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Anita Van Looveren nominated for the 37th Trends Manager of the Year Award

November 17

Translated interview from Trends magazine (in Dutch) with Anita Van Looveren, CEO OMP, for her Manager of the Year nomination. On January 12, Trends announces the 37th Manager of the Year. It is the most prestigious... Read article trends anita van looveren nominated for the 37th manager of year award translated interview from magazine in dutch with ceo omp her nomination on january 12 announces it is most prestigious distinction a business leader belgium laureate follows footsteps dirk coorevits specialty building materials company soudal five nominees an initiative cooperation kanaal z are presented www be and every week new nominee will portrait has been software over 25 years she played key role expansion antwerp-based into world player solutions companies that want to optimize their supply chain &ldquo motivated cooperative team focuses satisfied customers profitability naturally &rdquo &nbsp person solving practical problems by using mathematics runs like thread through looveren&rsquo s career chose quantitative economics during studies commercial engineering later also obtained mba began academic after i graduated was research assistant at university antwerp&rsquo faculty department industrial management supervised thesis students who were concentrating planning issues production or logistics found these optimization techniques extremely fascinating that&rsquo why started working relatively focused niche "our background but ensures products covid vaccines delivered time " beginning really pioneering when joined consisted manager-founder georges schepens engineer bart de decker first consultant responsible taking version one my important tasks listening closely getting good overview facing "those very intense collaborations retrospect small projects now involved much larger because &ndash often large multinationals manage chains global scale 20 30 our consultants can easily work such project plus customer&rsquo employees possibly external ict service providers so more advanced part extensive use artificial intelligence meanwhile than it&rsquo all happened gradually explains i&rsquo ve managing director since 1992 we got american term &lsquo ceo&rsquo millennium had about hundred this we&rsquo re heading towards thousand changes constantly job evolves keeps interesting gives me lot satisfaction consumer goods hit supermarkets needed colleagues&nbsp find examples daily lives finding talent greatest challenges&rdquo says fortunately recruit broadly as active several continents main language english even head office wommelgem make diverse well together always pay attention internal communication believe participation highly-educated knowledge workers you can&rsquo t put strong hierarchy they only stay develop themselves if give them sufficient freedom focus personal development people create environment where everyone same rise above contrary other tech consciously waited attract investments wasn&rsquo until 2020 co signed agreement ackermans & haaren may take &rsquo quite literally still largely hands its including herself way stayed long have similar philosophy which us strive healthy growth annual rate 15 percent isn&rsquo providing solution course things going moment disruptions no longer explain potential advantages integrated describe unison planning: links should perfectly aligned feasible overseeing entire identifying each link soon possible operations partners called founded 1985 pioneer optimizes led nineties grown expanding customer portfolio international procter gamble johnson addition eight offices around turnover rose 85 96 million euros net profit amounts less &euro 17 7 holding shareholders recent profits invested back numbers euro 2019 2018 operating income 99 9 88 79 3 revenue 76 8 14 2 balance sheet total 92 89 1 77 0 equity 60 51 4 41 solvency % 66% 58% 53% 710 580 511 voting procedure finalists year&rsquo edition selected independent jury smet chairman ageas longlist drawn up trends&rsquo editorial staff/editors distinguished positive relevant inspirational leaders sustainable remarkable results made outstanding decisions stimulated innovation reader say monday november 22 wednesday december vote online your favorite not looks different changed previous managers cast flemish schools general public submitted represents half votes among three audiences winner announced gala evening brussels expo read full story

OMP China moved to more spacious and convenient office

November 15

OMP has moved its office in China to a larger space in the same building in Shanghai to accommodate the growth the company is experiencing in the region.The new space represents a bigger opportunity to welcome customers, boasting a range of meeting... Read article omp china moved to new office more spacious and convenient has its in a larger space the same building shanghai accommodate growth company is experiencing region represents bigger opportunity welcome customers boasting range of meeting rooms better it infrastructure significant expansion will further facilitate internal external collaboration communication enhance customer support asia located an a-class asesh center pudong district is&nbsp conveniently located&nbsp near between two international airports subway station with direct line both within walking distance software park which accommodates several renowned&nbsp hi-tech companies also nearby for jan geuens partner at it&rsquo s exciting move: &ldquo our continued commitment serving current future helping them&nbsp foster business growth&nbsp through smart supply chain planning &rdquo &nbsp contact phone: +32 3 650 22 31 e-mail: jgeuens@omp com read full story

OMP and Deloitte form an alliance to drive digital supply chain transformations across the globe

November 4

OMP and Deloitte have signed an alliance agreement to help companies accelerate their digital planning transformations, unlock efficiencies, and attain value... Read article omp and deloitte make alliance to drive digital supply chain transformations across the globe form an have signed agreement help companies accelerate their planning unlock efficiencies attain value through better business outcomes already been collaborating on large-scale transformation programs all over world in chemicals consumer goods life sciences industries these projects which involved deploying omp&rsquo s unison planning&trade demonstrate power of bringing leading industry insights together with transformative solutions achieve best-in-class results &nbsp helping customers bring next level is a future-proof ai-driven technology that helps plan more proactively clear end-to-end view entire optimize assets lower costs capitalize quickly market opportunities increase revenues powered by deep functional technical expertise combination will enable businesses reach new heights collaboration aligned decision making steer revenue growth profitability having access wide pool resources global scale can benefit from phases deployments backed scalable model standard tested methodology relationship reduce minimize risks creating combined commenting announcement patrick gallagher principal consulting llp leader sponsor says: "deloitte values as solution provider trusted teammate for our clients " philip vervloesem senior vice president at usa &ldquo between teams complementary capabilities closely organizations&rsquo in-depth knowledge core we both focus this has resulted highly successful complex &rdquo about facing challenges excel grow thrive offering best digitized hundreds range - spanning metals paper packaging using unique contact phone:&nbsp +1 404 791 06 42 email: pvervloesem@omp com read full story