Etex Group

1. Facts & Details

1.1. Located in Brussels

1.2. Family owned since 1905

1.3. 3,2 Billion euros turnover

1.4. 17000 employees

1.5. 120 factories

1.5.1. Across 42 countries

2. Business Products

2.1. Fire protection & insulation

2.2. Cladding & Building

2.3. Ceramic tiles

2.4. Roofing

3. Sales channels

3.1. Construction

3.2. Tunnels

3.3. Oil & Gass

3.4. High thermal insulation

3.5. Marine

4. System of shared services

4.1. Decided in 2012

4.2. Central knowledge centers

4.2.1. Servicing parts within the oganisation

4.2.1.1. Worldwide

5. Rajah Krishnan

5.1. Kuala Lumpur

5.2. Regio General Manager

5.3. Reporting

5.3.1. Managing director asia pacific

5.4. Responsibilities

5.4.1. Malaysia

5.4.2. South korea

5.4.2.1. Distributor with licensee factory

5.4.3. India

5.4.3.1. Team players an licensee factory

5.4.4. Thailand

5.4.4.1. Distributor with licensee factory

6. responsibilities

6.1. Construction development manager

6.1.1. Belgium

6.2. Tunnel development manager

6.2.1. Australia

6.3. Oil & gas development manager

6.3.1. the Netherlands

6.4. High thermal insulation development manager

6.4.1. Belgium

6.5. Marine development manager

6.5.1. Italy

6.6. Factories including licensees

6.6.1. Operations manager

6.6.1.1. Belgium

7. Advantages shared services

7.1. Time differences

7.2. More specialized support

7.3. More knowledge

7.4. Better coordination border sales

7.5. Counteract not invented here syndrome

8. Disadvantages shared services

8.1. Not clear who is the boss

8.1.1. Person who sells your salary

8.2. There need to be produced more reports

8.3. There need to be more business meetings

8.3.1. A lot of travelling time

8.4. Different ways of working

8.4.1. Can cause misunderstandings