How AI is transforming industries

Finning is using IoT, BI, and Azure to help clients increase efficiency and revenue by allowing them to view dashboards, reports, and data from any location using virtually any device.

Azure enabled Honeywell to help customers unlock real-world insights available through the interfaces they provide. By bridging the physical and virtual worlds with their connected products, they shifted the value drivers from the devices, which are foundational for Honeywell, to the data and insights that the devices generate.

Cami, the new Bot from Dixons Carphone, enables customers to discover products through conversational interface and receive advise based on their needs. Onsite, Cami can be used to check stock levels, enable photos of shelf labels for more information, and request help from staff members.

Researchers at UCL and the Cochrane Transform Project are using AI and machine learning to text mine thousands of reports to automatically select those to include in systematic reviews. Doing so is saving weeks of monotonous work, freeing up expert reviewers to spend their time and energy on high-level analysis.

Complex Networks used Microsoft Custom Decision Service to improve their visitors’ engagement with its owned and operated websites. Using AI, they automated and personalized the selection of featured site content, and produced improvement in user click-through rates.

Apttus designed, developed, and delivers its next-generation platform, Apttus Intelligent Cloud. The company does so using Microsoft Azure platform services, including Cortana Intelligence Suite, to provide enterprise customers with innovative, AI-driven outcomes.

Zion created a device that collects real-time patient data and a companion mobile app that provides personalized advice and care. Using IoT Hub, ML and Power BI, they're able to serve real-time data from the device to the cloud, visualize insights, and generate proactive predictions of glucose and patient data.

Carnival Maritime used Azure to track and predict water usage, monitor the health of equipment, and analyze the data stream from the assets. With live operational data, Carnival Maritime is able to better maintain the expensive systems and equipment needed to keep a cruise ship in working order.

Rockwell transforms customers’ businesses using data intelligence and deep analytics services from Microsoft, including Cognitive Services and Bot Framework. Rockwell Automation worked with Great Lakes Brewing to bring automation and analytics into craft-brewing operations through its FactoryTalk Analytics for Devices.

Using Azure Machine Learning in the driver-in-the-loop simulator, team members can automate predictions—based on historical data and current conditions—of how Renault Sport Formula One cars will perform in future races.

The rapidly increasing volume of data from many different types of aircraft equipment can overtake an airline's ability to analyze it. By using the Microsoft Azure platform, Rolls-Royce is fundamentally transforming how it uses data to better serve its customers.

Lowe's customers can design their dream kitchen with the HoloLens kitchen design tool, which analyzes Pinterest boards to define their personal style, and provides product and design recommendations. The experience incorporates cognitive capabilities such as computer vision and natural language processing.

Using a solution based on Microsoft Cortana Intelligence Suite, Arçelik A.Ş. brought forecasting accuracy up to 80 percent. Inventory turnover is expected to climb by 10 percent, service calls are made faster and more cost-effectively, and customers are happier.