Introduction to the innovative world of wattline
The energy purchasing company wattline stands for innovation and progress in the energy market. Since 1999, the company has been a pioneer, actively shaping the liberalized energy market. The integration of artificial intelligence from 2024 onwards has the potential to significantly optimize wattline’s internal processes and boost productivity across various departments. Currently, multiple individual AI applications support daily operations in different departments, resulting in remarkable productivity gains and time savings.
From a regional company to a European market presence
With a network of over 29,000 companies, approximately 200 employees, and a purchasing power exceeding two billion euros in energy spendings, the company founded by Harald and Martin Praml has established itself as the first independent energy purchasing company in Germany and Austria. Since its founding, the ambitious goal of wattline has been to provide energy for businesses as a manageable resource rather than an unpredictable risk. wattline aims to take a leading role in the European electricity and gas markets, and therefore leverages innovative technologies. The fundamental idea that collaboration and smart strategies lead to better solutions remains central to the company’s success.
Since its foundation, the company has actively shaped the present and future and remains open to new technologies, as reflected in its strong performance in the energy segment.
Artificial Intelligence as key to efficiency
In 2024, wattline decided to focus on Artificial Intelligence. The collaboration with synsugar has enhanced this dynamic, as both parties prioritize effective cooperation and efficiency. Initial efforts included inspirational talks and workshops that sparked interest and understanding of AI within the company. From there, interest and acquired AI competencies organically expanded across several departments.
The newly established internal AI community further allows employees to exchange experiences and developments in artificial intelligence. In this setting, wattline and synsugar frequently engage in mutual knowledge exchange. Additionally, synsugar continuously supports wattline with up-to-date information and training, familiarizing employees with both the possibilities and limitations of AI technology.
Further inspiration through an AI keynote
In September 2024, the topic of Artificial Intelligence was highlighted during wattline's forward-thinking and innovation-driven 25th-anniversary celebration through an inspiring keynote by Sarah, as synsugar's representative. The keynote aimed to encourage attendees to harness AI opportunities proactively and contribute to its development.
This focus, along with wattline’s general openness to new technologies, underlines the role of the energy purchasing group as an active player in the present and future while emphasizing the innovative spirit that has been integral to wattline’s success from the beginning.
Custom AI apps facilitate daily processes at wattline
Beyond the keynote, the collaboration with synsugar in the second half of 2024 particularly emphasized the development of bespoke AI applications tailored to wattline’s needs. One example is a specialized tool that enables structured extraction of data from PDF documents. This application saves the energy purchasing department both time and resources by efficiently capturing relevant data and preparing it for future analysis.
Additionally, an assistant is used to process EDIFACT messages, which extracts relevant information from the data in electricity meter and presents them in an organized manner for employees. This solution reduces manual transcription errors and simplifies the onboarding process for new employees dealing with the complex EDIFACT format.
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