Results

From changing customer demand

Everything must be smaller and faster

To flexible shell

consisting of developers with extensive experience

tech stack

Used tools & technologies
  • Kaban / Scrum
  • Architecture

Besi wants to be a market leader in the backend industry of high-end solutions. This is a market in tremendous flux, with developments around chips in smartphones and tablets, of course, being the most prominent.

In this we are subject to a changing market, but also to customer demand (everything must be smaller and faster) that is changing. A short time to market is key where price is always under pressure. Our business model is founded on development-on-order.

We are constantly learning and continuing to improve our processes. We teach our systems to work autonomously and make sure everything stays in sync globally.

Challenge

COMPOSITIONAL LAYOUTS

There are currently 26 developers within my department. I structurally hire 40% to accommodate fluctuations in the market and changing market demands. This works out to about 9 to 14 employees on a hired basis in recent years. After all, as a publicly traded company, you always need room to absorb disappointing results and add power to build new features or tap into segments (relatively) quickly. For the latter, we use some experienced IT Rockstars, to keep the time to market low and the existing business running through.

In practice, this also provides scope for developing new systems and renewing the architecture of existing applications. As a result, changes within the complex software no longer have an impact on other systems, it is possible to work according to future standards, and new people do not have to be trained in a domain for as long. This gives us many advantages toward the future, so you have people up and running quickly to build new features.

Collaboration

fast talent in sight

What I find strong about Team Rockstars IT’s model is that they already know people from their college days. This allows them to quickly spot talent and know very clearly who they are matching on one of our applications! This is something we have used extensively over the past few years, recently also enjoying using their pool of experienced workers who can be quickly brought on board.

Because the experienced developers have already gained knowledge and experience in various environments, this immediately adds value to the team and best practices are shared. This may be about a specific tooling or technique, or it may be about a choice of work methodology such as Kanban vs. Scrum. We at Besi like to learn from others; after all, you can’t have all the wisdom in a rapidly changing IT market.

Marcel is Manager of System Control at Besi Packaging, with a healthy focus on people, quality and process improvement:

“AS A LISTED MULTINATIONAL, YOU NEED RESILIENCE IN THE SEMICONDUCTOR INDUSTRY TO MOVE WITH THE RAPIDLY CHANGING MARKET AND CONTINUOUSLY CHANGING DEMAND. THE KNOWLEDGE AND BEST PRACTICES AMONG THE DEVELOPERS AT TEAM ROCKSTARS IT SUPPORT US OPTIMALLY IN THIS.”

Devhappiness

We find with the new generation of developers that they are motivated differently than regular employees who have been working here for a long time. This brings challenges. It always starts with looking closely at whether people fit with us as a company. That’s why I always show our high-end solutions/machines during an application process. Then you see in someone’s eyes what it does to them.

Furthermore, for people who like autonomy and working within a multidisciplinary team, Besi offers a great opportunity to open up to work that they would not normally come into direct contact with, such as turning something together themselves with a screwdriver to maintaining customer contact. In this, we really have an approach mentality and give people (permanent and hired employees) a lot of opportunity for development. Changing market and customer demands mean that we need to be open-minded and lean in this.

Our teams also create real added value on the ground; we literally make machines smart and put them in motion. Finally, we go along with wishes around flexible working and it is sometimes necessary to test self-built features in our production facility in Malaysia and/or at our customers’ premises.

Impact

The track record in our cooperation speaks for itself! Team Rockstars IT provides me with the experienced developers who have capacity and best practices ready to tackle complex challenges in an environment that demands speed and quality. Also, I notice that the human side is always highlighted in our cooperation. Whether it’s making a good match, thinking through challenges or solving a problem, at Team Rockstars IT it’s always done from the social side. In this, both the software developer and the customer are central. You don’t see that much in a business market where there is a lot of scarcity. As a result, Team Rockstars IT fits very well into our vision for the future. I am proud of that and that is why I cherish them as one of our preferred suppliers.

“THE KNOWLEDGE AND BEST PRACTICES AMONG THE DEVELOPERS AT TEAM ROCKSTARS IT SUPPORT US OPTIMALLY.”

Marcel Hennekes, Manager of System Control at Besi Packaging