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

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.

Jeroen
Jeroen
September 14, 2021
3 min
From WhatsApp to handy work order app: Bebo Flooring digitises logistics planning
Industry
Flooring
Region
Vriezenveen, Netherlands
Company size
Wholesale
Features used
Calendar
Integrations
Newbase
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.

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."

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

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.

Jeroen
WRITTEN BY:

Jeroen

Jeroen Mensink is co-founder of vPlan and a driving force behind its development. With a background in software and HR tools, he saw the real-world impact of poor planning and lack of insight into capacity. Combining technical know-how with a practical mindset, Jeroen helped shape vPlan into the smart, user-friendly platform it is today.

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