In the world of today, maintaining constant growth is something which is almost expected from the stock market and venture capitalists. An example that illustrates the attention for rapid growth, is the Fortune 100 Fastest growing companies. However, rapid growth has it consequences and it can even destroy the company. Read more…
The Business Night just turned to an end and I have returned home still buzzing from all the inspiring information that was presented to me tonight. My head is filled with stories about sustainability, entrepreneurship and ambition. I am writing this article while enjoying a delicious Tony’s Chocolonely bar, which Read more…
Name: Eva Stroo Function: Treasurer of Asset Strategy & Logistics Education: MSc Accountancy Why did you want to spend a board year? In February 2016 I became an active member by joining the Activities Committee. Soon it turned out that this was the best decision I made so far. I Read more…
Name: Jip Steenbakkers Function: External Affairs Officer of Asset Strategy & Logistics Education: MSc Supply Chain Management Why did you want to spend a board year? Student life has been good on me, so I really wanted to extend it for another year. Though I felt ready for the Read more…
Why I Do Not like Carnival by Mariëlle van Ballegooijen I live ‘under the rivers’ (as a literal translation from Dutch) so people usually assume that I do like Carnival. I don’t. Maybe I should have started by stating that I don’t like beer or Dutch music, which are the Read more…
Name: Mariëlle van Ballegooijen Function: Vice-Chairman of Asset Strategy & Logistics Education: MSc Supply Chain Management Why did you want to spend a board year? After being an active member for two years (secretary of the TRIP4you committee 2015, and chairman of the Activities committee and Promotion Committee 2015-2016), and Read more…
First of all, I am happy to tell you that I have passed the green belt exam last week. The exam was tough but with a good preparation you are able to pass it. The course was very fruitful, enjoyable, interesting and challenging. In this article I will briefly tell Read more…
By Pauline van de Voorde I had to come up with an interesting topic for my bachelor thesis. Due to my father’s entrepreneurial skills I came into contact with family firms early in life. He started his own business 10 years ago and the change exists that I will Read more…
The fourth week of this challenging training was focussed on the last part of the Six Sigma model, the improve and control stage. The first thing that came to mind during this lecture was the following: shouldn’t you first control the processes before you improve them? This is also part Read more…
In this article, I will tell you some interesting facts from the third training session of the Green Belt Lean Six Sigma training. This week captured the core of the Six Sigma model focussing on the following steps: measurement and analysis. This week was all about measuring and statistics. Read more…