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Competitive Advantages through Intelligent Automation

Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Increasing Efficiency through the use of AI

With a deep understanding of engineering, production and order processing domains, we enable our customers to use artificial intelligence strategically and effectively. We combine technological competence with industry expertise to create the framework for systematically tapping efficiency potential.

We do not view AI in isolation, but in a holistic and strategically sound manner. Together with our clients, we develop suitable target images with strategic guidelines based on each company´s specific initial situation, taking into account internal and external requirements, such as the EU AI Act. With this framework for action, which is individually tailored to the organization, we identify and evaluate practical, economically viable use cases that contribute to business goals such as reducing costs and complexity or increasing efficiency and quality.

In order to turn these objectives into reality, we support you in developing the necessary business and technological capabilities in the field of smart data through to the anchoring of scalable AI applications in operations.

Our claim: Visible additional value instead of just using technology.

25
%
Cost Reduction
80
%
Reduction of Process Time
36
%
Reduction of Process Costs
50
%
Increase in Quality
From Engineering to Production and Order Processing

Successful AI applications are created where technology meets a deep understanding of processes. Our strength lies in our precise knowledge of central company areas such as production, engineering and order processing. We understand the real challenges in product development, on the store floor or along the order processing chain – from complex variant diversity and quality management to capacity and lead time planning. This operational proximity allows us to identify use cases that are not only technologically feasible, but also commercially relevant.

Cross-sector AI Expertise for Practical Solutions

The requirements for AI vary from industry to industry, as do the framework conditions, data availability and regulatory requirements. Our broad-based industry expertise ranges from manufacturing industries and energy suppliers to financial service providers and the healthcare sector. Whether it's networked production, intelligent product configuration, regulatory reporting or data-supported planning, we have the necessary understanding of the industry to develop tailor-made and effective solutions. This wide range creates synergies and makes it possible to effectively transfer proven approaches.

State-of-the-art AI Expertise from Implementation to Operation

The best use cases only unfold their value when they are implemented. We bring tried-and-tested solutions and best practices from projects to the table and have the technological depth to develop customized AI applications – whether computer vision for automated quality control, generative AI (GenAI) for intelligent text and knowledge processing, OCR for extracting and structuring document content or resource planning to optimize capacities and processes. Together with our customers, we create measurable additional value.

Our Consulting Services in the area of Artificial Intelligence

Your challenges:

  • Lack of clarity about where and how artificial intelligence can be used sensibly in the company – lack of strategic framework and unclear use cases.
  • There are legal, ethical or cultural concerns about the use of AI in the company.

UNITY-solution approach:

  • We work with you to develop a company-specific AI strategy that identifies business potential and is linked to your overall strategy.
  • Together, we evaluate use cases in terms of feasibility and value contribution – taking into account your data situation, resources and governance.
  • We create the structural conditions for the responsible and scalable use of AI – from the definition of objectives to organizational anchoring.
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Your challenges:

  • Human factors such as fatigue, subjective quality perception and a shortage of skilled workers impair the reliability of manual quality inspections.
  • A lack of transparency and a lack of information feedback prevent systematic error analysis and traceability and lead to inconsistent quality.
  • Lack of a technological basis that automatically recognizes and classifies errors in real time and reports them back to the process.

UNITY-solution approach:

  • Development and implementation of an AI-supported system for automated defect detection in production and quality assurance.
  • Integration of the necessary hardware and software setup with an intuitive user interface for real-time monitoring and quality assurance.
  • Defect reduction, cost savings and transparency: Significant defect reduction, up to 20% cost savings and information recovery for consistent product quality.
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Your challenges:

  • High manual effort when checking and classifying extensive documents, e.g. in order processing.
  • Susceptibility to errors and a lack of transparency when processing complex documents and evidence.
  • Lack of systems for structured management, digitization and categorization of document content.

UNITY-solution approach:

  • Development and introduction of a cloud-based AI system for the automated recognition, structuring and classification of technical content in documents using OCR.
  • Development of a highly available web platform for the management and classification of documents using a rule-based system for hundreds of specific sets of rules.
  • Reduction and acceleration of manual checking work by up to 25% as well as a significant reduction in errors and increased efficiency in the digitization and classification of documents.
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Your challenges:

  • Manual forecasts are time-consuming, prone to errors and often inaccurate, with consequences for costs, resources and planning reliability.
  • Lack of transparency regarding resource consumption, bottlenecks and process correlations.
  • Need for automated, reliable forecasts in order to make well-founded decisions and react flexibly to changes.

UNITY solution approach:

  • Development and implementation of AI-based forecasting models that analyze historical and real-time data, identify patterns and generate precise predictions.
  • Optimization of resource utilization and planning through automated analysis, reduction of manual effort and faster decision making.
  • Up to 40% higher forecast accuracy, 50% fewer errors and 10-15% cost savings through optimized processes, error-reduced planning and improved resource utilization.
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Your challenges:

  • Lack of clarity as to which AI applications fall under the EU AI Act and how high the regulatory risk is.
  • Lack of processes and structures to develop, document and operate AI systems in compliance with the law.
  • Concerns about barriers to innovation due to regulatory requirements and high internal coordination effort.

UNITY solution approach:

  • We analyze your existing and planned AI applications with regard to classification, risk class and need for action in accordance with the EU AI Act.
  • We work with you to develop suitable governance structures and processes to ensure transparency, control and compliance.
  • We support you in setting up a compliant development and operating model – with a focus on efficiency, accountability and competitiveness.
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Your challenges:

  • Do you want to use AI to bundle information for your employees in one central location and make it available?
  • Do you want to simplify your employees' day-to-day work by enabling them to access knowledge quickly and easily?
  • Do you face the challenge of efficiently integrating distributed information sources from different areas and making them usable?

UNITY solution approach:

  • We develop individual AI applications that bundle knowledge from your company systems and make it available as required.
  • Your employees receive centralized access to structured, relevant information for more efficient work processes, better decisions and higher productivity.
  • All solutions are implemented in compliance with GDPR and take your specific data protection and security requirements into account.

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Your challenges:

  • You do not know where the greatest potential for automation lies in your end-to-end processes and risk leaving valuable efficiency levers unused.
  • You are facing a shortage of skilled workers and demographic changes, meaning that valuable knowledge is being lost.
  • You want to scale your business and are looking for ways to automate your processes sustainably and intelligently.

UNITY solution approach:

  • We work with you to identify the greatest levers for automation and deploy Agentic AI precisely where the potential is highest.
  • We develop customized Agentic AI solutions that combine language models, operational intelligence and process tools for automation that delivers real added value even in knowledge-intensive processes.
  • Our agents act independently: They recognize patterns, draw conclusions, initiate actions and optimize your processes.

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Digital Services
3-6 months

corporateGPT as a customized and data protection-compliant solution for companies and cities.

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AI Use Case Identification
Digital Services
2 Weeks

We support you in identifying the right use cases to integrate AI into your business model.

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Project Stories Artificial Intelligence
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    AI Strategy for Technical Development
    • Targeted use of AI to bring products to market quickly and cost-effectively
    • Successful implementation of various use cases
    • Identification and specification of further potential for improvement together with the specialist departments
    • Derivation of overarching use cases and a harmonized AI strategy
    • Implementation of strategy development, identification of impact levers and design of use cases in all areas of technical development
    • Supporting technical development in the implementation and integration of use cases into the development process
  • Workshop for the identification & validation of RPA use cases
    • Definition of objectives and derivation of framework conditions for the workshop concept
    • Preparation and realisation of a cross-divisional information event (Call for Action)
    • Development of evaluation criteria for use case selection
    • Preparation and realisation of the ShapeDay to validate the feasibility of RPA and to identify potential show stoppers
    • Realisation of the pitch event to present the decision basis developed for each use case
    • Follow-up of the entire workshop format and realisation of a lessons learned session
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    Digitisation of the quality control chart incl. system data
    • Conception and realisation of electronic documentation and archiving of quality data
    • Commissioning of all quality-relevant, manual assembly processes and automated systems on three assembly lines and production-related external areas within the plant
    • Use of mobile clients and touch screens on the shop floor to visualise inspection scopes and document quality data on the line cycle
    • Integration of quality data into new reporting system
Artifical Intelligence Insights

Contacts Artificial Intelligence

Daniel Gaspers

Head of Digital Services

Paderborn, Germany
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Dr. Michael Herbst

Partner, Business Area Team Lead

Cologne, Germany
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Jan Carstens

Manager

Paderborn, Germany
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Kevin Buschner

Manager

Köln, Deutschland
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