Economic, commercial and labour affairs
This sector tackles the challenges of economic, commercial, and labor affairs, emphasizing improvements in communication, data processing, and process automation.
Countries face unique hurdles in these areas; for instance, businesses in Austria are seeking ways to navigate through crises like the corona pandemic, while in Finland, the complexities of setting up a business or understanding labor laws and taxes pose significant challenges. In France, companies struggle to detect early signs of business problems which can lead to larger issues if unaddressed.
These examples underline the pressing need for better tools and methods to support businesses in managing risks, ensuring compliance, and optimizing processes. Through AI-driven initiatives, there is a promising path forward to enhance the efficiency of economic activities and labor processes, making them more adaptable to changing environments and more supportive of overall business health and compliance.
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Industries
Together with our customers, we are redefining how businesses, governments, and healthcare institutions operate.
Public Sector
The right digital tools applied properly can dramatically transform citizen-government interaction, changing the way societies work. We provide end-to-end transformations, starting from scratch and providing service over the entire product life. We speak policy and strategy. We consult, draft legislation, provide impact analysis, design organizations, build capacity, develop cyber resilience, and create digital products and services, all of which culminate in value for citizens.
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Healthcare
An aging population coupled with higher expectations from patients means governments and healthcare providers struggle to offer access to affordable and high-quality healthcare. Our digital healthcare solutions fundamentally transform doctor-patient interactions, while making more efficient use of taxpayers’ resources.
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Financial Services and Insurance
Change in the financial services sector is constantly accelerating at every level: with customer behavior, macroeconomics, as well as regulatory and technological levels. We help finance organizations build and modernize their core technology and services for scalability, agility, and regulatory compliance, while meeting the changing security, data governance, and quality policies.
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Industry
Digitized business means employing data to increase turnover, improve production, reduce waste, and allow expansion to new business models. We are forerunners in leveraging operational technology with hybrid cloud and data-driven solutions in manufacturing, logistics, and construction.
Industry
Energy and Resources
Technology is ushering energy industries into a new era. Automation leads to lower costs, new efficiencies, sustainability, and productivity. Our pace-layered approach brings value beyond solving the immediate problem, creating backbone solutions to handle massive numbers of transactions, creating differentiation, and giving our clients a competitive edge, all the while supporting innovation and new services.
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Consumer
The modern consumer is not easy to satisfy. Whatever your electronic platform, seamless interactions are now a requirement for both internal and external users. Our wide variety of industry experience in digital commerce, coupled with extreme depth in interoperability, electronic identity, and service design, puts us in a unique position to offer flexible and agile solutions that scale with your business.
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Telecommunications, Media and Entertainment
For over 20 years we’ve worked with the world’s top telecommunication companies to create and implement new products into both back-end technology and customer-facing storefronts. Our certified engineers and professionals are not believers in one-size-fits-all products, and our full-lifecycle, holistic approach has delivered custom solutions to help our clients thrive in one of the world’s most competitive sectors.
Learn moreEnhancing Traffic Safety and Accident Prevention
This use case focuses on projects dedicated to enhancing traffic safety and accident prevention, addressing a range of pressing challenges faced on the roads. Efforts are underway to combat the issue of speeding and reduce the frequence of road accidents. Portugal is grappling with the challenge of ensuring trains align properly with station platforms, enhancing safety for commuters. Meanwhile, other projects actively working on initiatives to reduce driver errors that often result in accidents, promoting safer roads for all. Other projects are tackling the problem of timely road damage identification and repair, aiming to minimize hazards for drivers. Additionally, Belgium for instance is developing strategies to effectively manage road conditions during winter, mitigating risks associated with slippery roads. Each of these projects contributes to the overarching goal of creating safer roadways and more secure transportation systems, ultimateyl striving for fewer accidents and smoother journeys for everyone.
Projects
Discover innovative solutions to make roads safer and journeys smoother.
ID | Problem | Solution | AI Classification | Location |
001 | The roads get slippery in winter and it's hard to decided when and how much to spread salt to prevent this | A tool that helps keep roads safe during winter by suggesting when and how to spread anti-ice materials | Reasoning, Automated reasoning, Planning and Scheduling | Germany |
002 |
E-scooter riders have safety issues while riding in the city | Improving safety of small transport vehicles using computer vision | Perception, Computer Vision, Machine Learning | Germany |
003 |
People make mistakes while driving which can lead to accidents | An aid to make driving safer and more efficient by predicting and suggesting optimal actions | Perception, Computer Vision, Machine Learning | Germany |
004 | Roads get damaged and it's hard to find and fix the damage quickly | A tool that assesses road conditions to prevent damage | Perception, Computer Vision, Machine Learning | Germany |
005 | People drive too fast and have accidents on the road | Improving road safety by monitoring vehicle details and speed | Perception, Computer Vision, Machine Learning | Germany |
Enhancing Traffic Safety and Accident Prevention
This use case focuses on projects dedicated to enhancing traffic safety and accident prevention, addressing a range of pressing challenges faced on the roads. Efforts are underway to combat the issue of speeding and reduce the frequence of road accidents. Portugal is grappling with the challenge of ensuring trains align properly with station platforms, enhancing safety for commuters. Meanwhile, other projects actively working on initiatives to reduce driver errors that often result in accidents, promoting safer roads for all. Other projects are tackling the problem of timely road damage identification and repair, aiming to minimize hazards for drivers. Additionally, Belgium for instance is developing strategies to effectively manage road conditions during winter, mitigating risks associated with slippery roads. Each of these projects contributes to the overarching goal of creating safer roadways and more secure transportation systems, ultimateyl striving for fewer accidents and smoother journeys for everyone.
Projects
Discover innovative solutions to make roads safer and journeys smoother.
ID | Problem | Solution | AI Classification | Location |
001 | The roads get slippery in winter and it's hard to decided when and how much to spread salt to prevent this | A tool that helps keep roads safe during winter by suggesting when and how to spread anti-ice materials | Reasoning, Automated reasoning, Planning and Scheduling | Germany |
002 |
E-scooter riders have safety issues while riding in the city | Improving safety of small transport vehicles using computer vision | Perception, Computer Vision, Machine Learning | Germany |
003 |
People make mistakes while driving which can lead to accidents | An aid to make driving safer and more efficient by predicting and suggesting optimal actions | Perception, Computer Vision, Machine Learning | Germany |
004 | Roads get damaged and it's hard to find and fix the damage quickly | A tool that assesses road conditions to prevent damage | Perception, Computer Vision, Machine Learning | Germany |
005 | People drive too fast and have accidents on the road | Improving road safety by monitoring vehicle details and speed | Perception, Computer Vision, Machine Learning | Germany |
Enhancing Traffic Safety and Accident Prevention
This use case focuses on projects dedicated to enhancing traffic safety and accident prevention, addressing a range of pressing challenges faced on the roads. Efforts are underway to combat the issue of speeding and reduce the frequence of road accidents. Portugal is grappling with the challenge of ensuring trains align properly with station platforms, enhancing safety for commuters. Meanwhile, other projects actively working on initiatives to reduce driver errors that often result in accidents, promoting safer roads for all. Other projects are tackling the problem of timely road damage identification and repair, aiming to minimize hazards for drivers. Additionally, Belgium for instance is developing strategies to effectively manage road conditions during winter, mitigating risks associated with slippery roads. Each of these projects contributes to the overarching goal of creating safer roadways and more secure transportation systems, ultimateyl striving for fewer accidents and smoother journeys for everyone.
Projects
Discover innovative solutions to make roads safer and journeys smoother.
ID | Problem | Solution | AI Classification | Location |
001 | The roads get slippery in winter and it's hard to decided when and how much to spread salt to prevent this | A tool that helps keep roads safe during winter by suggesting when and how to spread anti-ice materials | Reasoning, Automated reasoning, Planning and Scheduling | Germany |
002 |
E-scooter riders have safety issues while riding in the city | Improving safety of small transport vehicles using computer vision | Perception, Computer Vision, Machine Learning | Germany |
003 |
People make mistakes while driving which can lead to accidents | An aid to make driving safer and more efficient by predicting and suggesting optimal actions | Perception, Computer Vision, Machine Learning | Germany |
004 | Roads get damaged and it's hard to find and fix the damage quickly | A tool that assesses road conditions to prevent damage | Perception, Computer Vision, Machine Learning | Germany |
005 | People drive too fast and have accidents on the road | Improving road safety by monitoring vehicle details and speed | Perception, Computer Vision, Machine Learning | Germany |
Enhancing Traffic Safety and Accident Prevention
This use case focuses on projects dedicated to enhancing traffic safety and accident prevention, addressing a range of pressing challenges faced on the roads. Efforts are underway to combat the issue of speeding and reduce the frequence of road accidents. Portugal is grappling with the challenge of ensuring trains align properly with station platforms, enhancing safety for commuters. Meanwhile, other projects actively working on initiatives to reduce driver errors that often result in accidents, promoting safer roads for all. Other projects are tackling the problem of timely road damage identification and repair, aiming to minimize hazards for drivers. Additionally, Belgium for instance is developing strategies to effectively manage road conditions during winter, mitigating risks associated with slippery roads. Each of these projects contributes to the overarching goal of creating safer roadways and more secure transportation systems, ultimateyl striving for fewer accidents and smoother journeys for everyone.
Projects
Discover innovative solutions to make roads safer and journeys smoother.
ID | Problem | Solution | AI Classification | Location |
001 | The roads get slippery in winter and it's hard to decided when and how much to spread salt to prevent this | A tool that helps keep roads safe during winter by suggesting when and how to spread anti-ice materials | Reasoning, Automated reasoning, Planning and Scheduling | Germany |
002 |
E-scooter riders have safety issues while riding in the city | Improving safety of small transport vehicles using computer vision | Perception, Computer Vision, Machine Learning | Germany |
003 |
People make mistakes while driving which can lead to accidents | An aid to make driving safer and more efficient by predicting and suggesting optimal actions | Perception, Computer Vision, Machine Learning | Germany |
004 | Roads get damaged and it's hard to find and fix the damage quickly | A tool that assesses road conditions to prevent damage | Perception, Computer Vision, Machine Learning | Germany |
005 | People drive too fast and have accidents on the road | Improving road safety by monitoring vehicle details and speed | Perception, Computer Vision, Machine Learning | Germany |
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Use cases
Use cases in this sector improve processes in economics and labor affairs. The focus is on communication, data processing, and process automation.
Business support and risk management
Business support and risk management
This use case tackles projects that aim to support businesses and manage risks, addressing a multitude of challenges that companies face.
In Austria, for instance, companies are seeking guidance on how to navigate the corona crisis. Meanwhile, in Finland, people are struggling to understand the process of setting up a company or understanding work-related taxes and immigration rules. Another challenge being addressed is in France, where companies are finding it difficult to identify early signs of business problems.
These projects are working towards improving communication between businesses and governments, providing answers to pressing questions, and making predictions for business-related topics. Each initiative is a step towards creating a more supportive and risk-aware business environment.
Projects
Discover innovative solutions that support businesses and help them manage risks.
ID | Problem | Solution | Location |
725 | There is no clear way to track and understand how a certain system is being used by different institutions. | An aid to monitor and guide the use of a digital information system. | Estonia |
2 | Companies have questions about dealing with the corona crisis. | A tool that answers questions about crisis management for businesses. | Austria |
36 |
People have difficulties in understanding the process of setting up a company. |
Help to answer questions about starting a business. | Finland |
40 |
People from other countries have difficulties understanding work related taxes, immigration and business registration rules in a new country. |
An assistant that answers questions about taxes, immigration and business registration' | Finland |
43 |
Companies struggle to identify early signs of business problems. |
An aid to identify and support struggling businesses early. | France |
47 |
People have too many questions and there are not enough helpers to answer them all. |
An assistant that answers questions and solves problems for small businesses. | France |
63 |
People have questions about how to register their businesses. |
An assistant that answers questions about starting a business. | Latvia |
89 |
Companies have difficulty staying financially stable and risk going bankrupt. |
Predicting which businesses might struggle financially. | Norway |
128 |
People are not getting jobs because of bias in the hiring process. |
A tool that helps to choose the best job applicants fairly. | Sweden |
156 |
When accidents happen at work, it's hard to figure out if someone else should be responsible for it. |
An AI tool that predicts the success of insurance claims for workplace accidents. | Germany |
274 |
Craftsmen struggle to choose the best location for their business. |
Guide to choose the best location for a craftsman's business. | France |
276 |
Foreign investments might present risks to a country's economy. |
Identify potential risks in foreign investments. | France |
302 |
People have questions about business transfers. |
An assistant that answers questions about business transfers. | Netherlands |
491 |
Businesses struggle to analyze and understand their data. |
Improving business decisions through data analysis. | Portugal |
542 |
Companies struggle to monitor and manage all their resources in real time. |
A system that monitors and manages all company resources in real time. | Italy |
579 |
People have trouble predicting if a sale event will happen and be successful. |
Predicting the success of a bidding process. | Ukraine |
649 |
People have difficulty with the process of registering a business. |
A helper that assists in business registration tasks. | Latvia |
651 |
Employees struggle to confirm their employment status quickly and easily. |
An automated helper that confirms employment status. | Norway |
Control and develop the use of AI
Control and develop the use of AI
This use case tackles projects that aid in the development and regulation of artificial intelligence, addressing a multitude of challenges.
In Germany, for instance, there's a struggle with human errors in programming, which these projects aim to minimize. In Finland, the difficulty and potential risks involved in creating and improving learning machines are being addressed. Another challenge being tackled is the need for secure and legal data storage and processing for digital assistants.
Each of these projects is a step towards a future where artificial intelligence is more reliable, accessible, and trusted, ultimately leading to a more technologically advanced society.
Projects
Discover innovative solutions for aiding the development and regulation of artificial intelligence.
ID | Problem | Solution | Location |
852 | People in public sector jobs need training to understand and use artificial intelligence. | An online platform for training and idea sharing to implement AI strategies. | Germany |
169 | People make mistakes when they write computer programs. | An automated tool to find and fix errors in computer programs. | Germany |
196 | Making and improving machines that learn is hard and can be risky. | Improving the process of creating and managing machine learning models. | Finland |
511 | There is a need for a new, innovative solution. | A tool that tests and improves new AI technologies. | Portugal |
540 |
Digital assistants need a safe and legal place to store and process data. |
Creating a safe digital space for using AI assistants in administration. | Germany |
551 |
People struggle to use and access technology for planning purposes. |
Creating a guide to use AI for planning and decision-making. | France |
552 |
There is a need for advanced technology in the media sector. |
Improving media sector with ethical AI technology. | Greece |
554 |
People need help to trust decisions made by artificial intelligence. |
Creating a reliable AI system that is safe and beneficial for humans. | Sweden |
Financial management and compliance
Financial management and compliance
This use case tackles projects that aim to simplify financial management and ensure compliance, addressing the challenges faced by individuals and businesses alike. A common issue is the difficulty people face in paying their taxes on time, as seen in the Netherlands.
The projects in this use case are designed to identify financial risks and suggest solutions, making it easier for people to manage their finances and meet their tax obligations. By leveraging AI, these projects are paving the way for more efficient financial management systems, ultimately helping individuals and businesses to stay compliant and avoid penalties.
Projects
Discover innovative solutions that simplify financial management and ensure compliance.
ID | Problem | Solution | Location |
317 |
People have difficulty paying their taxes on time. |
An aid to identify financial risks and suggest solutions. | Netherlands |
Improving consumer protection
Improving consumer protection
This use case tackles projects that aim to enhance consumer protection, addressing a variety of challenges.
In France, for instance, there's a struggle to protect consumers from unfair contract terms, and ensuring food places meet safety standards through regular inspections. In Sweden, they are working on clarifying procurement material to prevent misunderstandings among bidders. Meanwhile, in Estonia, projects are focusing on resolving issues customers face with products or services they purchase.
Each of these initiatives is a step towards ensuring a safer and fairer marketplace for consumers.
Projects
Discover innovative solutions that enhance consumer protection.
ID | Problem | Solution | Location |
693 | Customers face problems with products or services they purchase. | A system to safeguard consumer rights and regulate technical standards. | Estonia |
278 |
Consumers are not protected from unfair contract terms. | An AI tool that ensures consumer protection by identifying unfair terms in contracts. | France |
287 | Food places might not meet safety standards and need inspections. | Improve the selection of businesses for inspection based on customer feedback. | France |
582 | Bidders often misunderstand the information in the procurement material. | An assistant that checks and clarifies purchase requests to avoid misunderstandings. | Sweden |
Improving data use and information processing
Improving data use and information processing
This use case tackles projects that aim to improve data use and information processing, addressing a myriad of challenges.
In Belgium, for instance, there's a struggle with websites interpreting and reporting data accurately. Meanwhile, businesses in Switzerland are grappling with categorizing their economic activities effectively. Another challenge is in Germany, where people find it difficult to locate specific information within large volumes of text about computer safety. In the Netherlands, the issue of tracking economic growth in crowded cities is being addressed.
Each of these projects is striving to optimize processes through better use of existing data, making information more accessible and understandable for everyone.
Projects
Discover innovative solutions that improve data use and information processing.
ID | Problem | Solution | Location |
11 | The website has difficulty interpreting and reporting data. | Improving website performance using machine learning. | Belgium |
136 |
Businesses have trouble categorizing their economic activities. | An automated system to classify business activities using existing data. | Switzerland |
184 |
People struggle to find specific information in a large amount of text about computer safety. | Improve the quality of search and understanding in IT-Security information. | Germany |
357 | The city is too crowded and it's hard to track its economic growth. | Monitoring city activity for economic development. | Netherlands |
410 | People need information about a specific area but there's too much for them to easily find what they need. | A tool that provides information about a local area. | Poland |
467 | There is a problem with checking the believability of data and its quality. | Improve data quality and speed up checks using machine learning. | Switzerland |
481 | People struggle to organize and find specific documents based on their content. | A tool that groups and stores documents based on their content. | Portugal |
484 | Regulated markets have difficulty analyzing and validating their data. | Improve market analysis using artificial intelligence. | Portugal |
510 | Measurement tools sometimes give incorrect readings. | Predicting the behavior of measuring tools using AI. | Portugal |
553 | People have difficulty understanding and using data about the Earth. | An AI tool that enhances the use of Earth Observation data. | Greece |
561 | There is difficulty in integrating different types of data into systems. | Improving the quality of audio, video and data through artificial intelligence. | Switzerland |
Process optimization through automation
Process optimization through automation
This use case tackles the challenge of process optimization through automation, aiming to alleviate the burden of repetitive tasks in various work environments.
In Sweden, for instance, employees often struggle with time-consuming tasks such as reporting absences, ending employment, booking travel services, and obtaining employer certificates. Similarly, in Portugal, organizations are finding it difficult to manage and control their operations effectively and efficiently. Another example is in Moldova, where there is a struggle in tracking and planning the purchase of goods and services. These projects are leveraging the power of AI to automate these processes, freeing up valuable time and resources.
Each initiative is a step towards a more efficient and productive work environment, demonstrating the transformative potential of AI in the workplace.
Projects
Discover innovative solutions that help alleviate repetitive tasks through automation.
ID | Problem | Solution | Location |
464 | People are spending too much time on repetitive tasks at work. | Freeing up workers' time by automating routine tasks. | Sweden |
465 | Employees struggle with reporting absence, ending employment, booking travel services, and getting employer certificates. | Automating routine tasks in a community service operation. | Sweden |
486 | Organizations struggle to manage and control their operations effectively and efficiently. | Improve public health and consumer protection by automating tasks and optimizing management. | Portugal |
538 | People have difficulty creating and finding solutions for using artificial intelligence in product development. | Creating new products with the help of AI experts and tools. | Germany |
588 | People have to do repetitive tasks at work. | Automating routine tasks to improve efficiency. | Finland |
589 | There is difficulty in tracking and planning the purchase of goods and services. | An automated tool for managing and tracking contracts. | Moldova |
607 | Large floor surfaces are hard to clean frequently and require a lot of human effort. | A robot that cleans large floor surfaces efficiently. | Cyprus |
623 | Government departments have routine tasks that take a lot of time to complete manually. | Automating routine tasks to increase work efficiency. | Ireland |
664 | People have difficulty processing expense claims manually. | Automating the process of handling expense claims. | Norway |
Purchasing and sales platform
Purchasing and sales platform
This use case tackles the challenge of creating a platform for buying and selling high-quality language data for machine learning applications.
The problem lies in the difficulty people face when trying to find reliable and high-quality language data for their machine learning projects. This is a common issue not just in the Netherlands, but globally, as the demand for such data is increasing with the rise of AI and machine learning technologies. The goal of these projects is to create a platform that can bridge this gap, providing a marketplace where high-quality language data can be easily accessed and traded. This will not only streamline the process of data acquisition for machine learning applications but also ensure the data's quality and reliability, leading to more effective and accurate machine learning models.
Projects
Discover innovative solutions that create a platform for buying and selling high-quality language data for machine learning applications.
ID | Problem | Solution | Location |
474 | People struggle to find high-quality language data for machine learning applications. | A platform to buy and sell high-quality language data for learning applications. | Netherlands |
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Nortal is a strategic innovation and technology company with an unparalleled track-record of delivering successful transformation projects over 20 years.
As a valued partner for governments, healthcare institutions, leading businesses, and Fortune 500 companies we deliver value by challenging the status quo and succeeding where legacy firms fail.