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Advian leads the way in Additive Manufacturing post-processing automation - participates in the €3.9 million AMAze project

janne.honkonen@advian.fi (Janne Honkonen | CEO, Founder) — Tue, 14 May 2024 21:00:00 GMT

The AMAze project, with a budget of €3.9 million, endeavors to enhance Additive Manufacturing (AM) facilities' production capacity. It aims to achieve this by pioneering innovative solutions in post-process automation, quality control automation, part traceability, and data management.

Being a Lead Technical Advisor – An interview with Rambo

Eero — Mon, 07 Aug 2023 21:00:00 GMT

He is known as Eero af Heurlin, but his friends fondly refer to him as Rambo. Hardware design, electronics, 3D modelling, robotics... Rambo does it all. Working alongside the Edge AI team, Rambo collaborates on diverse industrial projects, aiming to enhance and automate quality assurance processes.

Advian announces partnership with Databricks

Advian — Thu, 02 Mar 2023 22:00:00 GMT

Today, we are excited to announce the news: Advian has officially partnered with Databricks, the data and AI company, to drive business value by unifying data and artificial intelligence (AI). Databricks' Lakehouse Platform provides services that enable our customers to handle all of their data-related needs, including analytics, artificial intelligence, and machine learning, on a single platform.

Streamlining Turku Energia's customer connection process with Data Management

Advian — Mon, 20 Jun 2022 21:00:00 GMT

The connection process of Turku Energia’s new customers to their district heating system was made more efficient, reliable, and systematic with a Data Management solution. The renewed process adds transparency and saves time, costs, and improves the quality of Turku Energia's services.

Automating Ukko’s receipts accounting with Machine Learning

Advian — Thu, 26 May 2022 21:00:00 GMT

Advian’s Senior Data Scientist Matti Karppanen streamlined the accounting of Ukko’s customers’ receipts using Machine Learning. The automatisation resulted in time and cost savings, as well as freed a team of accountants for other essential tasks.

How to ace your technical interview – 5 tips from Advian's recruiter

Advian — Thu, 31 Mar 2022 21:00:00 GMT

An interview for your dream job can be nerve-racking, but with good preparation you are well on your way to landing that job. Being well prepared and knowing what to expect is key. Advian's GIS Data Architect and recruiter Arsi Juote is sharing his do's and don'ts for acing your next technical interview for an IT company. Check out these 5 useful tips below!

A groundbreaking mapping solution – Groundhawk

Advian — Tue, 22 Mar 2022 22:00:00 GMT

Remember those children's “connect-the-dots” games, where you draw lines between numbered dots and as a result you get a cool figure? This is how underground cables are still mapped today. Dots are mapped every 5-10 meters apart, but unlike the figures in children's games, the lines are straight and rough and don’t represent the reality. The mapped lines can be more than 1 meter off from where the cables really are, when at the same time requirements on the equipment and measurements are on centimetre level.

The ROI of Edge AI in industrial production

janne.honkonen@advian.fi (Janne Honkonen | CEO, Founder) — Sun, 28 Nov 2021 22:00:00 GMT

The problem with AI

There is a big problem with AI, and it is the return on investment.

Just look at recent reports or studies – usually AI has not been able to achieve the expectations companies have set, and because of this ROI has been zero or even negative. For example, a study by PwC showed that 76% of organizations are barely breaking even on their AI investments. And only 6% had scaled AI across the entire organization.

What are the reasons behind these miscalculated ROIs? What are the best practices of calculating ROI for AI in industrial production? How can you find use cases more likely to bring in good return on investment?

To avoid speaking too broadly and grouping all type AI together, I will take a closer look on Edge AI investments in industrial production settings.

Crash Course in Tech Consulting – 3 tips to success

Advian — Thu, 18 Nov 2021 22:00:00 GMT

A coffee break topic that we at Advian seem to always come back to is how to become a better consultant. We’ve got techie people and consultants with their own perspectives on the subject, but we've together grown to understand that in many projects “multi-classing” in both consulting and tech skills is a necessity.

Data and emerging technologies - a way to reach climate goals?

Advian — Thu, 28 Oct 2021 21:00:00 GMT

A survey by Taloustutkimus from 2015 shows that most Finnish companies see carbon neutrality and a low carbon footprint as sources of strategic competitiveness and as significant factors for their operating environment. Moreover, sustainable production and the transparency of the entire product lifecycle have become requirements by customers, investors, and other stakeholders.

Why do data and new technologies, such as machine learning, edge computing, and artificial intelligence, have a significant role in achieving climate goals? How can you develop better metrics and analytics to reach your targets?