People create
excellence
We -PDM- are a service provider in organizational & technological development. With expertise deeply rooted in the disciplines Design for Technology & Manufacturing, Production, Asset Management, Maintenance, Turnarounds, Operations and Organizational Development.
We operate in the Benelux, and abroad for plants or subsidiaries of international customers. We serve the Industry, focusing on production companies in the process and manufacturing. Including Food & Beverages, Pharmaceuticals & Life Sciences, Energy, Storage & Utilities, Chemicals, Automotive, Product & Contract Manufacturing, and tech-driven OES/OEMs.
Our focus is on the Product & Asset Life Cycle, within the confines of Development in R&D and the confines of the Production environment. We consider Human Capital as a key asset!
Meaning that our services aim at helping customers to develop and improve the technology and manufacturability of their products, as well as the performance of their production and production environment. We do this related to all mentioned disciplines, in the broadest sense, whether integrated or in parts. This is what distinguishes us.
PDM is anything but mainstream. In more than one respect. Our capabilities uniquely combine organizational, technical and technological expertise, which we deploy stand-alone and integrated. This is for one unmistakable reason: your Product & Asset Life Cycle Development and Management (PALC) demands organizational, technical and technological expertise. Always.
Whether it’s for design, manufacturing engineering, production optimization, asset management, maintenance & reliability development, the organization of operations, or organizational performance. We cover it.
We work with customers’ discipline leads, discipline management, and business management. Three levels of engagement and three levels of services, tailored to your needs, challenges, goals and ambitions. For another unmistakable reason: they are not restricted to a specific management level. Our ability and commitment to developing, improving, and solving matters for you stems from years of expertise and our philosophy that we exist for you.
On this basis we design, manufacture, and transform to cover your Product & Asset Life Cycle.
We design, dominantly multidisciplinary, combining electromechanical, mechanical, electrical, electronics, software and systems engineering expertise.
Three years ago we started to manufacture prototypes. Recently we designed, procured, assembled, tested and delivered our first NPI project. We are a startup in this regard, developing step by step, with a strategic vision towards low volume, high-value manufacturing: high-quality design and expertise in procuring, assembling, testing and acceptance.
To help you transform could mean you require development, improvements, changes, a transition, or a transformation. Whether it’s developing reliability management, automating production, or improving OEE, we understand the combined technical, technological and organizational challenges that are always at play. We bring these together.
Being a traditional engineer, consultant or agent defines who they are. While we are defined by creating impact for our customers, where engineering, consulting, and deploying experts are critical activities -expertise, experience, competencies- as a means to an end.
Meaning that we will organize from your needs, challenges, and desired results and impact, whatever the necessary expertise.
We fully tailor our approach to your unique requirements to achieve agreed-upon, measurable and sustainable results. Ultimately to strengthen and accelerate your strategic execution, course of action, or roadmap. Helping you and your team to develop successful, powerful, and in charge of your challenges, goals and ambitions. That is our promise.
We always work project-based, taking responsibility for deliverables, milestones, results and impact. Together we will analyze your as-is and desired-to-be. This may be a quick-step deep dive or an extensive analysis, leading to an agreed approach. We will prepare, organize, and facilitate the resulting project or program, with weekly status reviews covering activities, goals and results, emphasizing how it impacts you, and moves you forward.
And we put your Human Asset first because People create Excellence. When helping you transform, we work on your premises because that’s where we make the difference, working together with you. For design or manufacturing projects, we primarily work from our office in Best, while regularly teaming up with you.
We do develop strategic visions and execution plans up to the level of Development and Production. Not on the level of business. But certainly ensuring P&L and Business impact. And we do deploy experts; project-based, since we are not an agent.
We are there for you, that is our attitude. People create Excellence, they are the pivot of every organization is what we believe, and what drives us. And impacting you, by strengthening and accelerating your strategic execution, course of action, or roadmap and by helping you and your team to develop successful, powerful, and in charge of your challenges, goals and ambitions, is what ultimately drives us.
And we walk the talk. At PDM, Human Capital comes first. We operate without hierarchy, our organization is as flat as a pancake that trusts in the human potential and the ability to take the driver’s seat. We coach colleagues towards exceeding their own expectations for personal growth, development and contribution. And with clear rules of the game, there is nothing noncommittal about us. Being ambitious, competitive and performance-oriented.
Our values reflect, support, and lead our why, how, what:
Discipline
“We take responsibility and act responsibly, unasked”
Stretch
“We strive to develop. For personal growth and to improve and innovate our surroundings”
Trust
“We trust our colleagues. A firm belief in abilities and responsible behaviour”
Support
“What can I do for you (however busy) instead of what you can do for me”
Our ambition is to become the leading company in organizational & technological development for the Product & Asset Life Cycle of production companies. Always putting ‘People create Excellence’ first. Remaining flat as a pancake. Improving and innovating as a way of life.
We strive to constantly develop our expertise. Comparable with market standards, while excelling in organizational & technological development. And thus being able to continuously develop and improve the impact we help you to create, for you. At an exceptional level.
We aim to scale up in low-volume/high-value manufacturing. And aspire to expand to customers in Germany as well as international plants and subsidiaries.
PDM was founded in 1971 by my father Piet Mesterom, as ‘Project Development & Management’. It has always been a solid family business operating in the process and manufacturing sectors, adapting to market developments. My brother and I led the company for years until we decided to part ways. A few years ago, I took over all shares and became the sole owner.
The time had come for transformation. To stop limiting ourselves. Based on my firm belief in our far greater potential for our human capital and our customers. We began working on the building blocks of the company, ourselves, and our culture. Together with those who chose to stay and join the journey. It was fearsome at times (and still is sometimes), but we have faith, we are a bunch of believers, doing it together, constantly developing, improving and innovating. And it works!
We ditched hierarchy and introduced the inverted pyramid. ‘We help, but do not hold hands’. A whole different ballgame. Intense, complex, big scopes. Working through the abilities and potential of colleagues. Trial & error. But gratifying and satisfying.
We successfully ended a part of our business, i.e. acting as an agent. It’s real business, in demand by customers as we are fully aware of. But we cannot bear not being able to keep adding value during the project. So instead, we started deploying experts. Enabling that we can focus on high efficiency and high impact (of these experts). Convinced -and since then proven- that our customers gain so much more benefits from this deployment of experts.
Since then, we have been fully project-based, continuously developing our expertise in project and program management, engagement, and outside-in thinking and acting.
We gradually developed our competencies in design. Which used to be solely electro-mechanical, expanded towards mechanical, electrical, electronics, software and systems engineering.
Three years ago one of my colleagues asked me whether making prototypes shouldn’t be our ambition. Of course. And he did it. The kick start of the next journey.
While nearly losing this business before 2020, we successfully picked up on transitions, improvements, and changes. We shifted from being change management to using change management for the benefit of our customers.
We are once again a solid family business, probably still strongly attached to me, but for sure developing towards a close family; doing it together, being there for each other. Financially we are solid and run conservatively. I am not interested in selling the company; to me, it is about given trust. I am committed. And most importantly, immensely proud of my colleagues who actually do it.
Tuesday, August 6th
Huub Mesterom, Managing Director
