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Data and analytics consultancy in Aalst

Aalst sits in Flanders, with an economy built on food and drink manufacturing, logistics and freight, and textiles, fashion and luxury goods. We deliver Power BI, Microsoft Fabric and Azure work here remote-first, with on-site workshops at the points where being in the room changes the outcome, and we publish three local analyses rather than claiming an office we do not occupy.
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  • Dominant sectors: food and drink manufacturing, logistics and freight, and textiles, fashion and luxury goods
  • Azure residency: West Europe (Netherlands)
  • Supervisory authority: the Data Protection Authority (APD / GBA)
Region
Flanders
Population
~90,000
Currency
EUR (€)
Articles
3
Aalst analyses

Three local analyses

Each one takes the local sector mix seriously: the metrics that break here, the architecture those industries need, and the regulatory obligations that apply.
Local economy

The local economy

Aalst's food processing and brewing base produces batch yield, waste and traceability analytics with meaningful seasonality. Its position between Brussels and Ghent also makes it a distribution location with associated warehouse reporting.

Aalst draws on the Ghent and Brussels catchments for analytics skills.

Economic anchors

  • food processing and brewing
  • distribution between Brussels and Ghent
  • textile manufacturing heritage

Where the clients sit

  • the city centre
  • the Aalst industrial zone
  • the Erembodegem business park
  • the Dender corridor

How buying works here

Six to fourteen weeks commercially.

Multilingual and split between local and group decision-making, with a federal structure that multiplies the authorities involved. Brussels adds a layer of organisations procuring under EU institutional rules.

Supplier and contracting information

Who has to say yes

  1. Local sponsor, head of data, IT manager or finance director
  2. Group IT and procurement, often outside Belgium
  3. DPO, for the processing position and the DPA
  4. Ondernemingsraad / conseil d'entreprise, for employee-related reporting
  5. Legal, applying either Belgian law or the group agreement

Have ready

  • KBO / BCE enterprise number and registration extract
  • Attestations for social security (ONSS / RSZ) and tax, routinely requested in public procurement
  • Insurance certificates including professional indemnity
  • Data processing agreement under EU GDPR Article 28
  • Security questionnaire, often the group's standard

Contract language: Dutch in Flanders, French in Wallonia and Brussels, English with international groups. Assume at least two.

Next step

Analytics work in Aalst

A 45-minute technical review with an engineer who knows what food and drink manufacturing and logistics and freight data looks like. We will tell you what we would build, in what order, and roughly what it costs.

How this usually runs here
A technical call, then a written proposal. Flemish and Walloon entities will each want it in their own working language.

Answered within one working day, by the engineer who would do the work