How artificial intelligence is becoming tangible for micro and small businesses and making traditional trades fit for the digital future.
Digitalization is no longer a foreign concept in the skilled trades, but the path from theory to practice is often long. This is precisely where an innovative AI showroom for craft businesses comes in and plays a key role in increasing the competitiveness of companies. By making artificial intelligence understandable and tangible, the project helps micro and small enterprises in particular to recognize the concrete benefits of digital transformation for their own business.
The practical experience in the showroom creates trust and lowers inhibitions towards new technologies. The result: more efficient work processes, less administrative work and more space for the actual craft.
The project at a glance
- Customer type: SMEs (micro-enterprises with 1-9 employees)
- Industry: Craft / Trade
- Focus: Practical AI applications & digital transformation
- Goal: Reducing prejudices and increasing process efficiency
Challenges
The biggest obstacle to the introduction of AI in the skilled trades is not a lack of potential, but the gap between technical theory and practical application. Many companies are hesitant because they lack concrete, tangible examples for their specific day-to-day work.
Traditional presentations and purely theoretical explanations often do not reach craftsmen. The challenge was therefore to develop a format that:
- reduces skepticism and arouses genuine curiosity.
- Creates a direct link to daily processes such as quotation preparation, project planning and customer service.
- Finding the right balance between technical depth and low-threshold accessibility.
- Different trades united under a uniform, practice-oriented narrative.
The solutions
To close these gaps, an experience-oriented format was created in which craftspeople can experiment independently. The AI showroom acts as a living laboratory for digital transformation.
Practical innovation for operational success In terms of implementation, the showroom offers concrete scenarios that directly relieve the burden on everyday working life:
- Automation in the office: from intelligent quotation preparation to optimized scheduling.
- Efficient resource planning: AI-supported material planning and visualization for more precise project execution.
- Platform for knowledge transfer: The showroom serves as a cooperation platform for exchange between companies, chambers of trade and research.
Overall, the showroom enables craft businesses not only to embrace innovation, but also to use it as a productivity-enhancing tool. This enables companies to attract new customer groups, develop additional service models and increase their turnover in a sustainable way.
