Johan Beukema graduated in International Business Administration at the State University of Groningen, The Netherlands and joined BCI in 1999. Johan is an experienced expert in location strategy, manufacturing footprint and supply chain optimization. Johan’s experience covers the full globe and besides strategic consultancy, he has also managed multiple complex implementation processes for international clients. Throughout the years Johan has managed and executed a large number of projects for leading companies in different industry verticals. Examples are AkzoNobel, Alcoa, Amgen, AstraZeneca, Baxter, Bose, BP, Brown Forman, Celgene, Danone, Donaldson, Eli Lilly, ExxonMobil, IKEA, Johnson & Johnson, MeadJohnson, Medronic, Nestle, Novartis, Sandvik, Shimano, UPS.
Finding the optimal location for new Support & Services Centers has always been talent driven. But now technical skills are becoming decisive a ...
Imagine a company that has a fantastic new drug or medical device in the pipeline. Successful market launch around the world becomes life critical ...
Intensifying trade disputes (US-China, US-Europe), the Brexit, reduced economic growth expectations, but also new production technologies demand a ...
Availability of the right people, increasing labor costs and the need for changing skills set are key issues for many companies. Finding optimal lo ...
The technologies in the medtech industry are rapidly changing, while at the same time the whole industry is globalizing at a fast pace. New emergin ...
Economic development agencies all over the world often present themselves in the same way: brochures, interactive websites, regular e-mail updates ...
On October 14th 2015 Buck Consultants International together with international law firm Greenberg Traurig LLC held a successful webinar on the upc ...
On the evening of April 15th 2015 a group of high level supply chain officers from different industries joined BCI’s Annual VP Supply Chain D ...
Pfizer, AstraZeneca, Novartis, Merck proof it these days once again: the pharmaceutical business is one of the most globalized industries in which ...
The good times with more or less guaranteed high margins are over for pharmaceutical companies. The coming years, reduced costs, greater agility an ...
The new Janssen European distribution center centralizes the activities of 15 logistics centers in Europe. It reduces the number of steps in the su ...