Data Analytics, BI, & AI
Leading the future with data-driven decisions
We help you ensure that the right data & analytics tools are selected to collect, process and interpret information effectively. By taking a tailored, cross-functional approach to tackling complex challenges, we leverage advanced analytics to help companies with data-driven decision-making.
Tailored data, analytics and AI solutions
Data is transforming how businesses operate, offering endless opportunities to boost efficiency, unlock growth, and promote sustainability. At AFRY, we are dedicated to driving innovation and helping businesses confidently shape the future. By harnessing the power of data analytics, business intelligence, and artificial intelligence, we deliver tailored solutions that align seamlessly with your goals and strategy.
Leveraging the latest advancements in industrial digitalisation, our specialists combine cutting-edge insights with practical experience to drive optimal outcomes for your operations and business success. By combining modern technology with deep industry knowledge, we solve complex challenges and deliver actionable insights.
We provide holistic solutions at the intersection of strategy, industry expertise, and cutting-edge technologies, to support our clients within all sectors. From streamlining processes and reducing costs to enhancing customer satisfaction and boosting revenue, our technology-agnostic approach ensures you have the flexibility to choose the tools and platforms that best suit your needs.
Whether you're just starting out or advancing in your data maturity journey, AFRY provides end-to-end support and unmatched domain expertise across sectors such as infrastructure, industry, and energy. Our solutions are designed to be adaptable, forward-thinking, and seamlessly aligned with your unique business strategy and goals. Together, we transform raw data into a competitive edge, driving meaningful change, improving efficiency, and supporting sustainable growth.
Our strength lies in our people
Our teams include strategy and business consultants, data analysts, data scientists, data engineers and architects, AI and machine learning engineers, and full-stack developers, all working together to create meaningful impact with data.
Alongside this, AFRY’s expansive network of 19,000 professionals in design, engineering, and digitalisation offer unparalleled support, ensuring you benefit from the combined strength of a truly collaborative, innovation-driven organisation.
Together, we provide the perfect blend of technical expertise and industry insight to help your business thrive in a competitive market.
AFRY has expertise within:
- Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning
- Business Intelligence
- Data Journey (Collect, Visualise, Analyse)
- Data Analytics & Data Transformation
- Predictive Modelling & Predictive Maintenance
- Computer Vision
- Sensor Fusion and Perception
- Forecasting and Optimisation
- Digital Twins
Our offering includes comprehensive end-to-end solutions
- Strategy and advisory within data and AI
- Analytics and business intelligence (BI)
- Data driven business applications
- Machine learning and data science
- Data platforms, ETL, cloudification
- Infrastructure
- LLMs, chatbots, GPT, AI agents
Develop a comprehensive data roadmap with expert guidance. We help you define and execute your data and strategy vision and development roadmap, ensuring alignment with your business objectives and market trends. From data management and architecture to governance and competence center, we integrate data into the fabric of your organisation to build a strong, data-driven culture. Our services also include current state analysis, project management and change management.
We provide business intelligence and analytics solutions that enable you to make data-driven decisions, improve performance, and enhance client satisfaction. Turn raw data into actionable insights via tailored dashboards, workflows, and analytics tools. Reduce costs and improve operational performance with analytics solutions designed for your business needs.
We deliver custom-made web solutions that seamlessly integrate with data, analytics, and AI offerings.
Leverage machine learning models to forecast trends, optimise processes, and automated classifications.
Our secure, scalable cloud platforms enable seamless data and AI integration. From transitioning on-premise systems to the cloud, to stream processing, real-time ETL, architecture design, data modeling, and pipeline management, we provide the expertise and solutions to enhance operations and fuel innovation.
Streamlined infrastructure setup and configuration tailored to your needs. Our solutions include delivery automation, version management, and strategies for cost and resource optimisation, ensuring reliable and efficient operations.
From virtual assistants and customer support to content generation and language translation, LLMs revolutionise how we interact with AI. Whether it’s Chat GPT or other models, we will help you find the best solutions for your needs. We help you create or adapt solutions for accessing your data in a user-friendly way.
Why choose AFRY for your data analytics needs?
Industry context expertise: A deep understanding of the unique challenges within your specific industry sector.
Technology-agnostic approach: We aren’t tied to any specific technology. Our methods ensure scalability and adaptability, leveraging the best solution to fit your needs.
End-to-end solutions: From crafting data strategies to implementing advanced AI models, we seamlessly integrate into your operations. Our solutions support your business strategy and grow alongside your objectives.
Collaborative design: Working with clients as a trusted partner, not just a vendor. We’re interested in learning your business and adapting to your goals.
One stop shop: As a full-scale provider, AFRY can serve as the single point of contact for all your needs. Our teams use a holistic approach, delivering tailored solutions that consider the bigger picture - far beyond what a supplier focused on just one aspect of your operation could offer.
Long term partner: We stay with our clients over time and follow their challenges. Long-term relationships mean that we can offer you better guidance and proactive advice through better understanding your business and operations.
Knowledge about legislation and regulations relevant for your location and type of business.
Real solutions for industry leaders in all sectors
We specialise in the unique complexities of the major industry sectors that AFRY serve - combining data analytics with deep industry insights for unparalleled results. Our work spans a variety of tailored, industry-specific solutions, with some examples listed below.
Energy
- Advancing grid modernisation for smarter, more resilient energy systems.
- Enhancing smart energy management to reduce costs and optimise efficiency.
- Consumption based price optimisation and predictive modelling.
- Increasing power plant efficiency based on the main variables contributing to power generation.
Bioindustry
- Enabling data-driven forestry with detailed, GIS-based management and planning.
- Optimising supply chain operations for greater efficiency and sustainability.
- Improving quality control with data insights to enhance production standards.
Sustainability
- Streamlining ESG reporting with data gathering and automation.
- Improving waste management and optimisation for reduced environmental impact.
- Developing CO2 emission-based product catalogues to drive sustainable choices.
Automotive
- Building state-of-the-art models to forecast misbehaviour in a realtime sensor. The delivered product is applicable to other time-series as well, forecasting far into the future.
- Optimising supply chain operations for greater efficiency and sustainability.
- Optimising and scheduling of production processes to enhance production efficiency.
Life Science
- Tracking of free-falling medicine pellets using a low-cost camera setup. The number of pellets and their properties (shape and size) can then be used to quickly and accurately measure medical dosage.
Telecom
- Improving QA inspections, identifying issues in manufacturing/testing and improving device tests. Enabling clustering of devices based on behaviour, making it easier for the QA to understand the results.
Real Estate
- Employing AI-based decision-making to improve HVAC control and energy (radiator heat and hot water) transfer to residential buildings.
Facts about BI, Data Analytics and AI
Business intelligence, BI, is the first step in using data to create a competitive advantage. BI is the process of storing, cleaning up, and visualise your raw data. This clean data then equips you with a holistic overview of your organisations which enables you to gain comprehensive, valuable, and data-driven insights.
We can help you visualise complex data, allow you to interact with the data, and provide real-time insights to equip you with the right tools to turn your raw data into business value. We can also prepare you for you next step in using data for your business, using Data Analytics.
Data analytics is the process of using simple programs to analyse the data gathered and stored from BI to gain actionable insights into why things happened. Data analytics involves examining data gathered from previous events to identify patterns to explain why a certain behaviour occurred. This analysis of your data then enables you to make quick, effective, and data-driven decisions.
We can help you to understand why events occurred and make the data driven decisions to create more value. This will also prepare you for the next step in your data maturity journey, using AI to predict future events.
Using Artificial Intelligence, AI, in your business is about predicting the future and changing it. The applications of AI in business are vast it can prove to be a tool for forecasting, optimising, or controlling a complicated process. But at the core of AI lies data by which the mission is to help solve both tedious and very complex problems in an intelligent and accurate way.
Leveraging our expertise in the forefront of AI, we can support your business to help you integrate the latest and most advanced AI tools. This will effectively streamline and optimise your operations, propelling your business into the future. Furthermore, our extensive knowledge spans various digital solutions, such as:
- Predictive Maintenance
- Digital Twins
- Computer Vision
- Sensor Fusion and Perception
- Forecasting
- Optimisation
“When making a digital product, things happen at a totally different clock speed than before. What this means is that you must have the right people in place, and that’s where we have been lucky working with the experts from AFRY.”
- Heikki Keskiväli, Fortum
"For us, data analytics is not just an IT job among other jobs, but an already actualised competitive advantage, which enables Renta to grow at record speed into one of the leading machine rental companies in Northern Europe.”
– Joel Särkkä, CIO, Renta Group
“AFRY's consultants know our operations almost as well as our own employees. This understanding has a huge impact on the efficiency of development work and the achievement of business benefits.”
- Mikko Saavalainen, Chief Digital Officer, Hansel
