Anago
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“It's not just a financial story”

Curio provides education to 17,000 MBO students and approximately 7,000 VMBO students at 41 locations in West Brabant. In addition to regular education, there is also an extensive range of green courses. They also work together with Avans University of Applied Sciences in the Associate degrees program. We spoke to Ellen Mateman about how our collaboration came about and what it has brought them.

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What preceded it…

In the old situation we linked many Excel files together. Because this form became slow at some point, we switched to working from a database. Reading from Excel to the database took a lot of time. Moreover, you always had to make sure that the form was neat, that no point or comma was wrong, otherwise you could not read it. So very labor intensive.

In addition, it ensured that you were always faced with surprises. Only when adding up did you notice that something had gone wrong, so you were always behind the times.

We wanted to streamline the planning and control process and that you could also compare the figures in real time, so that you had a complete overview. That is not possible in Excel. Then you need something that helps with this.

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How are things now?

Because everyone now works in the same way, you can quickly gain insight. In the old process we had to read everything again and only then could we make adjustments. Now we can do that during the process. This also ensures that we have exposed the bottlenecks in the process.

By clearly explaining to the Board of Directors how the process works and what information we need in advance, it becomes clear to everyone. This allows us to look more quickly at new ideas and how we can finance them.


Wishes for the future…

In this budget round we have indicated that we want additional training. We still have a lot to gain internally, but overall it is so user-friendly that you can get started right away.

“Everything we can do smarter and better at a central level, we can put back into the care, guidance and training of our students.”

— Ellen Mateman, Curio


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Why do you think secondary vocational schools should go for Anago?

We now also have the option to set up a dashboard for all directors, so that they know what is going on in their sector.

You have the current status at the touch of a button. This allows you to make adjustments where necessary throughout the entire process.

You also have a social responsibility. Everything we can do smarter and better at a central level can be put back into the care, guidance and training of our students.

Anago has automated many manual tasks that we had to do in Excel. That just saves a lot of time. During that time you can look at your own processes again and improve them.