The AI technology keeping core industries running – powering energy supply, stocking Your favourite retail stores, and assessing emergency medical issues
AI is on the forefront of many decision-making processes whether we know it or not and supporting every industry in some way or another. While there is certainly recognizable fatigue around AI stories in the media, credit is now due for some industry use cases leading the way as we move out of the “trough of disillusionment”.
These use cases are present and rising, proving the worth of AI across multiple industries, and we are witnessing this first-hand across IBA focused industries such as Retail, Manufacturing, and Emergency/Medical Services.
So, what are some advancing use cases across these three core industries of effective AI-powered technologies?
1. The new AI fashionista stocking Retail
Supply chain management is somewhat monotonous yet a key industry function for consideration for any retailer, and AI software’s for managing stock and further predicting trends helps retailers stay on top of inventory. Looking for your favourite pair of Levi jeans that are your size, cut, style, and colour? Look no further—AI is the new fashionista supporting your favourite retailers! Behold SAS Analytics!
SAS Analytics are an AI-powered support system that cater to supplier-consumer demand signals and gear preferences into supply chain management. Retailers equipped with this intelligent software are able to have optimized plans and predictive sales opportunities highlighted with an overall smarter supply chain and demand management.
2. A close AI eye on energy asset maintenance
Energy and utilities is a core industry that faces a severe labor shortage crisis while talent scarcity is on the constant rise in the U.S. Many roles are considered hazardous or repetitive – think of the three D’s; dull, dirty, and dangerous – and can lead to an under supply of available labor, especially those with the engineering and maintenance skills to repair critical machinery across vast distribution networks and isolated locations such as offshore oil rigs.
Oil and gas operations are a specialty that need an extremely close-eye evaluation when it comes to predictive maintenance. So, Shell did just that and partnered with C3 AI. C3 AI helped change the oil and gas production game in deploying large-scale predictive maintenance programs using AI to optimize staff time and avoid safety hazards, production downtime, and costly maintenance.
3. The AI first responder assessing Emergency/Medical Services
AI technologies come in especially handy for supporting high-stress high-demand environments such as emergency and medical services. Hospitals are already understaffed and overfilled. But what if there was a way to accelerate triage and keep all hands-on deck? Your appointment is booked—meet Doctor AI Visiba.
With Visiba, there is a solution! Visiba is a remote consultation notably on the NHS 111 line allowing patients to skip the drab with initial history talking to non-clinical health advisors and for healthcare professionals to have access to assessed records prioritised.
The system also provides catered diagnostics freeing up wards and reducing any unnecessary crowds in hospitals. Sometimes healthcare professionals need a helping hand to treat the pressing demand of patients.
AI is impacting everyday life as we know it
While AI continues to face judgement day, real use cases are emerging that enhance everyday life practices in industries across functions we wouldn’t always expect it to work in conjunction with. While the problems are there, AI will continue to evolve to solve them!
Daniel Bellamy is PR Executive at IBA International.
