Andrè Vermeulen Total Productive Maintenance Say one machine on your line goes down for four hours. That's not a four hour problem. The order behind it slips, the truck that was booked to collect it leaves empty, the customer waiting on that tru... Supply Chain
Andrè Vermeulen The Supply Chain Multiplier A supply chain multiplier effect happens when a small waste at one point in a chain, like a minor overproduction or delay, gets padded at every handoff moving upstream until it becomes a much larger c... Logistics Procurement Supply Chain
Andrè Vermeulen Coaching vs Directing Leadership We have all found ourselves caught in the polite corporate loop. You need a specific data set or a critical status update to meet an impending deadline. Because you are committed to leading with a col... Coaching Mentoring
Andrè Vermeulen AI vs Human Executive Coaching For HR leaders and executives tasked with navigating the complexities of organisational culture and leadership development, the rapid influx of artificial intelligence is fundamentally reshaping the t... Coaching Ethics Mentoring
Andrè Vermeulen The 10-Month ZBB Runway Continuing from my post on Zero-based budgeting, Beyond the Red Pen , if you are reading this at the start of April and planning for a January 1st fiscal year, you are in the perfect position to succe... Logistics Mentoring Procurement Supply Chain
Andrè Vermeulen Beyond the Red Pen The Ghost of 1970s Finance Returns Zero-based budgeting (ZBB) has long been the "ghost" haunting corporate finance, a reputation forged in the late 1970's as a tedious, manual ordeal famously attempte... Logistics Procurement Supply Chain
Andrè Vermeulen Change Impact Analysis is the Blueprint for ERP The third and final instalment of this series on digital transformation in supply chain and business operations. We have already explored the Business Impact Assessment (BIA), the overarching operatio... Logistics Mentoring Procurement Supply Chain
Andrè Vermeulen Why Change Management is the Heartbeat of ERP Success Welcome back to my series on navigating digital transformation. In my last post, we established why the Business Impact Assessment (BIA) is your critical first step. Today, we are tackling the engine ... Logistics Mentoring Procurement Supply Chain
Andrè Vermeulen Business Impact Assessments Welcome to the first instalment of my digital transformation series. As a professional who has navigated supply chain management, ERP implementations, and business operations, I’ve seen what separates... Logistics Procurement Supply Chain
Andrè Vermeulen Leaders Must Learn to Thrive The pace of business in 2026 is unforgiving. Generative AI has moved from experimental pilot programs to the core infrastructure of modern work, fundamentally altering how we create value. Yet, with t... Coaching Mentoring
Andrè Vermeulen The Art of Silence Silence: A Coaching Superpower. Picture this: you've just asked your client a powerful question. They pause. Something stirs beneath the surface. And then, almost instinctively, you reach for words to... Coaching Mentoring
Andrè Vermeulen Beyond the Sticker Price Introduction: The Evolution of Value If you have been following my recent discussions, we have already dismantled the dangerous obsession with the lowest price. In The Cheap Trap , we explored why a l... Logistics Procurement Supply Chain
