Alma Partners, a subsidiary of IENA Consulting, is a Solution Service Provider seamlessly bridging Data Science & Machine Learning and Business Analytics & Enterprise Performance Management. With our 85 Data Scientists & Financial Analysts and more than 250 software projects implemented, Alma Partners can build models, tools, applications & platforms from 5 days to 3 months.

ALMA PARTNERS IS AN EPM & DATA SCIENCE SOLUTIONS PROVIDER THAT OFFERS SERVICES ACROSS ITS CONSULTING, SOFTWARE RESELLING, IMPLEMENTATION, PACKAGED SOLUTIONS AND FINANCIAL AND DATA SCIENTIST PROFESSIONAL LINES. Most organizations today consider data science and machine learning to be amongst their criticalbusiness and IT priorities. Machine learning in particular is key to operational efficiencies and subsequently, for business growth.

However, the Gartner Data Science Survey found that over 60% of models developed with the intention of automating and optimizing business processes were never actually operationalized. Likewise, 76% of the CFO’s identify insufficient forward-looking information in actual metrics.

Crucial reasons for those are the lack of skilled teams and time to market that enable extended enterprise usage, which rests entirely on the efficient deployment of the initiatives. Deployment, in this definition, extends to the ongoing review and adjustment of models to ensure their relevancy over time as the business and its requirements evolve.

Alma Partners offers its expertise in implementing forward-thinking aligned with EPM Applications and their Data. Whether clients need our assistance in specific line of business functions or capitalizing on our leadership position in the financial domain, we are there for them. Alma Partners offers end-to-end implementation of Tools, Applications and Platforms seamlessly bridging:

Data Science & Machine Learning (ML) Business Intelligence (BI), Business Analytics (BA) & Enterprise Performance Management (EPM) Low-Code & No-Code Applications Development

The data science and machine learning (ML) tools complement the business analytics (BA) and business intelligence (BI) platforms. The low-code and no-code approach are attractive to a broad spectrum of users, ranging from business and data analysts to citizen data scientists. A focus on user-friendliness and cohesiveness of the platform enables augmented collaboration between users. From “point” solutions to global deployments, our data services teams can assist you in the most sophisticated of requirements.

Enterprise Performance Management (EPM) solutions have evolved along with the worlds of Finance and Business. EPM software applications can still automate budgeting and reporting – but it’s newly focused on driving strategic value for the business, on linking strategies to plans and execution. Customers are looking for unified easy-to-use, cloud platforms that can integrate key EPM processes: budgeting, planning, forecasting, modeling, consolidating, reporting and deep predictive analysis through ML technologies.

WHO

ANDRÉA L. GAUTHIERFounder Alma Partners Benelux186, Avenue Louise - 1050 Brussels - Belgiumagauthier@alma-partners.be

Alma Partners, a subsidiary of IENA Consulting, is a Solution Service Provider seamlessly bridging Data Science & Machine Learning and Business Analytics & Enterprise Performance Management. With our 85 Data Scientists & Financial Analysts and more than 250 software projects implemented, Alma Partners can build models, tools, applications & platforms from 5 days to 3 months.

TEAM Organizations today still face barriers to efficiently harnessing data science. These barriers include the lack of experienced or trained staff and the lack of a ready IT infrastructure.

Onboarding external resources and training internal ones through a comprehensive knowledge transfer is a cost-effective way to quickly deploy and support mission-critical business initiatives.

Alma Partners provides teams with the expertise to expand data science beyond IT and into the lines of business with its experts:

Data Scientists, Data Engineers, Data Experts, Data Analysts Citizen Data Scientists / Line Business Analysts - Sales, Finance, Marketing, Human Resources, Procurement, Supply Chain and others Application Developers

TECHNOLOGIES The wide range of products available in the market offers a breadth and depth of capabilities, as well as varied approaches to developing, operationalizing and managing applications. It is therefore important to evaluate business-specific needs when assessing vendors. To this end, advisory services is one of our specialities.

Data scientists prefer to code data science models in Python, R, Elastic Search or Syplex to build and run data models. Other users are most comfortable building models by using a point-and click UI to create visuals such as Qlik, Tableau, Power BI or Pocket Result. Meanwhile, data analyst industry leaders offer an Enterprise Artificial Intelligence platform such as Watson, Dataiku and Databricks to line of business users.

Many members of emerging citizen data science communities favour a much more augmented approach that uses ML techniques “behind the scenes” to guide less technically savvy data scientists through the model building and operationalization process. This usage of no-code applications development tools platforms or low-code applications is enabled through platforms such as Outsystems and Mendix.

WHAT From BI to AI and from predictive to prescriptive, they all apply to the analysis of solutions and the execution of robust decision making across your company’s different domains. Alma Partner leverages its 10 years of experience in multi-market segments, creating “One-size-fits-One” applications with IBM Planning Analytics, SPSS, Tagetik, Jedox and Adaptive Insight. We offer packaged solutions boosting more than 250 EPM implementations.

TIMMING Our Professional Data Scientists, EPM, Finance and Business Analysts can join you for a mission in less than 48 hours notice on a OPEX payment mode.

With low up-front capital expenditure, Alma Partners helps companies obtain AI modelling results based on algorithm models in 5 days. This service includes all necessary activities & technologies resources for everything from the definition of the business case to delivering insightful reports and analytics. We achieve this through our proven methodology STARTER KIT SMART DATA, described below.

We can deliver UI low-code, no-code “One-size-fits-One” applications in less than 8 weeks notwithstanding complex situations. This means we are able to quickly make adjustments or initiate new actions based on the results of our service.

With cloud- based EPM solutions, the effort and costs of setting up infrastructure is eliminated. You can be up and running with your EPM applications in 3-6 months. Faster time to value is possible if we deploy our ready packaged ALMA EPM offers.

Last, but not least, we can deliver fully integrated solutions that bring together Data Science and Machine Learning, No, Low Code and BI, BA, EPM according to your specifics needs and timing.

Because hiring and training Data Scientists and Experts internally is costly while other business requirements continue to grow.

Because EPM suites are typically one-fourth the overall cost of software. This is clear when you compare initial implementation and ongoing subscription costs of EPM suites vs. the implementation, up-front licensing, and ongoing maintenance of software.

Because time to value and time to market are crucial metrics to compete on long-term in any industry.

Alma Partners offers its experience of advisory, its expertise of “One-size-fits-One” software implementation, its trained resources and an ability to quickly realize value to its customers.

WHY

Alma Partners, a subsidiary of IENA Consulting, is a Solution Service Provider seamlessly bridging Data Science & Machine Learning and Business Analytics & Enterprise Performance Management. With our 85 Data Scientists & Financial Analysts and more than 250 software projects implemented, Alma Partners can build models, tools, applications & platforms from 5 days to 3 months.

ALMA PARTNERS STARTER KITSMART DATA MODEL

BUSINESS UNDERSTANDING

DATA UNDERSTANDING DATA PREPARATION

MODELISATION

EVALUATION & IMPROVEMENT

DEPLOYMENT & VISUALIZATION

A PRESCRIPTIVE

DATA SCIENCE

EXPERIENCE KIT

IDENTIFY the relevant business issue(simple & quick-win)

ASSIST on the structuring& documentation of requirements

ELABORATE prescriptive modelsscenarios to solve business issue

EVALUATE relevance and makeimprovements

TEST the model selected withoperational data and deploy withvisualisation

HOW

Get started a 5 days - 5.000€ with smart Data Model kit and then grow as your business requirements increase.