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Thijs Segers

Thijs is one of the BESTMIX® consultants. His responsibilities include BESTMIX® Software implementations and training. He uses his experience to regularly contribute to Tips and Tricks Tuesday.
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Tips & Tricks Tuesday: Translation manager in BESTMIX Feed formulation

by Thijs Segers
15 Nov 2016

With the translation manager module BESTMIX Feed formulation users can quickly and easily manage their data-language.

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Tips & Tricks Tuesday: Splitting grids in BESTMIX Feed formulation

by Thijs Segers
08 Nov 2016

Some large grids in BESTMIX Feed formulation have too many columns to display next to each other. If they want, users you can use the horizontal scroll bar to watch all the columns. However, quite often the most important general information is in the first columns, and these disappear when scrolling to the right...

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Tips & Tricks Tuesday: Unit systems in BESTMIX Feed formulation

by Thijs Segers
25 Oct 2016

Different unit systems are used around the world. Some countries use the metric system, some the imperial system (also referred to as the American system). Also within one system, different units are used for expressing analysis values (for example g/kg instead of %). As nicely illustrated in this LinkedIn image from Paul Martin:

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Tips & Tricks Tuesday: Selection of lists in BESTMIX Quality Control

by Thijs Segers
04 Oct 2016

This week's tip is very simple but helpful none the less. BESTMIX Quality Control users often have to select items from a list. With this tip we'll show you how you can make these selections easier and quicker.

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Tips & Tricks Tuesday: Reports in BESTMIX Feed formulation

by Thijs Segers
27 Sep 2016

To allow more insights BESTMIX feed formulation is equipped with reporting functionality to allow for better and more informed decisions.

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Tips & Tricks Tuesday: Grid header actions in BESTMIX Quality Control

by Thijs Segers
16 Aug 2016

BESTMIX Quality control users can optimize their experience to suit their personal preferences. By customizing the grids users can choose which data they prefer to see in which screen.

Changing the sort order of the grid, best fit of the column(s) or switching the order of the columns are generally well known and frequently used functions. Today..

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Tips & Tricks Tuesday: Related compounds in BESTMIX Feed Formulation

by Thijs Segers
02 Aug 2016

BESTMIX Feed formulation users can save a lot of time by using the related compound functionality in situations such as when:

  • You have formulas with different parameters (name, code, labels, …) but an identical composition
  • You have formulas that have the same composition, but have different extra product ingredients (additives, medicines, …)
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Tips & Tricks Tuesday: Quick manual selections in BESTMIX

by Thijs Segers
12 Jul 2016

Users often have to make selections of items within BESTMIX Feed formulation, Quality control and Formulation as a Service.

If the specific situation requires a manual selection of items, users can press the ‘SPACEBAR’ to select the item and use the arrows to move to the next item.

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Tips & Tricks Tuesday: Customisation of sample header in BESTMIX Quality Control

by Thijs Segers
21 Jun 2016

The customisation of the sample header is a very useful function in BESTMIX Quality Control. It will allow you to make the program more user friendly by only showing the information you need. The sample header can be customised per sample type. Therefore you can have different sample headers for raw materials and for products.

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Tips & Tricks Tuesday:Company-specific analysis values in BESTMIX FaaS

by Thijs Segers
03 Jun 2016

Often organisations in the feed industry have company-specific analysis values for ingredients. BESTMIX Formulation as a Service allows users to deal with this using one of the options below:

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