Register for the Gumption Cafés: Efficiency gains through quick wins
During two Gumption Cafés, decision-makers from six companies will share how their organisations became more efficient without significant and time-consuming investments. The common thread? Applied innovation. Innovative thinking is pragmatically translated into solutions based on proven technology. The aim is to reduce operational costs, sharpen competitiveness, and increase customer satisfaction.
Discover 5 live cases
The Gumption Cafés are an inspiration network for business leaders. During the Café evenings on November 19 and 21, these companies will share their fascinating real-world stories: ADPO, Barry Callebaut, Edgard & Cooper, Eltra, and Etex. Hear firsthand about their challenges and approaches.
Discover 5 live cases
The Gumption Cafés are an inspiration network for business leaders. During the Café evenings on November 19 and 21, these companies will share their fascinating real-world stories: ADPO, Barry Callebaut, Edgard & Cooper, Eltra, and Etex. Hear firsthand about their challenges and approaches.
November 19, Antwerp
- ADPO, a logistics service provider in the chemical industry, enabled transporters to schedule their own timeslots for loading and unloading their trucks. Automation saves employees time for other tasks and provides management with insightful data. Customers save valuable time.
INSPIRATOR: Johan Van Sant, Planning & Customer Service Manager (Dutch) - With a tool for circular reporting, Etex now complies with the EU-imposed reporting obligation on the use of recycled materials in its products. The solution also improved the quality and structure of their data.
INSPIRATOR: Bart Dieusaert, Analytics Manager (Dutch)
- ADPO, a logistics service provider in the chemical industry, enabled transporters to schedule their own timeslots for loading and unloading their trucks. Automation saves employees time for other tasks and provides management with insightful data. Customers save valuable time.
INSPIRATOR: Johan Van Sant, Planning & Customer Service Manager (Dutch) - With a tool for circular reporting, Etex now complies with the EU-imposed reporting obligation on the use of recycled materials in its products. The solution also improved the quality and structure of their data.
INSPIRATOR: Bart Dieusaert, Analytics Manager (Dutch)
November 21, Ghent
- As part of food safety, Barry Callebaut (English-spoken) controls the liquid chocolate before it goes to customers. These tests take time and require extra storage space. A tool ensures optimal planning and cost-effective utilisation of tank capacity.
INSPIRATOR: Sumit Gupta, Supply Planning Manager (Engels) - Edgard & Cooper produces fresh dog and cat food. Customer service employees struggled with the manual processing of the growing number of e-mail orders. They automated the sales order creation process through a hyperautomation tool.
INSPIRATORS: Orphée Dewaegemaker, Process & Continuous Improvement; Anke De Prijck, Customer Service Manager (Dutch) - Eltra supplies home improvement products to more than 1,000 stores in Belgium and the Netherlands. Using an AI-enhanced tool, they improved and sped up the management of debit notes, credit notes, and customer complaints.
INSPIRATOR: to be announced (Dutch)
- As part of food safety, Barry Callebaut (English-spoken) controls the liquid chocolate before it goes to customers. These tests take time and require extra storage space. A tool ensures optimal planning and cost-effective utilisation of tank capacity.
INSPIRATOR: Sumit Gupta, Supply Planning Manager (Engels) - Edgard & Cooper produces fresh dog and cat food. Customer service employees struggled with the manual processing of the growing number of e-mail orders. They automated the sales order creation process through a hyperautomation tool.
INSPIRATORS: Orphée Dewaegemaker, Process & Continuous Improvement; Anke De Prijck, Customer Service Manager (Dutch) - Eltra supplies home improvement products to more than 1,000 stores in Belgium and the Netherlands. Using an AI-enhanced tool, they improved and sped up the management of debit notes, credit notes, and customer complaints.
INSPIRATOR: to be announced (Dutch)
Program
• Three inspiring cases per evening
• 20 minutes per case + Q&A
• Walking & networking dinner
Why Gumption?
For successful digital transformation, many competencies are needed, e.g. optimising and automating business processes, data management and analytics, user experience, and IT infrastructure. The Gumption Café highlights the practical 360° approach of the unique Gumption ecosystem for applied innovation.
The Gumption Cafés in November are in collaboration with Bmatix, Plugnotes, TheValueChain, and valueXstream.
For successful digital transformation, many competencies are needed, e.g. optimising and automating business processes, data management and analytics, user experience, and IT infrastructure. The Gumption Café highlights the practical 360° approach of the unique Gumption ecosystem for applied innovation.
The Gumption Cafés in November are in collaboration with Bmatix, Plugnotes, TheValueChain, and valueXstream.