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001 RSM Update Q2 2025 Interview DB v2

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    Welcome to the second RSM Update in 2025.
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    Leo, make it shorter.
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    Welcome to the RSM Update.
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    Shorter.
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    Welcome to the Update.
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    Short!
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    Update!
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    Working capital
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    New customers
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    Fast changes
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    Quality and pleasure
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    Cups of coffee
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    Collaboration between disciplines
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    4th of July!
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    Development
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    Leo, there are a number of topics,
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    but one topic requires special attention.
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    You'd like to explain it
    in a broader perspective
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    Go ahead.
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    That's right.
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    It's about the changes we're going through
    on a macroeconomic scale.
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    It won't have escaped anyone's attention.
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    The world is very turbulent
    at the moment.
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    And this has an impact on us.
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    We see this reflected
    in a number of things.
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    What we really need to focus on
    to start with is the financial side.
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    We've already indicated several times
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    that we're seeing that the number
    of bankruptcies is increasing,
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    that the uncertainty is growing.
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    In recent years, together we have built
    up a very good position for ourselves.
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    I think we have done a really good job.
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    But we must be extra vigilant
    in the coming period.
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    We also asked all our main declarants
    to be extra careful about this.
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    So I would like to appeal to everyone
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    because even those main declarants
    do not know everything.
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    If you get any signals from customers,
    do let us know.
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    That way, we can work together to ensure
    that we reach a good solution.
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    And that mainly involves timely invoicing,
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    ensuring we don't have very high
    work in progress levels,
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    but also ensuring that debtors
    pay our invoices on time,
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    so that we can all meet our obligations.
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    I think that is very important.
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    So that is a direct appeal to everyone.
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    Not for some people but for everyone.
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    Be alert and take action
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    Yes, absolutely.
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    I think that definitely
    applies to everyone.
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    Sometimes people think
    they can't influence that,
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    but they really can,
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    because you hear things from customers.
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    You see things.
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    Share it within your team,
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    and with your manager,
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    so that we can benefit from it together.
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    Q1 has almost been completed.
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    Do you have any insight into that yet?
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    We are recording this video
    before it is shown
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    Do you have an idea of Q1 yet?
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    Yes, partly.
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    We do not yet have a full view
    of the work in progress provision.
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    That's another appeal.
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    We see that despite all the agreements,
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    it still takes a very long time before
    we receive the status of the provision.
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    That can and must be improved.
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    So I don't have a complete picture
    of the financial results yet
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    What we have seen,
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    and I already shared this in
    the organization at an earlier stage,
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    is that production is lagging behind
    what we had budgeted.
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    We have made some progress
    as the year progresses,
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    but we are still quite a bit behind
    on production.
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    So, in the context of the Q1 reports,
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    the reasons for this
    are carefully analyzed.
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    What can be improved?
    What needs to be improved?
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    Where can we help people?
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    So that's coming.
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    Does that sound worrisome
    or is is about being alert,
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    in the sense of due dilligence?
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    The latter.
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    If it were worrisome, I wouldn't be
    standing here as relaxed as I am.
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    It's more about maintaining
    what we have built,
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    which has taken a lot
    of time and energy,
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    and taking care of it together.
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    Si it's no worrisme.
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    It's about making sure
    we stay on top of things
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    A clear internal message.
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    The market.
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    Let's talk about that.
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    Well Wim, it's similar to what we said
    earlier when talking about macroeconomics.
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    The market, our market,
    has changed rapidly.
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    We all know a lot happened
    over the past 2.5 to 3 years,
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    both globally but definitely
    also in the Netherlands.
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    And those developments are very fast.
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    And, to be honest, to a certain extent,
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    they're going faster
    than we had anticipated.
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    So Laura and I have had to keep on
    drinking those famous cups of coffee,
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    to see what it means for our organisation,
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    to see whether our strategy
    is still the best one,
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    or should be recalibrated .
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    This is an ongoing process.
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    We're living in a world that has been very
    conservative and stabile for a long time,
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    but that now very susceptible to change.
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    You're also drinking cups of coffee,
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    so it's not just Laura then?
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    No, we're drinking
    lots of coffee together.
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    Can you give us a little bit
    more insight into that?
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    I know that when things become
    more concrete you'll let us know.
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    Upon your initiative,
    upon the initiative of both of you,
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    upon the initiative of others?
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    Can you tell us anything about that?
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    Naturally, when things become concrete,
    we will let the organisation know.
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    The principles we formulated
    earlier still largely apply.
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    But we're getting more and more calls.
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    The fact is that we're being approached
    from different sides.
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    to have open conversations,
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    because we're seeing
    that other organizations
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    are also very explicitly
    looking into this.
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    In fact, right now,
    everyone in the market,
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    both within our network
    but also outside the network,
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    is very much looking at
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    how we can best prepare
    our company for the future,
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    to ensure the continuity
    of our 700 people.
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    Dynamic times, not rushing,
    but carefulness is required.
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    That is more or less your message?
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    Absolutely, that's exactly what it is.
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    We're in May now.
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    What are you looking forward to
    in the next few months?
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    The next update is in October.
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    What are you looking forward to, Leo?
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    What I'm really looking forward to is
    all the upcoming training programs
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    I will be actively involved in myself,
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    but also a number programs
    I can participate in based on my own role.
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    So I'm looking forward to
    a Summer full of learning.
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    There is a lot on the agenda
    for the colleagues
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    Yes, there's quite a lot.
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    We get that. We realise it's a lot.
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    But at the same time,
    that's exactly what we stand for.
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    Development. Developing people.
    Developing our organisation.
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    And, unfortunately,
    that will require some effort.
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    Laura, what would you like to put
    on the agenda for this RSM Update?
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    There are so many things to mention
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    and we only have a short time here.
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    So an important question is
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    What should we spend our time on
    in the coming period?
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    Most people will say, well, my job,
    because I'm very busy,
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    and I have alot of customers.
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    And in some cases that's definitely true.
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    But at the same time we should
    spend as much time as possible
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    on the right customer.
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    This is a recurring topic.
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    Customers that give us good results.
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    It works better. People are happier when
    we're working with that type of customer.
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    In terms of quality,
    this is an important factor.
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    But we're also saying that there is space
    to find good quality customers
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    that we can work on with great pleasure.
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    That's an important message –
    there is space.
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    It's a very important message.
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    We discussed it with the partner group,
    and everyone agrees.
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    That will take some getting used to
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    after a period with
    an entirely different focus.
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    How can we get all that work?
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    And does this mean
    we don't have enough work?
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    Well, Wim, when walking
    through the offices,
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    you can see that
    this is certainly not the case.
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    But refreshing our customer base
    and moving to better quality,
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    is a very important point.
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    And another fact, and something that
    won't have escaped anyone's attention,
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    is that there has been a change
    in the regulations around ESG.
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    In any case,
    we've been given an extension,
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    which frees up some time that we can spend
    on high-quality work for good customers.
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    So we want to make use of that time.
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    And we want to start preparing ourselves,
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    even though we don't know what's
    going to happen in these uncertain times ,
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    but let's make sure we have
    a very solid customer base.
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    So that's what we're going to focus on.
Title:
001 RSM Update Q2 2025 Interview DB v2
Video Language:
Dutch
Duration:
11:39

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