Ducker Carlisle announced a SparkWise Data and AI service that combines the firm's 30+ years of industry-specific consulting experience with leading-edge data management and AI knowhow to drive new cost and operational efficiencies for corporate clients and OEM aftersales departments. Focusing on strategy and solutions, the SparkWise Data & AI service leverages Ducker Carlisle's extensive knowledge of the automotive, heavy equipment, building and construction, industrial and materials industries; aftersales teams in those industries; and private equity firms' portfolio clients in the same business sectors.
"Successful AI implementation requires more than technology expertise. It's a strategic effort that optimizes results only if it's built on a deep understanding and alignment with the client's particular business needs, objectives, operations and challenges," said Paul Gurizzian, Ducker Carlisle CEO in a press release. "Pairing our decades of consulting work in specific industry sectors with the skills of AI experts who have experience in those same sectors enables us to deliver what we call 'True Impact AI' that drives meaningful benefits to the bottom line."
Services include:
- Identification of the best AI, GenAI, data monetization and automation use cases and roadmap for each client, based on market-specific insights developed over decades of business consulting as well as expert analysis of feasibility, costs, implementation timelines and potential ROI
- Data quality evaluation, cleansing and management to support AI deployments, including data mapping across disparate systems, centralization of diverse data types into data lakes or lake houses, and establishment of data governance programs
- AI solution, tool development and implementation by Ducker Carlisle's dedicated data and AI team in the U.S., Europe and India
- Building strong AI cultures through acculturation sessions, training, workshops, hackathons and conferences.
This suite of data and AI services helps clients automate manual tasks, reduce costs, accelerate sales growth, enhance productivity, and drive other business improvements.
Sample applications include streamlining RFP preparation, establishing AI-powered multi-channel booking agents, deploying an intelligent spare parts recommendation agent, implementing demand forecasting, introducing AI-driven pricing and much more – all advancing clients' ability to optimize costs and gain competitive advantage.
