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From WhatsApp to handy work order app: Bebo Flooring digitises logistics planning

From WhatsApp to handy work order app: Bebo Flooring digitises logistics planning

From WhatsApp to handy work order app: Bebo Flooring digitises logistics planning

Results

Professionalisation

We have achieved higher efficiency in planning and logistics. This increases our delivery reliability.

Clarity

Work orders can now be signed off digitally and are stored within vPlan, making everything immediately properly archived and transparent for all teams.

User-friendly

vPlan is easy and clear to use, a simple explanation is all it takes to get colleagues and third parties to connect.

We are at one of the largest and most well-known flooring wholesalers in the eastern Netherlands: Bebo Vloeren. Despite starting out in 2011 with just five people on staff, virtually all of the Netherlands knows this flooring giant. Meanwhile, the operations as well as the planning challenges have grown considerably. We speak to application manager Marjolijn Altena, who will tell us all about their adaptation to the digital age. 

Industry

Flooring

Region

Vriezenveen, Netherlands

Company type

Groothandel

Key features

Calendar

Integrations

Newbase

Industry

Flooring

Jeroen - 14 september 2021

Bebo digitalizes with vPlan

You can tell that Bebo moves with the times by looking at their entrance, which is decorated with hip flags. Chalkboards with Instagram-worthy handlettering texts on them guide you to the entrance. Once inside, you are greeted by a cute food truck with a cheerful barista inside. At Bebo, you never leave empty-handed - whether it's a floor or sandwiches, biscuits, sweets, balloons or even a bottle of wine.  

This combined with the banging prices of the floors (not for nothing is their slogan "Rock solid the cheapest") ensures that Bebo Vloeren is a popular shop. And it shows, as their organisation has grown considerably in recent years. 

Paper work orders gone at Bebo Vloeren: hello vPlan 

Marjolijn Altena, the application manager at Bebo Vloeren, tells us how they made the switch to a digital era. "Before," she says, "our planning was kept manually in an online diary. Work orders were a physical paperwork, and we had to fill them in by hand and then send them via WhatsApp. This took an awful lot of time and was anything but efficient."  

But what was the solution? Marjolijn explains: "We decided to digitise everything. And during our search for the right digital system, we came across vPlan. It turned out to be a perfect match for our needs and requirements. The flexibility of vPlan finally won us over." 

Foto Bebo

Using vPlan, they have taken the planning process to a whole new level. Marjolijn enthusiastically says: "We are now professionalising the scheduling of our services. This allows us to meet our customers' requirements even better and at the same time we achieve a higher level of efficiency within our organisation in terms of planning and logistics. And it has helped us enormously to increase our delivery reliability!"  

But what does this mean in practice? Marjolijn explains: "We currently schedule all our floor-laying orders in vPlan. This gives us precise insight into who picks up which job and when. The result? Clear planning and simplified communication with our colleagues and third parties. Work orders can now be signed off digitally and are stored within vPlan, making everything immediately properly archived and transparent for all teams." 

A simple solution   

In short, Bebo Vloeren has said goodbye to the era of paper work orders and digitised with vPlan. The future looks more efficient and streamlined than ever before. Away with those pens and WhatsApp, welcome vPlan and the modern way of planning!  

What exactly this looks like in practice Marjolijn is happy to tell us: "Thanks to vPlan we can plan our services better and more clearly, communication with colleagues and third parties has improved as a result." Sounds good already, right? But here's where it gets even better.  

The secret behind vPlan is simplicity. Marjolijn explains: "vPlan is easy and straightforward to use, a simple explanation is enough to get colleagues and third parties connected." No complicated training or hours of toil to understand how it works. No, with vPlan you are ready to plan like a pro right away. 

And best of all? Bebo Vloeren is so convinced of the power of vPlan that they wholeheartedly recommend it to other businesses. So, if you are looking for a planning tool that will make your life easier, improve your communication and keep your business running more efficiently, vPlan is the solution you need.