Royal Huisman Shipyard has been working with ISPnext's Vendor Management solution since 2020. Supply Chain Manager Bert Doosje and his team are responsible for integrating suppliers and subcontractors into processes and projects: "We source globally and our job is to find products and/or services that meet our customers' top quality requirements."
As a matrix organisation, Royal Huisman wanted a view of supplier performance both from the line and from its projects, with dashboarding on KPIs as an important requirement.
Royal Huisman chose the Vendor Management solution with Vendor Rating functionality, started by assessing its A-suppliers, and fully implemented the platform within ± 2 months of the kick-off.
A centrally managed platform, fed from the ERP system, that proactively triggers actions and reduces reporting hours through real-time dashboards, with a sharper supplier database as the next step.
Getting a grip on supplier performance in a global, matrix-driven organisation
Royal Huisman builds and maintains high-quality luxury sailing and motor yachts, and supplies and manufactures carbon marine special products. To source suppliers worldwide that meet customers' top quality requirements, Supply Chain Manager Bert Doosje and his team needed structured insight into supplier performance.
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Sourcing globally for top quality
"We source globally and our job is to find products and/or services that meet our customers' top quality requirements," says Bert Doosje, Supply Chain Manager at Royal Huisman.
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Performance insight needed from two angles
"We have, in effect, a matrix organisation where we aim to obtain a view of the performance delivered by our suppliers both from the line and from our projects," says Bert.
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A need for KPI dashboarding
"In addition, dashboarding of KPIs is important to us, and this is something ISPnext can also capitalise on," says Bert about a key requirement in choosing a solution.
"ISPnext's Vendor Management seamlessly matches our needs and provides immediate solutions to our challenges."
From careful selection to a fully implemented platform within ± 2 months
After a careful selection process, Royal Huisman chose ISPnext and built the solution step by step: from Vendor Rating of A-suppliers, through dashboarding, to a centrally managed system fed from its ERP.
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A careful selection process
"We chose ISPnext because the Vendor Management solution with the associated Vendor Rating functionality best fits our program. For almost all of our processes, ISPnext has already developed a solution," Bert explains.
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Starting with Vendor Rating of A-suppliers
"Prior to using Vendor Rating, we loaded basic information from our suppliers onto the platform. After a kick-off, in a short time, ± 2 months, we fully implemented the platform and assessed and visualised the order of all the A-suppliers," says Bert.
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Dashboarding as the finishing touch
"Dashboarding puts the icing, as far as implementation is concerned, on the cake. Then we will continue to work with vendors to get and keep a sharper focus on the quality of our supplier database," says Bert.
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A central platform fed from the ERP system
"The fact that we can go to a centrally managed platform, which is fed supplier information from our ERP system, means efficiency. In addition, the platform proactively triggers actions to be followed up either by us or by the suppliers," says Bert.
Efficiency, fewer reporting hours and sharper visibility into suppliers
Royal Huisman now has a centrally managed platform with real-time dashboards that proactively trigger actions and reduce reporting hours, with further sharpening the supplier database as the next step.
What it delivers for Royal Huisman
- A centrally managed platform, fed with supplier information from the ERP system
- Proactive triggers for follow-up actions, to be picked up by Royal Huisman or by the supplier
- Real-time dashboards that reduce the number of reporting hours
- Insight into supplier performance from both the line organisation and projects
- All A-suppliers assessed and visualised within ± 2 months of the kick-off
Frequently asked questions about Vendor Management at Royal Huisman
Royal Huisman Shipyard specialises in building high-quality luxury sailing and motor yachts, maintains yachts, and supplies and manufactures carbon marine special products. The company is located in Vollenhove and works with more than 350 specialists.
Royal Huisman has used ISPnext's Vendor Management solution since 2020, with Vendor Rating as the core functionality for assessing suppliers.
After a kick-off, Royal Huisman fully implemented the platform within ± 2 months and assessed and visualised the order of all its A-suppliers.
Royal Huisman is a matrix organisation and wanted a view of supplier performance both from the line and from its projects, with dashboarding on KPIs as a key requirement, something ISPnext's Vendor Management solution matches well.
By moving to a centrally managed platform fed with supplier information from the ERP system, Royal Huisman gains efficiency. The platform also proactively triggers actions to be followed up either by Royal Huisman or by the supplier, and real-time dashboards reduce the number of reporting hours.
Royal Huisman is continuing to work with vendors to get and keep a sharper focus on the quality of its supplier database, by requesting, reviewing and maintaining additional supplier information.
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