Artificial intelligence

AI & Data

Select AI use cases by value, data availability and risk, and deliver them with the controls your organisation requires.

Overview

ATAM selects AI use cases by expected value, data availability and risk. The aim is better-informed decisions and fewer manual tasks.

Solutions combine a secure knowledge assistant, document processing, process agents, forecasting and anomaly detection, computer vision and digital twins, with the access controls and approvals each organisation requires.

AI for enterprise processes

Each use case is paired with an indicator, so value is measured rather than assumed.

Knowledge assistant

Search policies, contracts, procedures and manuals, with answers traced to their sources. Measured by search time and correctly sourced answers.

Document processing

Invoices, supplier files, forms and meeting records: OCR, classification, field and table extraction, consistency checks against ERP data and human review of exceptions. Measured by time per file and correction rate.

Process agents

Prepare files and follow up exceptions and requests under business controls. Measured by tasks completed and escalations required.

Forecasting and anomalies

Demand, inventory, cash flow and operational deviations, compared with a baseline method. Measured by forecast error and relevant alerts.

Computer vision

Visual inspection, counting and quality control. Measured by precision and false positives.

Digital twins

Asset modelling and scenario simulation, with the assumptions behind each scenario made explicit. Measured by better decisions and the gap between simulation and reality.

The secure knowledge assistant

Conversational access to authorised information, with verifiable answers. Deliverables: qualified corpus, selected connectors, integrated assistant, evaluation report and operating guide.

Connected sources

Internal documents, knowledge bases and business applications, with indexing, metadata, source versions and planned updates.

Retrieval-augmented generation

RAG retrieves relevant passages before generating an answer. The assistant cites its sources and flags when information is insufficient.

User-level access

Document permissions apply to both search and answers, so confidential information remains within its authorised scope.

Evaluation and use

Representative test questions in Arabic, English and French as needed, to measure relevance, accuracy, appropriate refusals, latency and cost per query.

AI agents managed under business controls

Automate repetitive work while retaining control of sensitive decisions. Indicators: completed tasks, justified blocks, correction rate and time saved after review effort.

Defined missions

Each agent has a limited objective, authorised tools and business context, such as preparing a request, checking a file or suggesting an action.

Minimum permissions

Access through a dedicated service account with volume, time and spending limits. Every action remains observable and attributable.

Approvals and exceptions

Mandatory human approval for payments, commitments, deletions and critical changes, with escalation of conflicts, uncertainty or missing data.

Security and stop controls

Protection against malicious instructions embedded in documents, tested tools and logged execution, with controlled stopping and recovery.

The AI delivery lifecycle

Production readiness depends on clear acceptance criteria, not just a successful demonstration. Each stage ends with an explicit gate.

  1. Scoping

    Use case, users, value, constraints and risks. Gate: sponsor, business owner and baseline indicator.

  2. Preparation

    Data rights and quality, samples, and separation of training and test data. Gate: usable data and a representative evaluation set.

  3. Build

    Prototype, integration and access controls. Gate: documented business, security and performance tests.

  4. Pilot

    Limited use with error observation. Gate: target thresholds met and exceptions controlled.

  5. Production rollout

    Monitoring, costs, versions and support. Gate: a service owner and a rollback procedure.

  6. Improvement

    Drift monitoring and periodic reassessment. Gate: a decision to retain, modify or retire the model.

Responsible and secure AI

Controls are part of the design from the start, not added afterwards.

  • Models start in observation mode and are validated with site experts before any automation that affects operations.
  • Financial, contractual and sensitive documents keep the approval controls defined by the client.
  • AI security is assessed as part of the programme, covering models, data, agents and tool interfaces, with safeguards that are tested.
  • Economic value compares observed gains with the full cost and change effort over the same scope.

Your next digital programme

A business workshop to define priorities, solution scope and measurable results.