we focusing too exclusively on the process, the technology and the machines alone? Erik Haks (Associate Partner ARV Group) is convinced that productivity and quality will receive a much bigger boost when direct personnel planning is applied. Read his blog about establishing systematic planning for in-house personnel and flexi-workers and their capabilities. Allotting enough capacity to production lines. And mobilizing and developing all of the required know-how and skills.

The hidden power of usefulness, necessity and pleasureMartijn Cazemier is convinced of it: entrepreneurial targets and personal ambitions reinforce each other when a sense of usefulness is the common drive. Because both companies and individuals want to do things that make a difference. His premise is that as long as change, improvement and growth are worth doing, everyone will feel like making them happen. And, with that, the door is open to success, growth and satisfied customers. Read his blog about the hidden power of usefulness, necessity and pleasure.

Frank Spoelstra; the new addition to ARV GroupTechnology is my passion, and helping to optimize the workings of a maintenance organization is the challenge I look for again and again.

Meet QA Consultant MargrietImproving isn’t difficult when you do it together!

Consultancy across bordersWant to get the shop floor involved in programs for change and improvement? Outside the Netherlands, the bottom-up approach is not always the gospel truth. In his blog, Edgar Scheffrahn shares years of practical experience in working abroad. As a consultant, studying the culture and establishing relationships in the right way is the key to success abroad.

A sense of urgency as fertile ground for improvement and resultsHow can the foodstuffs and food-processing industry go about reaping what they sow? Read about it in the blog by Jan Donkers, Associate Partner at ARV Group.

Allow us to introduce you to: JaapSetting goals and achieving them together, make every day a better day than the day before.

Working together with OntwikkelingspartnersOccasionally, our contacts ask us about the cooperative ties between ARV Group and Ontwikkelingspartners. What reason is there for the two to work together? And what are the fields of expertise that go with each organization?

Look, talk and listenIn today’s world, data is sacred. That goes for the food-processing industry as well. From data we can obtain a great deal of information that proves useful in making plans for improvement

ARV Group partner in FoodPro NetworkARV Group has now become one of the partners in FoodPro Network. ARV Group has broad expertise and years of experience in the field of operations and supply chain.

Good resolutions?Accomplish more than you thought possible!

Martijn Cazemier new addition to ARV GroupMobilizing people, going for a practical approach and achieving tangible results:

FoodPro Network and ProductieProfsThese are the two knowledge gateways which we at ARV Group have recently joined as exclusive partner. That's because we attach great importance to the sharing of expertise and experience within the (food) process industry and production.

A tool is only as good as the hands that wield itDo follow us on LinkedIn!!

ARV Group in full swingWe are currently working on behalf of fifteen clients in five different countries, helping them with a variety of issues.

We're looking for new colleaguesAt ARV Group, we're always on the lookout for new, inspiring colleagues. Are you an experienced consultant or (interim) manager? Then we'd love to hear from you!

ARV Interim ServicesFirms in the process industry come to us more and more often with the request to supply interim managers to assist in change-implementation projects. ARV Interim Services offers you the right manager in the right place, on a temporary basis.