13th of December 2018 – Acumen Data Science Team participates in Kaggle Competition. For those who do not know Kaggle, according to Wikipedia, Kaggle is an online community of data scientists and machine learners, owned by Google. Kaggle allows users to find and publish data sets, explore and build models in a web-based data-science environment, work with other data scientists and machine learning engineers, and enter...
23th of November 2018 – Acumen “IQmen” team takes bronze medal at “Snuggerste Staff” quiz. Quite a performance of our Acumen “IQmen” quiz team. On the “Snuggeste Staff” event of the VKW Limburg. VKW Limburg is an independent employers' organization where more than 2000 end decision makers of companies feel at home. Apart from professional networking and advising event, they also host a yearly quiz. Acumen...
19th of September 2018 - Event "Planning for the Future of Finance". In a rapidly changing environment, the Finance function is constantly evolving. Timely, correct and transparent information is becoming increasingly important. In today's complex business world, the Finance department must demonstrate its value to the company by proactively supporting decision-making and providing a thorough insight into operational and financial results. In addition, it must also...
2nd of July 2018 - ADC to support Puratos. 2nd of July - In the meantime, our near-shore Romanian colleagues at Acumen Development Centre will take care of the Puratos BI Platform Support. Puratos is a leading international group with a wide range of innovative products, ingredients and solutions for bakers, pastry shops and chocolatiers. At the same time, the support contract with JBC got extended....
12th of June 2018 - Learning Session JBC Chrystal Ball. Today the Acumen team learned about the implementation of the planning and budgeting tool to be used by JBC. Our hosts Ruben and Martijn gave us an in depth explanation on how this tool was created and implemented, while involving various members the Acumen family. Where previously the JBC budget process was an annoying and long-lasting...
26th of May 2018 - Off to Budapest. During the last weekend of May, all Acumen consultants celebrated a well-deserved time-off in the beautiful Budapest. After an electric bike-ride along the city highlights, and a taste of Hungarian culinary specialties, we met up with our Romanian Acumen Development Centre colleagues for a fancy dinner. It will not surprise you that the evening did not end with...