Witteveen+Bos and BST Global Create Landmark Partnership
February 08 2016 - 5:00AM
Business Wire
Netherlands-based engineering consultancy firm Witteveen+Bos and
international software company BST Global solidified a historic
partnership this January.
Following an extensive evaluation process, Witteveen+Bos has
selected BST Global as its Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)
solution provider, making the engineering consultancy the first
Netherlands-based firm to implement the software company’s flagship
product, BST10. Witteveen+Bos represents one of the top 10
engineering consultancies in the Netherlands, according to the 2015
Technisch Weekblad Top 50 Ingenieursbureaus rankings.
“We met with a number of other ERP software providers, but were
ultimately impressed by BST Global’s focus on the engineering
industry,” said Witteveen+Bos Chief Executive Officer Karin Sluis.
“Finding a partner that understands how our industry, and our
company, works was of utmost importance to us – and we clearly
found this with BST.”
By moving to BST10, the engineering consultancy aims to improve
efficiencies company-wide and increase project and financial
visibility through the use of dashboards. The firm also sought a
solution that could provide the flexibility needed to support its
international expansion strategy and ability to work in joint
ventures to serve its clients worldwide.
“We are very excited about the future direction of BST10. In a
constantly evolving market, it is important to find a partner that
can not only keep up, but also lead,” said Witteveen+Bos Chief
Financial Officer Jeffrey Hinnen. “That’s what BST Global does.
They listen to their clients’ needs, and work continuously to
develop and improve their product to meet those needs, which
ensures our company never falls behind.”
Representatives from the two companies gathered together for a
signing ceremony at the Witteveen+Bos headquarters on 19 January to
formalize the new partnership.
“Witteveen+Bos is exactly the type of partner that we hoped to
find when we entered the Netherlands market,” said Coskun Tuzgol,
BST Global Regional Director of Europe. “Although our businesses
are quite different, we found that our cultural values, and the way
we do business, are quite the same.”
During the ceremony, BST Global Executive President Javier
Baldor expressed the honor that the software company felt to have
the Witteveen+Bos team place its confidence and trust in BST as its
ERP solution provider.
“With Witteveen+Bos, we believe that we have not only found a
respected industry leader, but also a strategic partner,” Baldor
said. “We look forward to building a long-standing partnership with
Witteveen+Bos for many years to come.”
Witteveen+Bos now joins an extensive group of engineering
consultancies – like IBI Group, KPFF Consulting Engineers, and RSP
Architects Planners & Engineers – that have partnered with BST
Global for their business management software solution needs. To
see even more firms making the switch to BST, visit the BST Global
Clients page.
About Witteveen+Bos
Witteveen+Bos provides consulting and engineering services in
the fields of water, infrastructure, the environment, and
construction. With close to 1100 employees, the firm focuses
primarily on complex projects requiring advanced knowledge and an
integrated approach. The multi-disciplinary approach, which
involves intensive co-operation between specialists in different
disciplines, is a key element of the way Witteveen+Bos works.
Witteveen+Bos is characterised by its expertise, reliability and
commitment. Witteveen+Bos has a unique ownership structure, with
the shares wholly owned by its staff. Witteveen+Bos clients are
government agencies, private companies and alliances. They are
served from the head office in Deventer, five Dutch offices, and
foreign offices in Belgium, Dubai, Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Latvia,
Russia, Singapore, the United Kingdom, and Vietnam.. For more
information, visit the Witteveen+Bos website.
About BST Global
BST Global provides integrated ERP and business management
software solutions for the world’s leading architects, engineers,
and environmental consultants. More than 100,000 professionals
across six continents and 65 countries rely on BST solutions each
day to manage their projects, resources, finances, and client
relationships. The company’s latest offering, BST10, is the world’s
first multi-lingual business management system to be built
exclusively for the architecture and engineering industry and made
available both in the Cloud and On-Premises. For more information,
visit bstglobal.com.
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