So, why is AI our #1 focus right now?
Three reasons:
- AI is no longer just the future, it’s the present
- Cost-effective pilots from just €30K
- Transform supply chain operations with minimal IT involvement
Here’s what we are seeing in real-life workshops with mid-size to Fortune500 companies (we are currently onboarding 2 of them) across Europe:
- Procurement: Artificial Intelligence can handle the daily back-and-forth of hundreds of emails with suppliers while keeping SAP updated. The result: up to 80% of procurement teams’ time is freed up, allowing them to focus on strategic tasks such as drafting contracts, traveling to suppliers, defining KPIs or negotiating rates. More importantly AI agents at suppliers and clients can communicate in order not to miss the next supplier TV ad, letting the supplier AI agents push volumes automatically to stores and thus enabling more sales or no missed sales – Better supplier rates, Revenue growth
- Customer Service: For a company specializing in the distribution of marketing materials for major wine and spirits brands, AI can generate precise reports identifying countries, hotels, or restaurants that are not ordering Point of Sales material. It can even proactively follow up with these clients or brands, boosting sales and ensuring steady demand – Revenue growth
- Inventory Management: With complex, often scattered data across hundreds of thousands of SKUs, spread over store demand, warehouse inventory, procurement orders, forecasts, it’s nearly impossible for a human to optimize stock levels. AI brings clarity and enables ambitious goals, like reducing stock, that would be out of reach without technological support – Cost of capital reduction, Logistics cost savings
- Transport: For a distributor looking to optimize its last-mile delivery budget, AI outperforms (and will be replacing) TMS, smart tools and human capabilities by integrating real-time tracking data together with weather forecasts, traffic and special events – Even a 1–2% gain translates into substantial savings
First step is to engage in a discussion, identify 1 or 2 obvious Artificial Intelligence project “candidates”.
Client involvement is absolutely minimal, requiring only a 30-minute introductory call, two 3-hour workshops, a few 1-hour process discussions, data sharing, and a 3-hour conclusion meeting to present savings results after 12 weeks of project work from our partner’s side.
The message?
AI isn’t optional anymore, it’s a game changer, a competitive advantage for the early adopters.
