AI Technology Analysis

PAN 2 and the Challenge of Predicting What Happens After an Action

PAN 2 and the Challenge of Predicting What Happens After an Action

Imagine a robot considering how to move an object across a crowded table. Before acting, it could try to predict whether its movement would disturb a nearby item. A visual predicti...

AI for Business & Public Governance

Keeping the Whole Warehouse Moving: The Business Case for AI Orchestration

Keeping the Whole Warehouse Moving: The Business Case for AI Orchestration

A warehouse can improve the speed of one activity and still dispatch orders late. Imagine an illustrative operation in which mobile robots d...
The Transformation of Public Financial Management in the Age of Artificial Intelligence

The Transformation of Public Financial Management in the Age of Artificial Intelligence

Public financial management constitutes one of the fundamental institutional systems through which governments translate political prioritie...
From Factory Defects to Better Designs: Where AI Fits in Footwear Manufacturing

From Factory Defects to Better Designs: Where AI Fits in Footwear Manufacturing

A sample shoe can meet its specification and still leave the production team with questions. The sample may have been assembled by a special...
Beyond AI Adoption Rates: How Small Firms Can Test What Improves Their Work

Beyond AI Adoption Rates: How Small Firms Can Test What Improves Their Work

In a small firm, a single customer enquiry can pass through the person who answers the phone, the person who knows how long a job will take ...
From Seeing Shelf Gaps to Fixing Them: What Retail AI Means for Business Operations

From Seeing Shelf Gaps to Fixing Them: What Retail AI Means for Business Operations

A product can be present in a shop’s inventory system and unavailable to the person standing in front of its shelf. A promotional display ca...
AI-Powered Document Management in Public Administration

AI-Powered Document Management in Public Administration

If there is one element that quietly underpins almost every activity within public administration, it is the document. Long before computers...