Best Practice AI Use Cases
Identify issues driving low product yield in manufacturing
Identify root causes for low product yield (for example input, tool or machine specific issues) in manufacturing. This analytical work will likely require working closely with human analysts.
Function
Industry
industrials~manufacturing
Manufacturing
Deliver marketing optimised for contextual setting
Context helps with marketing. So emotional states triggered by relevant content will impact on marketing effectiveness - so football on TV attracts specific product categories for example. What should go where can be micro-optimised using AI.
Function
Marketing
Creative And Brand
Industry
Collate product information from multiple sources for central access
Combine product information from disparate sources, structuring the information centrally for internal use to improve product discoverability and supplement decision-making.
Function
Marketing
Product Marketing
Industry
Automate building systems to reduce energy costs through AI powered adaptive temperature and energy control
Automate building systems to reduce energy costs through AI-powered adaptive temperature and energy control. The challenge is to justify the investment costs against actual energy savings.
Function
Industry
financial_services~real_estate_development_operations,utilities~electricity
Real Estate Development Operations
Optimise lead assignment to sales reps / channels
Optimise sales resource assignments, product mix, commissions modelling and accounts
Function
Sales
Sales Management
Industry
Bring famous people such as actors, singers and artists back to life visually, recreating the distinctive nuances of their voice and movements in detail
Visually recreating people in detail to show them moving and/or speaking in video. The application can have positive results, such as bring artists who have passed away back in life in a digital form, but also negative ones, such as deepfakes, who have been used for spreading fake news.
Function
Industry
Provide access to digital information to illiterate individuals through conversational agent tools
Provide access to digital information to illiterate folk through conversational agent tools / chatbots. Voice interaction enables new forms of communication - for example low / free marginal cost access to healthcare advice or other information. Access to digital devices, Internet and electricity may be factors limiting deployment.
Function
Industry
public_and_social_sector~ngo,public_and_social_sector~public_services
Ngo
Identify performance and risk for pilots through flying patterns and other data
Identify performance and risk for pilots through flying patterns and other data. Similar analysis can be done on road drivers although the data is inevitably more likely to be complicated by ground-level interactions that would be more traceable in the air (e.g. other vehicular movement).
Function
Risk
Audit
Industry
transportation~airlines
Airlines
Predict drug demand in different geographies for different products
Predicting drug demand in different geographies for different products. This will potentially be driven by factors from disease outbreak vectors through to socio-economic indicators or even media-driven consumption demand trends.
Function
Industry
healthcare~pharmaceuticals_and_biotech
Pharmaceuticals And Biotech
Predict energy demand trends based on data sources ranging from sensors to social media
Predict energy demand trends based on data sources ranging from sensors to social media. In a competitive market the more varied and unique the data sources accessed the more refined (if not always more accurate) the model can become.
Function
Industry
utilities~electricity,energy~renewable_energy,energy~oil_and_gas
Electricity
Analyse social media data to evaluate architectural or planning impact of new developments
Analyse social, traffic data to measure potential impact of new building developments. Modeled outcomes might indicate hazards (e.g. fire evacuation risks) or design features for consideration (e.g. siting of facilities etc)
Function
R And D
Product Development
Industry
professional_services~professional_services_other,public_and_social_sector~government,consumer_goods_and_services~homebuilding_and_construction
Professional Services Other
Address employee concerns anonymously
Employees in conversation record an account of their concerns and issues which is automatically captured and transcribed. HR gets a detailed report and can conduct follow-up interviews through the bot. Potentially, employees can stay anonymous if they so choose.
Function
Human Resources
Employee Relations
Industry
Detect potentially fraudulent or nefarious users
Detect potentially fraudulent or nefarious users (e.g. individuals under sanctions, investigation etc) through pattern matching of structured and unstructured data on transactions from different sources, such as phone numbers, addresses, company directors and news reports (HSBC, Quantexa, Silent Eight)
Function
Industry
financial_services~banking,public_and_social_sector~government
Banking
Streamline insurance application processes including by pre populating forms
Streamline insurance application processes - examples would include pre-populating forms or automatically linking with relevant information sources (e.g. public registers etc).
Function
Marketing
Product Marketing
Industry
financial_services~insurance
Insurance
Recommend real estate property listings based on customer interests
Automate aggregation of personalised property listings for real estate customers
Function
Industry
financial_services~real_estate_development_operations
Real Estate Development Operations
Identify new therapeutic uses for existing drugs
Identify drug compounds with current regulatory approval which could be used in new ways to treat other conditions. Machine learning assists by searching through existing research literature for known and inferred relationships
Function
R And D
Core Research And Development
Industry
healthcare~pharmaceuticals_and_biotech
Pharmaceuticals And Biotech
Assist physicians by diagnosing and providing the latest medical information about rare conditions
Assist physicians by providing the latest medical information and research to inform proper patient care - this may be from specialist providers and cover the sorts of rare ailments that medical staff may not encounter on a regular basis
Function
Industry
healthcare~healthcare_providers_and_services
Healthcare Providers And Services
Monitor animal populations
Detecting, identifying and monitoring animal populations is especially useful when they are in the wild and potentially at risk. Typically it requires a network of static camera traps or acoustic recorders but can also be extended to include mobile sensors.
Function
Industry
public_and_social_sector~ngo
Ngo
Automate community management by monitoring online discussions and flagging abuse
Software which automates the work of human moderators to identify abuse and misconduct in online messages between video game players on community boards.
Function
Industry
consumer_goods_and_services~media_and_publishing
Media And Publishing
Audit and optimise shelf placement
Use video, images or robots in the retail area to audit and analyse shelf space usage. Optimising shelf space drives retail sales, can reduce risk of running out of stock and it can also be use to prioritise shrinkage risk areas.
Function
Industry
consumer_goods_and_services~retail_general
Retail General
Automate collection of banking data from non-standard documentation
Automate collection of banking data from non-standard documentation (e.g. in shipping paperwork) - this will typically be turned in to standardised banking documentation
Function
Operations
General Operations
Industry
financial_services~banking
Banking
Rank content for social media feeds
Successful social media sites tend to have more content available for users than all but the most addicted (and socially restricted) could possibly read. This means that they have to use multiple indicators to power the algorithms that rank the content displayed. In this they are in a constant battle to stay one step ahead of the content marketeers trying to game the system.
Function
R And D
Product Management
Industry
consumer_goods_and_services~media_and_publishing,technology~internet_services_consumer
Media And Publishing
Construct detailed map of farm characteristics based on aerial image capture
Construct detailed map of farm characteristics based on aerial video or image capture. This can be of assistance for a series of tasks ranging from planning to valuation to deployment of automated farming tools.
Function
Industry
basic_materials~agriculture
Agriculture
Create more personalised insurance pricing based on actual monitored customer behaviour
Create more personalised insurance pricing based on actual monitored customer behaviour. Examples would include 'black box' functionality in the car or wearable sensors on the body . Essentially the customer agrees to swap hitherto private data in return for what they expect to be lower pricing as the insurer can better measure real risk - and potentially the exact circumstances around an insurance claim.
Function
Industry
financial_services~insurance
Insurance
Create lead generation contact lists through data scraping
Create contact lists for outbound communication through automated web scraping (e.g. of social network traffic, databases or websites) or filtering based on response and sourcing analysis. Note that this is increasingly encountering regulatory challenge (eg GDPR in the EU).
Function
Sales
Sales Management
Industry
Deliver "digital human" conversational interface with customers in physical locations
Conduct "digital human" conversational interface with customers in physical locations (e.g. banks such as Natwest, soul machines). The aim is to provide effectively online functionality via some form of automated, robotic interface.
Function
Marketing
Channel Marketing
Industry
financial_services~banking,consumer_goods_and_services~retail_general
Banking
Identify target patient subgroups that are underserved or underdiagnosed
Identify target patient subgroups that are underserved or not diagnosed to support creation / deployment of a mitigation strategy
Function
Industry
healthcare~pharmaceuticals_and_biotech
Pharmaceuticals And Biotech
Monitor student's attentiveness in class with facial recognition technology
Students expressions and movements are analysed to check that they are paying attention in class. The system will be able to tell if students are reading or listening – or napping at their desks. Students will get a real-time attentiveness score, which will be shown to their teacher on a screen.
Function
Industry
public_and_social_sector~education_and_academia
Education And Academia
Automate control decisions in control room environments to reduce cost and human error
Replicate (and replace) human-made decisions in control room environments to reduce cost and human error
Function
Industry
utilities~electricity,utilities~gas_water_and_multi_utilities
Electricity
Modify driver experience based on emotion tracking through facial recognition system
Modify driver experience based on emotion tracking through facial recognition system. This will for example lead to different music being played, lighting set up and driving advice offered.
Function
Industry
consumer_goods_and_services~automobiles_and_parts
Automobiles And Parts