Both Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Business Intelligence (BI) are often misused or even confused with one another. What exactly are the differences between AI and BI, what are their respective boundaries and where do both technologies overlap? And why are organizations increasingly using AI and BI together to improve their decision-making and their competitiveness? Let’s...
Artificial intelligence has a major impact on just about every business department. Sales is no exception. More and more organizations are counting on AI to organize, streamline and make their sales teams more efficient. The need for AI software in sales is simple: salespeople have heaps of valuable data, but don't know where to look...
Where do we stand today with Artificial Intelligence and Deep Learning in practice? And what are the short and medium-term prospects for businesses around the globe? We take a look at the impact of AI in various sectors and highlight the potential that currently remains untapped. Global AI impact on the rise Predictions on the...
A Global Leader redefining the boundaries of AI A versatile AI platform that would be capable of connecting to a variety of data sources, generating new insights and suggesting improvements. This was on Arcadis’s wish list when their leadership team reached out to Trendskout. What started as a pilot program quickly grew into a successful...
Companies and organizations with piles of relevant data are increasingly relying on AI to mine it. This is also the case at Coeman Packaging, a distributor of packaging materials and machines. With more than 3000 B2B customers, the company has a turnover of around 35 million euros. “We had been looking for a way to...
From pure divination to AI-based forecasting, predictions for the future have come a long way in the past centuries. In this blog we dive into predictive maintenance. This branch of AI focuses on detecting irregularities or anomalies in order to better estimate the need for maintenance. This is particularly useful in sectors where large machine...
In this article, we explain the different approaches to AI implementation; from business case analysis to go-live. Every AI company has its own approach or methodology that addresses customer questions. The consequences of these differences are often difficult to estimate initially, but have a huge impact on the final ROI and even the chance of...
In a previous blog post, we described how image recognition works, how it came about and, above all, how this technology can easily be applied with Trendskout. In this article we highlight a concrete application that the leading design and consultancy agency Arcadis has developed with Trendskout. Applying the ready-to-use AI from Trendskout, an image...
Artificial intelligence and machine learning are hot topics within companies today and will transform virtually every economic activity in the coming years. One of the AI applications that has long appealed to the imagination is where machines, by analogy with the human brain, can process, analyze and give meaning to images. Think of the science...
Selling is a process, especially in a B2B context, in which human interactions play a crucial role. AI and Deep Learning play an important supporting role in uncovering opportunities and thus support these interpersonal relationships. Sales teams often generate and have access to large amounts of data. However, given the amount of data, it is...
Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning are applied across various sectors and business units. Obviously, processes in which a lot of data is collected are perfect for these applications. Just think of logistics, supply chain and warehouse management. Points of attention include planning, stock quantities and duration of storage, size and quantities of orders and...
Every AI or Machine Learning project is unique: diverse data sets with different variables, integrations in or with existing software or hardware and different expectations and goals to be pursued. The decision as to how a business case should be set up technically in practice is an important factor in its ultimate success. In this...
Readers' responses to news items are not only food for thought on newspaper websites, but also beyond. Many editors are worried about how they can maintain the balance between sufficient participation and a civilized debate in commentary sections. Where many news media in recent years decided to completely disable responses, DPG took a different approach...
Some inspiring applications Artificial intelligence, or AI, in production environments Ever since the first industrial revolution and the introduction of steam engines, numerous innovations have shaped the manufacturing industry. Pioneers such as Adam Smith have greatly optimized the production process through their thinking and inventions. Each time, higher productivity and improvement of cost efficiency were...
A summary of insights from Harvard Business Review, MIT and McKinsey Introduction Wall Street, investors, technology gurus and data scientists - all have reasons to understand and predict growth and opportunities for artificial intelligence. After all, the growth of AI, and its application, will enable small and large industries to evolve considerably over the next...
Was it Machine Learning (ML), Deep Learning (DL) or Artificial Intelligence (AI)? If you look beyond the buzzword bingo to correctly interpret the terms, you soon lose track. What exactly do the different concepts mean and how do they distinguish themselves from each other in practice? An overview. AI, ML en DL demystified In a...
Data has rapidly become an important driver for innovation. They are often presented as raw material that is difficult to extract, and which also requires the right kind of refining. As is often the case, there is solid ground of truth in this cliché image. Many companies, organizations and research institutions face the same challenge:...
Smart algorithms are conquering world. At least that is the impression we get now that technological evolutions are moving at a blistering pace. According to studies, the recent growth of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning will cause many jobs to change fundamentally or even disappear completely. In addition, certain profiles are at significantly more risk...
