Education

Current developments in the world of Education as a whole and more particularly in learning materials, teacher roles and expertise, the availability of teachers, educational support and student expectations, have led toquestions about planning, management, control and scheduling. Publicity highlighting the ´quality´ of University and College degrees, new constraints in higher educational finance and the aging population of teachers, have all transformed these developments into complex problems needing solutions.

Since 2003, Ab Ovo has been offering consultancy services and IT-solutions to Universities, Colleges and Schools, especially in the fields of educational logistics, management information, organizational development and IT. The consultancy services and solutions of Ab Ovo are aimed at translating Logistic experience into the Educational playing field. As a key market player in European Rail Logistics and a longstanding player in other fields of Logistics, Ab Ovo has built extensive expertise in the area of analyzing and solving complex logistic problems. The company has become expert in combining IT, business processes and logistics. Ab Ovo has successfully helped and advised various international logistics organizations in the optimization of their businesses. This in turn has led to an increase in their quality of performance.

Consultancy services and IT-solutions
Dedicated educational consultants support educational organizations in the fields of Professional Vocational Education, Colleges and Universities of Applied Sciences. Areas include the following:

I.        Management and Control of Educational Logistics.
-         Advice on personnel scheduling and long-term strategic personnel planning.
-         Implementation of the Advanced Planning Scheduling IT-tool.
-         Advice on planning and scheduling throughout the organization.   

II.        Macro efficiencies in Shared Disciplines
-         Analysis of the educational organization: IVEX tooling.
-         Advice on finance and management.
-         Advice on efficiency and collaboration. 

III.        IT: vision, strategy and organization
-         Integration of processes within IT-systems.
-         Advice on cost reduction

IV.        Selection and implementation of Student Information Systems
-         Support implementation processes
-         Advice and project management

Track record
Ab Ovo has built an impressive track record in the Educational market. The company has supported the ROCs (the Dutch institutions of professional vocational education) and universities. Educational Logistics stands out as the main focus of attention in this area. In collaboration with InHolland, the largest College of Applied Science in the Netherlands, Ab Ovo has developed the strategic IT-tools to optimize all aspects of planning: Education, Teacher and Support. This implementation provides insight into future staff planning and economizes on budget. This encourages clarity and direction in all planning and scheduling processes.