Arend Consulting in short
Many businesses want to digitalise or use AI but do not know where to start. We begin with the work that costs time, money or mistakes today, and look for the simplest solution.
Sometimes that is software, sometimes a different way of working, sometimes a small adjustment. We will tell you honestly.
For administration, legal advice and HR we work with trusted partners.
How we help you
From first analysis to execution on the shop floor.
With one point of contact.
Process review
Together with your team we map where work gets stuck.
You receive a priority list with the simplest solution for each bottleneck and what it delivers.
AI policy and safe tools
Staff often use AI already, without a framework.
We help with clear agreements and tools that protect your data.
Purchasing and supply chain
Better purchasing terms, healthy stock levels and suppliers who keep their promises.
Based on your own figures.
Digital transformation and strategy
Which systems, in what order, with what goal?
A plan your team can carry.
Also available
Extra hands
and extra know-how
Interim management
A temporary gap, a change programme or a department that needs turning around? An experienced interim manager takes the lead and hands over when the job is done.
Training
One-to-one or online, at your team's level. So new ways of working and new tools are actually used.
Guiding the change
A new way of working only succeeds when people carry it. We stay alongside your team until it runs by itself.
How a process review works
1
Conversations
We talk to the people who do the work, not just to management.
2
Bottlenecks
We measure where time, money or quality is lost.
3
Priorities
A solution for each bottleneck, with what it costs and what it delivers.
4
Proof of value
We test the most important solution on one process, against a criterion agreed in advance.
Good to know
Arend Consulting at a glance.
What is a proof of value?
A short test of one solution on real cases, by your own staff. We agree in advance when it counts as a success.
Does it always have to be AI?
No. A good standard setting or a simple automation is often enough.
What does an interim manager do?
They take the lead temporarily, set the course and hand over when the job is done.
Where is Arend Group active?
From Flanders, across Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg. And yes, we handle conversations in French ourselves, no translation bot involved.
For which businesses?
The self-employed and SMEs in every sector, with extra experience in music, photo, retail and distribution.
How do I start?
Via the form at the bottom of the page. In a first conversation we determine the scope of the review.
Frequently asked questions
On advice, AI and interim work.
That depends on the number of processes. For an SME it is usually a matter of weeks.
Yes, within clear agreements. Confidential data does not belong in free consumer tools.
We help you with rules and safe alternatives.
Yes. Through Arend Digital we turn the advice into the right software. You do not need to change partners.
Do you know where your business loses time?
We will gladly help you find out.
A process review gives you a concrete priority list, with or without AI.
Request a process review
We talk to the people who do the work, not just to management.