Business Consulting

Afresh Consult not only offers HansaWorld software solutions, but also offers business solutions, specifically in the fields of supply chain management, industry best practices and accounting compliance. These services are offered by our team of experienced consultants. Herewith a few examples:

Immo Böhm


Key Benefits

- Extensive studies of Best Practices in Supply Chain Management (MBA)
- Extensive experience in turnaround of procedures and paradigms in a large organization
- Knowledge of regional business practices.

Capabilities

Through the abovementioned Key Exposures, we are able to offer you the following:

Key Results Areas

We assist you in identifying Key Result Areas for your type of business, on which you should focus to maximize the competitiveness of your organization. This is typically done with a detailed audit of customer satisfaction and business performance as a basis.

Performance Measurement

"You can only manage what you can measure". We help you develop Key Performance Indicators to measure your performance in your Key Results Areas. We develop detailed, statistically valid, reporting methods for you to effectively monitor progress.

Re-engineering of Business Processes


Based on Business Best Practice and Key Performance Indicators, we help you to re-engineer your business process in order to maximize return, response times and customer satisfaction, as well as to minimize waste and losses.

Reference Accounts

Cymot
Extensive re-engineering of the Supply Chain, both inbound (on the supply side), as well as outbound (on the customer side), in order to make the supply chain as lean as possible.
Key Areas include:
- Re-engineer Re-ordering Process
- Key Performance Indicators Inbound
- Key Performance Indicators Outbound
- Redesign Warehouse for increased efficiency
- Develop Best Practice Inventory Management System
- Develop Demand Forecasting Model
- Enhance Material Handling Standards
- Increase Security

Knowledge Base

Immo Böhm graduated from the University of Luton in England with a Master of Business Administration Degree in 2002. His thesis concentrated on "The Improvement of Operations - a case study of Cymot (Pty) Ltd". His experience spans the tourism, hospitality, retail/distribution and IT industries.

Rikus Grobler


Knowledge Base

Rikus Grobler graduated from the University of Stellenbosch in 1998 with a Bachelors of Engineering degree (Industrial-Electronic).  He also completed a bachelor of law degree (LLB) in 2005 through the University of South Africa (UNISA).  He is currently busy with his MBA through the University of Stellenbosch Business School (USB), completing the degree in 2009.
 
Having worked for Coca-Cola (Namibia Beverages) as Operations Manager and for GijimaAst as ERP Solutions Consultant, Rikus has extensive experience in Operations Management, Project Management and ERP implementations. 
 

Reference Accounts


Coca-Cola Namibia:
 
Implementation of SAP system throughout the whole business.
Implementation of MDWT, Mission Directed Workteams.
Implementation of TCCQS (The Coca-Cola Quality System)
Implementation of HACCP system (Hazardous Analysis of Critical Control Points)
Implementation of the ExiM system (Excellence in Maintenance)
Project Manager for the installation of plastic bottle blow moulding site.
Project Manager for the installation of warehouse extension.
Project Manager for the installation of caser-uncaser on bottling line.
 
GijimaAst:
 
Project manager for following IT projects:
Roads Authority: Personal Licence Plate Number project.
Health Professional Council Namibia: New adminsitration system.
Namibia Airports Company: G-Risk, enterprise wide risk management system.
 
NamPost SAP tender: Strategic SAP partner.

Ruaan Smith


Having worked for PricewaterhouseCoopers, Ruaan Smith has extensive experience in the day to day financial administration of many types and sizes of businesses. Ruaan holds a National Diploma in Commerce and currently studies toward his Master of Business Administration at the Management College of Southern Africa.

Afresh Consult works in close collaboration with HansaWorld SAF, the HansaWorld distributor for Africa, as well as various other referral and hardware partners that assist in adding value to a client’s business. For more information on how to become a partner for afresh consult click here.

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