Arthur Scheen – IT specialist with sector-specific experience in horticulture & fresh produce. From workplace to ERP.
Perishable products, international trade, retail pressure and production planning demand IT that works — day in, day out. My experience across this chain lets me quickly spot where processes stall and how technology can fix them.
Reliable IT. Smart development. According to plan.
My passion for IT began long before I ever called it that — driven by pure curiosity, experimentation, and an insatiable urge to understand how things work.
As a child, I was already tinkering with OpenBSD at home — setting up NAT and firewalling in a time when we still used dial-up modems and information was scarce.
I taught myself HTML, PHP, and MySQL, and by the end of my teenage years I ran a small web design business — mostly for family, friends, and acquaintances.
My father was an entrepreneur and one of the first in our street to own a computer — back then, hardly anyone knew how such a machine really worked, including my father. I began experimenting and exploring what else I could make it do.
In those days, with DOS 5.1 through 6.22, you still had to edit config.sys and autoexec.bat to load drivers into upper memory and free up enough conventional memory just to run certain games — complete with a Sound Blaster 16 and juggling IRQ addresses. Then came Windows 3.11, and later Windows 95 — a huge leap forward at the time.
I quickly became the go-to person in the family whenever someone’s computer stopped working, and I loved every minute of it. My father’s PC didn’t always work perfectly after my experiments, but I wouldn’t go to bed until I had fixed it again. Those late nights taught me more than any book could — probably the moment when my passion and talent for computers truly began.
I worked on the service desk of Kabelfoon (now Caiway) and the Flower Auction Holland (now Royal FloraHolland). I know what it's like to help people over the phone or visit workplaces to replace hardware and support software problems.
I also did 1st line work in Active Directory, such as creating users, resetting passwords, assigning groups. We obtained the ITIL certificate at Pink Rokkade. I know what it's like to deal with customers who could drink your blood (because it doesn't work and a VRS system that isn't pleasant) and still hang up satisfied.
I worked as an application administrator at Rexnord, where I maintained an ERP system Baan L4. This also included some server management with Unix Solaris at the time.
Later I worked at various horticulture companies, where I implemented many VBA solutions or created databases. For example, managing the distribution of EAN codes, making a sticker process generic and sending data packages to the print room or supplier.
Later much larger projects, such as designing and developing a large TMS system. With which the transport department was first helped to make the transition from a paper tiger to a digital tiger, with ETL capability from the ERP. Everywhere, continuous insight, with measurable results. Processes reduced to seconds of work.
Later a price management module was added, later supplemented with all kinds of master data management so that it became more self-contained. Then production sites started working with it, providing insight into production progress and also measurable results there.
After this package, we started on the largest package at my last employer. Namely a complete CRM, PLM, Item management package - developed as a low-code application, where as product owner and solution architect I ensured that there was a foundation that works, while at the same time I tried to figure out what the technical requirements around integration were, and the functional requirements of the various companies that had to work with it.
During this period, I worked for two years at an automation company — three days a week on system administration and two days on software development. In that time, I helped transition from terminal clients to full desktop computers and later guided the move to the cloud with Microsoft 365.
I replaced the old servers — terminal server, file server, domain controllers and mail server — and set up a new redundant environment with virtualization. This almost completely eliminated the single point of failure and created room to grow. We implemented group policies so users could work efficiently and securely: controlled rollout of updates, smart deployment of new workstations, and better protection against phishing and spam.
Eventually, we completed the transition to Microsoft 365, including files, mailboxes and Active Directory with synchronization. I developed a governance strategy and new best practices — true pioneering at the time, since O365 was still in its early days.
Finally, I improved the backup strategy: from local backups to Veeam and a fully implemented 3-2-1 strategy, including tested disaster recovery.
I implemented ManualMaster, in support of our KMS. With digital forms, and processes and work instructions.
I implemented SharePoint, and designed the site collection and pumped over the files and trained users.
And I also worked for 5 years on and in an ERP program, where we looked up requirements, explored and harmonized the process, recorded configuration settings, cleaned up master data, wrote process and integration tests but also executed them.
I also created dashboards in PowerBI and made applications to collect data, such as bloom information, where measurements were made during the week and this data could be analyzed by product managers to make better decisions.
I also made reports for transport, to be able to assess quality objectively, but also route prices, which are cheap, which expensive, what is average and which stand out. Also for incidents, to be able to analyze and discuss during S&OP, what took place, how big was the chance Risk Profile Score. Impact x Repetition x Detection
Diplomas don't determine what someone is worth. What counts: what you can do, what you learn, how you apply it.
As a self-taught person, I learned by doing — in real companies, with real people, under real pressure. That experience weighs heavier than certificates.
I work according to Scrum/Agile and Prince2, with extensive experience in process management and product ownership. Theory helps, but is never an end in itself.
Knowledge helps you progress, but character determines whether you persevere. Character means: taking responsibility, staying curious, doing what's right — even when nobody's watching.
The result of all these experiences: everything digital, new insights, reusable data. From chaos to control, from guessing to certainty.
Automated document generation with configurable templates. Built for horticulture companies to save hours of work.
Realtime platform for production and deliveries with international suppliers. Full supply-chain transparency, outside the ERP.
Quoting tool integrated with Infor M3 ERP. Faster quotes, cleaner data, and improved customer satisfaction.
From paper logistics to digital insight. More reliable deliveries and measurable results.
One system for CRM, PLM and item management. Flexible low-code design for multi-company use.
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