Annual Report 2024

Azure AI helps Bechtle customers quickly configure AI apps to automatically filter job applications or summarise patient data using AI assistants. Text-to-SQL supports the generation of queries to databases from natural language texts and the return of meaningful answers, allowing hospital staff to access expertise without the need for any IT knowledge.

Bechtle is supporting Stuttgart Airport as it evaluates the added value generated by Microsoft Copilot so it can be rolled out in those areas that will be most beneficial to its employees. The project is designed to identify and utilise specific AI applications, develop digital skills, optimise the quality of work and boost satisfaction among customers and staff. The aim is for AI to bolster competitiveness and enhance working conditions.

In collaboration with VIVALDI Digital Solutions, Bechtle has developed AI-based image recognition to automate quality control in the automotive industry. It enables the precise detection of surface defects and allows end-to-end component tracking, which allows errors in production processes and the supply chain to be rectified quicker. The solution is scalable and can be used in a whole host of manufacturing companies.

Bechtle is expanding its membership in the Innovation Park Artificial Intelligence (IPAI), cementing its position within Europe’s AI ecosystem. The partnership fosters collaboration on real-world AI solutions as well as the evaluation of emerging technologies. By interlinking science and research fields, we are driving innovative projects, creating added value for our customers and actively shaping the digital transformation.

With the help of satellite images, Bechtle is collaborating with the non-profit, MI4People, and AI specialists at Alexander Thamm GmbH, to identify marine litter. At the Bechtle lab in Bremen, powerful hardware and a Kubernetes cluster identify real time litter pollution levels in our oceans using an interactive map. Research institutions, environmental protection organisations and authorities can use it to carry out targeted investigations and launch countermeasures.

Bechtle is a majority stakeholder in Rostock-based Planet AI—a leader in AI-based document processing. Its IDA software suite uses large language models to capture, classify and analyse data in unstructured documents, even those written in difficult-to-read handwriting. IDA delivers contextually relevant information and is used by banks, public authorities, and software manufacturers. Planet AI is a research partner of the University of Rostock.