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Join us for an evening of thought-provoking discussions, real-world use cases, and insights from digital leaders, tech-pioneers and academics as we explore the dynamics of the human-machine relationship.
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Von der Theorie in die Praxis: Erst Business, dann Bier.Unstrukturierte Daten sind das verborgene Kapital vieler Unternehmen – und zugleich eine der größten Herausforderungen moderner IT. Gemeinsam mit CIOs, CDOs und CTOs der CIONET-Community sprechen wir zuerst bei WeWork München über Strategien, Technologien und echte Use Cases, um dieses Potenzial zu heben. Danach geht's weiter auf die Wiesn – für den offenen Austausch in bayerischer Atmosphäre.
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Using IBM watsonx Orchestrate to improve employee and customer happiness
Avid Solutions reduced the number of errors that occur in their project management processes by 10%.
Avid Solutions is a research and development firm with a bold mission to revolutionize food production and sustainable agriculture by helping government agencies establish self-sustaining agricultural systems both terrestrial and in space. Its services include conducting initial crop growth experiments, scaling up agricultural systems, establishing supply chains and developing transportation systems.
The firm’s team of experts are laser-focused on identifying and implementing solutions that support the development of sustainable food production systems both terrestrial and in space. But there are also the day-to-day logistics of operating a consultancy to consider. “Customer onboarding, project management and expense reporting are critical tasks for our business, but they are also time-consuming and error-prone,” explains Dr. Malcolm Adams, Chief Executive Officer, Avid Solutions.
We have also seen a number of qualitative benefits from Orchestrate. Our employees are more satisfied with their jobs because they are no longer bogged down by repetitive tasks. We have also seen an improvement in customer satisfaction because we are able to respond to customer inquiries more quickly and efficiently. ”
To help reduce errors and alleviate operational burdens, Dr. Adams and his team started using the IBM® watsonx™ Orchestrate solution to automate repetitive tasks undertaken by employees such as customer service representatives, project managers and accountants. The workstreams they have started optimizing include customer onboarding, project management and expense reporting. Watsonx Orchestrate has helped the team automate the many steps in these lengthy and error-prone processes that are critical to the business. “By automating tedious workstreams with Orchestrate, we are now able to free up our employees to focus on more strategic work and their own development, while also improving the overall efficiency of our operations,” adds Adams.
Document delivery and processing are some of the early use-cases Adams and his team at Avid Solutions have implemented. “For the document processing workstream, watsonx monitors emails as they come in. It looks for emails that have a specific set of criteria, like a subject line and document attached, and it will then send the document to a specific repository in our cloud-based filing system,” explains Adams. This use-case is just the beginning.
reduction in the time it takes to onboard new customers
reduction in errors caused by manual project management processes
Adams and his team have already observed meaningful improvements resulting from their implementation of watsonx Orchestrate. Not only have they reduced the number of errors that occur in their project management processes by 10%, but they have also reduced the time it takes to onboard new customers by 25%. “We have also seen a number of qualitative benefits from Orchestrate. Our employees are more satisfied with their jobs because they are no longer bogged down by repetitive tasks. We have also seen an improvement in customer satisfaction because we are able to respond to customer inquiries more quickly and efficiently,” notes Adams.
As they look ahead, the team’s goals for the watsonx Orchestrate implementation are to reduce the time it takes to onboard new customers by 50%, reduce the number of errors in their project management process by 20%, increase customer satisfaction by 10% and reduce employee turnover by 5%. “We believe that these goals are achievable, and we are committed to working with Orchestrate to achieve them,” adds Adams.
Avid Solutions (link resides outside of ibm.com) is a research and development firm with a bold mission to revolutionize food production and sustainable agriculture by helping government agencies establish self-sustaining agricultural systems both terrestrial and in space. The team includes a range of experts in aerospace engineering, agriculture, robotics and sustainability who can help government agencies develop and deploy sustainable food production systems in space.
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