Philips Electronics

PCC Philips Consumer Communications

Philips Electronics is one of the largest and diversse electronic companies in the world, employing over 100,000 world wide. Headquartered in Eindhoven Philips manufacturing divisions include Comsumer Electronics such as TV's, phones. Personal Heathcare, Lighting, Medical Systems.

I joined Philips consulting division, called Origin. I had accepted the job without really understanding what my role would be beyond implmenting Baan ERP. I had expected upon my arrival in Singapore that over time this would become apparent. I was mistaken. On my first day full day in the country I was met by my manager outside the company provided apartment and was walked over to the Philips Consumer Electronics Factory in Toa Payoh. I was briefed for 10 minutes and told that I was about to go in to a meeting with the Philips Consumer Communications Manager alongside Coopers and Lybrand and pitch a Baan implementation project.

Complete naivety was my savior as if I knew the true enormity of what I was letting myself in for I would have thrown in the towel right there. I made it through the meeting and although there was some degree of scepticism of my experience, I had at least demonstrated a track record of successfully implementing Baan, which the Copper's could not. I found my way to the downtown office of Origin got on the phone and began hiring implementation consultants from Taiwan, India and Hong Kong