Van Kessel IT

Delta Heavy Machinery: nearly two decades of ERP and website

Fri, 01 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Van Kessel IT has been building Delta Heavy Machinery’s ERP since 2007. It started as a Java desktop application for purchasing, sales, inventory, transport and the workshop; it has since been extended with marketing, a financial integration and a fully integrated website. The system is now being rebuilt step by step into a web application on Wercbanc.

Euramax Cladding: customisations on Baan IV since 2000, with a Wercstat ERP layer since 2021

Fri, 01 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Since 2000, Van Kessel IT has built customisation modules on Euramax’s Baan IV ERP: transport, quality and production modules that are still in daily use after 25 years. Since 2021, Van Kessel IT has also been the implementation partner of Wercstat ERP there, which runs next to Baan IV for sales orders, material and production planning, inter-company orders and stock scanning. Fully integrated and running 24/7, because production continues through night shifts.

Large retailer: supply-chain web service in Java, continuously in production since 2016

Wed, 29 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000

In 2016 Van Kessel IT built a Java web service with complex supply-chain calculations for a large Dutch retailer (4500+ employees, billions in revenue). The service handles millions of requests per hour at 99.9% availability, is closely integrated with the existing ERP backend, and serves internal planning as well as the retailer’s own web shop and large business customers. A companion service dashboard makes the logic behind every calculation visible in detail for customer service.

Approach

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Specification-driven, not vibe-driven

AI makes software development faster, provided it stands on the right foundation. At Van Kessel IT we therefore do not start with code, but with specifications. We map your needs in detail and capture them in structured documents: entities, processes, screens, rules and constraints. Only when that foundation is right do we start building.

That clearly sets our approach apart from vibe coding: improvising with a chat prompt and hoping working software comes out. For business software, and certainly for ERP, that is not an option. The specification is the truth; AI is the tool that helps us turn that truth into working software faster.

Contact

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Schedule a no-obligation call

Tell us briefly where you stand: which system you use, what it does not do and where you want to go. In a first conversation we look together at the best route, whether that is an extension of your current ERP, the move to Wercstat ERP or the modernisation of existing customisations.

Address

Energiestraat 8, 5753 RN Deurne, Netherlands

Phone

+31 85 060 64 67

Email

info@vankessel-it.com

LinkedIn

linkedin.com/company/van-kessel-it

Privacy statement

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Van Kessel IT-Consultancy BV, located at Energiestraat 8, 5753 RN Deurne (Netherlands), is responsible for the processing of personal data as set out in this privacy statement.

Contact details

Website: www.vankessel-it.com
Email: info@vankessel-it.com
Phone: +31 85 060 64 67
Chamber of Commerce (KvK): 17114283
VAT: NL810185106B01

Marc van Kessel is Van Kessel IT’s Data Protection Officer. He can be reached at marc@vankessel-it.com.

Personal data we process

Van Kessel IT processes your personal data because you use our services and/or because you provide it to us yourself. Below is an overview of the personal data we process:

Terms and conditions

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The NLdigital Terms apply to all our quotations, assignments and agreements, filed with the District Court of Central Netherlands, Utrecht location. These terms were drawn up by NLdigital, the Dutch trade association for the digital sector, and are widely used in the IT industry.

You can download the terms below or request them via info@vankessel-it.com.

NLdigital Terms (PDF, in Dutch)

If you have a question about a specific provision, please feel free to get in touch.