We are pleased to announce that we have launched some new graphs in our Customer Portal on 20 January. You will find our data overviews in the top menu bar in the Customer Portal. We have been working hard on the following graphs:
Compare multi-year overviews by theme and period
You my have already noticed the multi-year overviews on your dashboard over the past month. They give you an overview of your usage of crop protection agents, fertilisers and energy over the past five years. For crop protection, you will find graphs showing your usage of green, amber and red agents. You can now compare multiple periods or years in these new graphs.
Compare against the benchmark
You can also compare your usage against the benchmark. This benchmark was determined by the average of the bottom 20% of all MPS-ABC records with low usage and the average of the top 20% of all MPS-ABC records with high usage, respectively, measured in the same environmental cluster as yours. So you can now see at a glance how you are performing compared with other businesses. 
Composition of your qualification points
Lastly, from now on you will have access to quick insights into the composition of your qualification points. You can now immediately see exactly how many points you have been allocated in each area. In the right-hand margin you can check which qualification your total points place you in. This overview is a quick and easy way to see which qualifications your business has achieved over the past few years.
We are proud of this result and pleased to share it with you! We will continue to develop our data insights and therefore welcome your feedback. If you have any questions or suggestions for our data visualisation, please contact our data team by sending an e-mail to mps-data@my-mps.com.
Over 30 years ago, my journey at MPS began after I saw an advertisement in the newspaper. After the birth of my daughter, I was looking to return to work and joined the data entry department. At the time, all data was still entered manually from paper forms. Since then, I have seen the organisation grow and change, and I have grown along with it.Today, I work in the Service & Support department. No two days are the same: one day I help a customer with questions about record-keeping, the next I help them understand requirements from the auction or the UO. It is precisely this variety and the personal contact with customers that make my work interesting every day.
In 2008, I joined MPS through a recruitment agency as a secretary. I then held various positions within MPS and MPS-ECAS, including roles in the Service & Support team and as a planner. In 2018, I left the organisation for a while, but in 2023 I returned to MPS-ECAS as a back-office employee. The people are simply too much fun and the world of ornamental horticulture is so innovative that it kept drawing me back. Shortly afterwards, I started working at MPS as Coordinator Netherlands.
During the final year of my Environmental Sciences degree, I joined MPS for an internship. The internship worked out so well for both sides that I was able to stay afterwards. It felt like a natural next step, because I immediately felt at home here and was given the opportunity to continue developing myself.My work is very varied. I work on different projects and products, carry out research and analyses and contribute to practical solutions. I also manage various systems, support customers with complex technical questions and work with external parties. It is precisely this combination that makes my work interesting and ensures that no two weeks are the same.
I first joined MPS through a friend who worked in MPS’s student team. I continued working here while studying Commercial Economics, and at the end of my studies, in 2004, MPS asked if I wanted to join the organisation permanently. It seemed like a great opportunity, and more than twenty years later, I am still here.No two days are the same, and that is exactly what makes my work so enjoyable. A large part of my week consists of project meetings and translating needs from within the organisation into practical solutions. Thursday afternoon is a regular fixture, which I set aside with a colleague to make MPS 1% better every week. For example, we experiment with AI, build prototypes, improve processes or develop new ideas. The goal is always to work smarter and create more value for colleagues, customers and the organisation.