Intelligent CIO Africa Issue 38 | Page 52

CASE STUDY Marais Neethling, Synthesis AI Evangelist I AM NOT SURPRISED BY HOW SUCCESSFUL THE SOLUTION HAS BEEN BECAUSE I SLEPT, ATE AND DRANK THIS DREAM AND WAS CONFIDENT THAT THIS PROBLEM COULD BE CRACKED. This was a simple yet powerful solution that the users started using and got immediate benefit. This assisted in change management as well. At a later stage, we used an AI model to make sense of the emails and attachments and took the human element out of the value chain.” Bandyopadhyay. “During a peak, the machine can handle the volume of requests and now nothing hinders us from responding to client needs. This will greatly improve client experience and will support our commitment to serving clients. The new system has significantly reduced email processing time, on average from 720 seconds to 28 seconds. “I am not surprised by how successful the solution has been because I slept, ate and drank this dream and was confident that this problem could be cracked. However, I was surprised to see the success rate from day one we went to production. “Clients’ experience will change immensely because now we can work on whatever our clients request immediately,” said “Internally, there has been a very positive response. This solution is now showcased within the group and there are many Results 52 INTELLIGENTCIO interested parties that would like to use such a solution in this business.” In turn, Synthesis thinks Nedbank Insurance deserves recognition for its persistence. “This is what it takes to pioneer advancements,” said Marais Neethling, Synthesis AI Evangelist. “It will be great to support Nedbank Insurance as it continues its transformation journey and client satisfaction drive. “We have significant experience in using emerging technologies to help organisations transform, but we’ve found there’s www.intelligentcio.com