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Atlas Copco and USU Software: Better connected with AI in technical service
SSince the beginning of the year, Service-Meister has been putting artificial intelligence (AI) into practice. This is embodied by the six speedboat projects with their use cases in the technical service. How are things progressing? In which areas are successes and hurdles emerging? In a new series of articles, we take a look into the engine room of the AI project.
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The eco Service-Meister Interview: AI to combat a skilled worker shortage
Skilled workers are rare. SMEs should consistently rely on digitalization and artificial intelligence to be able to perform maintenance reliably tasks in the future, says Dr. Fred Jopp, Head of Industrial Project Management at USU Software AG, which is an eco member. Dr. Jopp’s position means that he is closely involved with the corporate problems involved in implementing use cases.
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“We bring AI innovations to the Skilled Crafts”
Thomas Gebhardt is an innovation consultant with a focus on digital transformation at the Stuttgart Region Chamber of Skilled Crafts. It supports craft enterprises and skilled tradespeople in transferring innovations from research and teaching into the skilled crafts – including the research project Service-Meister. In an interview he talks about how artificial intelligence (AI) could soon support craft enterprises.
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The market is changing:
Industrial value creation is becoming a service model
In the German industry, there is a fundamental change in how value is created; from products to services. There is a demand for innovative business models which require German SMEs to use and market their internal company-specific “service knowledge”…
The task:
To market “service knowledge” for industrial plants
The “service knowledge” required for industrial plants exceeds the knowledge of individual service technicians and also of companies. This, combined with the shortage of skilled workers, means that German small and medium-sized companies will face the enormous challenge of securing their leading edge in the Service sector in the coming years.
Goal 1
AN AI-BASED & CROSS-COMPANY SERVICE PLATFORMS FOR SMES
Service-Meister is to develop an AI-based, cross-plant, cross-department, and cross-company service platform for German SMEs.
Goal 2
TO SUPPORT STAFF
Less-qualified staff are to be enabled to offer complex services with the help of digital guides, such as AI-based ServiceBots and Smart Services.
Goal 3
TO ENABLE CROSS-COMPANY “SERVICE”
Digital service knowledge will enable cross-company scalability of service on a single platform.
Goal 4
TO STAY COMPETITIVE
IN SPITE OF THE SHORTAGE OF SKILLED WORKERS
A service ecosystem will evolve from the cross-company scaling which will combat the skills shortage in Germany and will keep German SMEs competitive in the long-term.
Workshops for your business…
The Consortium
eco – Association of the Internet Industry
Lead
Adolf Würth GmbH & Co. KG
Atlas Copco IAS GmbH
Beuth University of Applied Science Berlin
Fraunhofer Institute for Software and Systems Engineering ISST
grandcentrix GmbH
inovex GmbH
Institute for Internet Security – if(is)
University of Stuttgart
Karlsruher Service Research Institute (KSRI)
KEB Automation KG
Kompetenznetzwerk Trusted Cloud e. V.
KROHNE Messtechnik GmbH
TRUMPF Werkzeugmaschinen GmbH + Co. KG
