Our customers within the industry

Digitalising processes – VDL

Appronto has built a comprehensive and fully-functioning software factory for the well-known Dutch car manufacturer VDL. We optimised the existing application landscape and expanded it with a diverse spectrum of new applications. In addition, we’ve trained our own VDL Nedcar software development team on Mendix. Under the guidance of Appronto, this team will eventually form the heart of the VDL Nedcar low-code factory. The main advantage? The company is now fully ready for further digitalisation of its business and production processes.

Chain integration – Secrid

Secrid, a company from The Hague that makes beautiful and innovative wallets, uses multiple systems and databases that have to be linked together. The company also has a portfolio of very specific products that are difficult to capture in a standard software solution. Secrid also has large numbers of suppliers managed in Mendix.

The smart factory of Weener Plastics

Weener Plastics is a renowned, globally operating manufacturer of injection-moulded plastic packaging. For this company, Appronto has developed an application that relieves employees of tasks that used to require a lot of time and manpower. Think of preparing adjustment overviews or making a transport request. An important step on the road to process optimisation! In addition, we have trained our own IT team within the company so we can build innovative applications ourselves. The ultimate goal: to create an innovation factory that will deliver even more smart systems in the near future.

Ron Marree, Global Head of Operations: “As a basis for the deployment of Mendix, we have chosen as a company to think carefully about best practices within our organization and then support them with an application developed in Mendix. The built-in system of short, efficient sprints, writing user stories and the great participation of all involved contribute enormously to the success.

Recently the TMS (Transport Management System) application for Weener Plastics went live and taken into use. The Mendix app automates the logistics processes surrounding the transport and the planning, administration and financial processing thereof.

Trends

The industry is a dynamic sector that is in full swing in the digital age. More than ever, the demand and specific wishes of the end customer dictate the production process and the practical design of the supply chain. Innovation, sustainable developments and global trends also mean that the industry has to constantly reinvent itself. Three major trends are currently predominant.

Solutions

There are a few pain points and challenges that are common in the industry. For example, how do you create more efficiency in production, so that you can deliver more output in the same time frame? It all starts with digitization. By reducing the number of manual actions in a process, you reduce the number of errors and you gain in terms of time, costs and efficiency.