How DLV Advies automated leave management and now saves a full workday a month with HoorayHR

Marrie Schipper is Team Manager Staff at DLV Advies, an agricultural consultancy active in real estate, construction, manure, minerals, and various projects for the agricultural sector. With around 150 employees spread across four locations and five entities, getting a grip on HR administration isn’t a luxury. It’s a necessity.

We talked to Marrie about how DLV Advies went live with HoorayHR within a few days, and how leave management changed from time-consuming manual work into a fully automated process.

About DLV Advies

DLV Advies is an agricultural consultancy, active in real estate, construction, manure, minerals, and numerous projects for the agricultural sector. With around 150 employees spread across four locations (Uden, Deventer, and Drachten) and five entities, the organization has a flat structure and an open culture. Marrie has worked at DLV for 35 years. She started as a pig farming advisor, and now handles IT, financial administration, and HR.

The challenge: scattered data and manual leave management

Before HoorayHR, documents lived across the CRM/ERP system, separate notes, and Nmbrs, and everything ran through email. Leave management caused the most friction. The team calculated, carried over, and expired leave entirely by hand, costing them several days every year. Permissions and roles weren’t easy to configure either, so GDPR compliance stayed a challenge. Double data entry led to structural errors.

“Leave was our biggest problem. HoorayHR handles it fully automatically, with no double entry and no errors.”

The switch to HoorayHR

DLV built a shortlist with one key requirement: a solid integration with Nmbrs. Strong support reviews and Dutch-language contact tipped the scale toward HoorayHR. Implementation exceeded expectations. The system was fully operational within a few days.

From days of manual calculations to fully automated leave

With HoorayHR, leave calculation and expiration run fully automatically, with no double entry and no calculation errors. What used to cost several days a year now takes almost no time at all. Marrie estimates the total time saved at around one full workday per month.

Everything in one place, across five entities

Employee data, contracts, expenses, travel expense claims, leave, sick leave registration, documents, and time tracking (including for freelancers) now live centrally in HoorayHR. DLV manages all five entities from one system, so reports no longer need manual merging. Legislation, like leave rules, stays up to date automatically.

Marrie sums up the biggest wins:

• Leave fully automated, with no double entry or errors
• One full workday saved per month
• Five entities managed from a single central system
• No more manual merging of reports
• Legislation, like leave rules, kept up to date automatically
• GDPR-compliant work thanks to easily configurable permissions and roles

“I’d recommend HoorayHR to any SME with staff, no matter the size.”

Managing multiple entities yourself, or still losing time on leave management? Discover what HoorayHR can do for your HR processes.