Insights
Insights
The studio's views on concrete use cases for AI in business.
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Global stock: placing goods as close as possible to forecast sales
A brand that manufactures in China, Europe and the United States decides where to send each container weeks before the sale. A system that reviews the sales and marketing teams' forecasts every month, and puts figures on lead times, costs and customs duties, proposes where to place stock and when to move it.
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Sales dashboard: one set of figures for the website, the stores and partners
When sales run through Shopify, PrestaShop, stores in several countries, Amazon, Zalando and wholesalers, the weekly figure arrives on Wednesday and everyone has their own. The answer is to bring the sources together, then apply a common definition, comparable periods and a freshness indicator for each channel.
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Bank covenants: seeing the threshold coming before the close
The ratios promised to lenders sit unread in financing agreements. A system that extracts each commitment, recalculates it at every reporting date and cites the clause that defines it gives the finance department time to act.
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Customs classification: proposing the right tariff heading, with sources
Classifying goods under the customs nomenclature requires a rare skill. A system that proposes a heading and cites the texts and rulings behind it makes it possible to accept flows that were previously avoided.
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Small batches: quoting the one-off parts workshops used to turn down
When the study and quoting cost more than the margin on an order, the workshop turns it down. A system built on past jobs and the workshop's actual capabilities brings that cost down until the order becomes worth taking.
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Spare parts: identifying the right part from a photo
A shop that used to send customers with an older appliance elsewhere can now find the model, the part and its availability, provided that every compatibility it states links back to manufacturer documentation.
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Marketing compliance: checking every document before it is circulated
An asset management firm can have every brochure and presentation checked by a system that cites the rule it applies, and keep a dated record of that check.
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Product listings and AI: linking every attribute to its supplier source
An AI-generated product listing can be published safely when each characteristic points back to the supplier document it comes from.
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Transport disputes: handling each claim with its supporting documents
Damage, shortages, delays: a complete dispute file can be put together in a few minutes when every document for the shipment is found and every argument points to its clause.
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Technical archives and AI: querying a workshop's know-how
Thirty years of drawings, process sheets and test reports become searchable when every answer points back to the original documents.
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How to measure returns on AI
From ‘tokenmaxxing’ to something more normal.