Qrcus strengthens Expertum Group

Qrcus has traditionally focused on broad SAP functional services and has succeeded in acquiring leading clients in the southern Netherlands. Its SAP Treasury partnership makes Qrcus’ services particularly distinctive. Expertum contributes knowledge in both the technical and functional domains, such as S/4HANA and Analytics. Additionally, Expertum has significant experience with SAP’s cloud & innovation platform, BTP. This collaboration creates broad and complementary services in both the Netherlands and Belgium.

"Qrcus has earned its reputation by consistently adding value to its clients through the dedication and advice of its experienced, driven, and passionate SAP consultants, and its direct and loyal way of doing business. That same approach towards clients and the similar company culture strongly appeal to us in Expertum," said Janne Meijers, Managing Director of Qrcus. "The partnership with Expertum offers our consultants a unique opportunity to continue our services on a larger scale, as well as to relieve our clients with a wider range of additional services provided through this collaboration with the Expertum Group."

"With this, Expertum is taking a big step toward realizing our growth goals in the functional SAP domain," said Sjoerd van Middelkoop, CEO of Expertum Netherlands. "Our partnership with Qrcus allows us to further enhance our services in S/4HANA. Moreover, we can introduce our clients to the unique expertise Qrcus has to offer."

In addition to joining the Expertum Group, a management change is also taking place at Qrcus. Ger Beckers is stepping down as an executive. His responsibilities will be taken over by Managing Director Janne Meijers and Peter Dassen, who recently joined the board. In the coming period, the focus will be on exchanging knowledge and experience and further optimizing the services that can be offered to clients.

With Qrcus joining the Expertum Group, Expertum grows to approximately 100 employees in the Netherlands, reaching a total of 225 employees across Europe (Belgium, the Netherlands, Croatia, and Slovenia).

From left to right: Janne Meijers, Bert Vanstechelman, Chris van Gerven, Sjoerd van Middelkoop, Ger Beckers, Ron Alzer and Peter Dassen.

Qrcus is a specialized Limburg-based SAP consulting firm, serving both local mid-sized and large companies as well as multinational corporations. Since its founding in 2001, Qrcus has focused on providing high-quality SAP expertise in Treasury, Finance & Controlling, Supply Chain, Enterprise Asset Management, Business Intelligence, Authorization, and Compliance. The partnerships with its clients are characterized by a sustainable approach in both solutions and collaboration. Professionalism and reliability, grounded in solid expertise and a pragmatic approach, define the company and its consultants.

Since its founding in 2006, Expertum has grown to become one of the leading SAP consulting firms in the Benelux, with offices in Belgium, the Netherlands, Slovenia, and Croatia. Expertum is known for its wide range of highly experienced functional and technical SAP employees, and is recognized as a reliable SAP partner. Pragmatic and no-nonsense, Expertum focuses on sustainable collaborations and has expertise in a wide array of SAP products and supporting services (e.g., SAP S/4HANA, SAP C/4HANA, SAP Rise, SAP Data & Analytics, SAP Business Technology Platform). Earlier this year, Expertum already joined forces with Partners in Technology.

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