Artificial intelligence and logistics

Artificial Intelligence

Technology and visions for the future

Vision Artificial Intelligence

Due to the diversity of possibilities, the first steps are crucial.

Essential steps are required for Artificial Intelligence to be applied in the form of deployable solutions in companies. New potentials for the use of AI are constantly emerging, encouraging us to go one step further. Due to the diversity of possibilities, the first steps must be carefully considered.

Think big, start small, scale fast successfully.

AI solutions and the technologies behind them are an opportunity for your business. But to ensure maximum success, you need to select the right building blocks from the large toolbox available. Our experts will create a customised roadmap for your company to use AI as a tool for your business: Your lead in the market will be extended and costs will be effectively reduced. We therefore focus early on not only on the actual solution, but also on your scaling options. 

1. The start

An innovative foundation

Which area(s) in your company are ideal for the launch and how should it be done? Are smaller pilot projects the right way or a "big bang"?
Instant Transformation Video

1. Potentials and opportunities

Effective differentiation

What beneficial opportunities are there for your company? Where can you be one step ahead of the competition and how quickly can these potentials be raised?  
Instant Transformation

1. The integration

Perfectly combined

How does the integration into the existing infrastructure work? How can you proceed holistically to avoid a multitude of individual isolated solutions? How do you ensure success?
Instant Transformation

1. The start

An innovative foundation

Which area(s) in your company are ideal for the launch and how should it be done? Are smaller pilot projects the right way or a "big bang"?
Instant Transformation Video

1. Potentials and opportunities

Effective differentiation

What beneficial opportunities are there for your company? Where can you be one step ahead of the competition and how quickly can these potentials be raised?  
Instant Transformation

1. The integration

Perfectly combined

How does the integration into the existing infrastructure work? How can you proceed holistically to avoid a multitude of individual isolated solutions? How do you ensure success?
Instant Transformation
Artificial Intelligence and the solutions based on it offer a multitude of new opportunities for companies to become more efficient and economical and to stay one step ahead of the competition.

Goals and challenges

Using artificial intelligence profitably

Mit KI-gestützter Bedarfsplanung das EBIT im Handel steigern

Instant Insight

Predictive Forecasting

Our predictive forecast solutions enable you to be ahead of the curve and know tomorrow's needs today. With the right products in the right place, you will continuously generate more sales and achieve higher customer satisfaction.

 

AI-based solutions help companies to forecast demand more accurately, have goods available exactly and thereby increase EBIT.
Customer Experience

Customer Experience

Personalised Customer Interaction

Based on existing and new customer data, a very individual approach and involvement is possible. Our AI solutions help you to identify the customer's specific need or desire and to positively influence their buying behaviour.
Machine Learning

Machine Learning

Promotion Optimisation

One of the most important aspects in retail: to optimise the promotion mix, to determine the expected profit contributions in advance and to achieve maximum success. This is what we use our AI-based tool for.  

Insight

Opportunities with Artificial Intelligence

A multitude of new AI solutions have emerged in recent years. They range from chat bots, predictive forecasting, risk management, image recognition and optimisation to solutions for autonomous driving. They all offer an opportunity to optimise processes, increase productivity and reduce costs while simultaneously increasing process speed and new levels of quality, and they are scalable at will.

Many companies are already using the advantageous transfer of decisions to the AI solution, which at the same time includes "intelligent" processing of operations. The result is higher speed and quality, 24/7 and a new, more flexible and scalable way of working.

Our experience shows that decisions become qualitatively better, as standard processes, mass processing or complex processes are handled by the AI solution and employees can focus on more important tasks.

Efficiency can be increased and processes and workflows significantly accelerated, especially in administrative areas. Concentration on the essentials occurs.

From the individual solution to the modular construction kit for the entire company – that is our approach. With individual modules for the different business areas, we look for the best solution with you, always keeping the entire company in mind. In this way, you achieve the best possible overall coverage for all requirements.

"Connecting the dots" – from individual solutions with a selective effect to an efficient, lean overall system.

Your advantage

"Connecting the dots" - our construction kit of AI solutions

"Connecting the dots" - our construction kit of AI solutions enables a fast and, above all, holistic, overarching solution for your company - because that's exactly what matters.

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Automated processing

Use digital technologies to automate manual steps to make efficient use of capital and reduce operating costs.
Personalisation

Personalisation

AI-driven personalisation helps you create individualised content and offers that reach your customers at the best moment - precisely when they are choosing products according to their preferences and making the decision to buy.
Customer Interaction

Customer Interaction

Advanced technologies such as chatbots and AI-powered communication are making round-the-clock interactions and customer service a reality.
A laptop on which business processes and developments are displayed

Intelligent Reporting

New reporting and analytics for all with self-service access to real-time data that enables instant insight and action - anytime, anywhere.
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Mobilisation

User-centric applications delivered on mobile devices (e.g. smartphone, tablet, wearables) that improve productivity and the employee experience.
Generate business value through real-time data analysis and the use of artificial intelligence to simulate and instantly evaluate new business models.
Hartmut Schmidt Managing Partner KPS Practice Lead Finance

More Insights

Learn more about the impact of AI

How does AI affect your supply chain?

Instant Insight

How does AI affect your supply chain?

AI can process a multitude of external and internal data and trigger error-free decisions based on it. AI enables smooth operations at all nodes of the supply chain and is able to orchestrate and automate the cooperation between logistics and production.


What can the use of AI look like in your company, what solutions and approaches are there? I look forward to the exchange with you!

Contact

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Michael Schweikl, Managing Partner, Head of Performance Management & AI

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