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Scale Knowledge. Accelerate Processes.

AI That Actually Works in Manufacturing and Automotive.

Leading automotive suppliers and industrial companies use Blockbrain to make
expert knowledge available across departments – secure, GDPR-compliant, and with measurable impact.

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Trusted by leading companies in Manufacturing & Automotive:

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From 308 to 1,600 Active Users – in Just 5 Months

+453%

User Growth

+2,351%

Increase in Compute Consumption

Eberspächer, one of Germany's leading automotive suppliers, embedded AI into the daily work of over 1,600 employees in just a few months – cross-departmentally, from Engineering to HR.


"It was important for us to build AI competency broadly, to empower colleagues to identify the potential themselves. This has the positive side effect that our users save an average of 1.5 hours per week after the basic training."

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Florian Dürr

VP Digital & AI Transformation, Eberspächer

Photo of Florian Dürr, VP Digital & AI Transformation at Eberspächer

Florian Dürr

VP Digital & AI Transformation, Eberspächer

The Industry's Challenges
– Sound Familiar?

Challenge

Expert knowledge concentrated in a few key individuals

Technical documentation is complex and hard to find

Onboarding new employees takes months

AI solutions fail due to low adoption

Globally distributed organizations make knowledge transfer harder

Skills shortage and demographic change

Impact

Bottlenecks, knowledge loss, dependencies

Time lost across Engineering, Quality and Production

High costs, slow productivity ramp-up

Investments without measurable return

Siloed thinking, inconsistent processes

Risk of knowledge loss through turnover and retirement

The Most Widely Used AI Applications in Manufacturing & Automotive

Engineering & Development

Search and evaluate technical documentation, specifications, and product information from a central location

Embedded coding support (e.g., Embedded C) for hardware-level development

FMEA automation: pre-fill risk assessments using historical data

Engineering support for Advanced Automotive Electronics in the pre development concept phase

Automated evaluation and objective comparison of supplier offers

Engineer checking a product in an industrial production environment

Engineering & Development

Search and evaluate technical documentation, specifications, and product information from a central location

Embedded coding support (e.g., Embedded C) for hardware-level development

FMEA automation: pre-fill risk assessments using historical data

Engineering support for Advanced Automotive Electronics in the pre development concept phase

Automated evaluation and objective comparison of supplier offers

Engineer checking a product in an industrial production environment

Production & Quality

Answer complex technical questions from employees in seconds

Digital knowledge twins for manufacturing and materials expertise

Make machine documentation and maintenance knowledge available centrally and across all locations

Continuous knowledge expansion: new solutions are automatically integrated into the knowledge base

Product employee creating and developing a product in manufacturing

Production & Quality

Answer complex technical questions from employees in seconds

Digital knowledge twins for manufacturing and materials expertise

Make machine documentation and maintenance knowledge available centrally and across all locations

Continuous knowledge expansion: new solutions are automatically integrated into the knowledge base

Product employee creating and developing a product in manufacturing

HR & Onboarding

Dramatically reduce onboarding times through central knowledge bots

Automatically answer up to 90% of typical employee questions

Structured onboarding for specialists and managers – including at international locations

HR team onboarding new employees in a modern office environment

HR & Onboarding

Dramatically reduce onboarding times through central knowledge bots

Automatically answer up to 90% of typical employee questions

Structured onboarding for specialists and managers – including at international locations

HR team onboarding new employees in a modern office environment

Procurement & Supplier Management

AI-assisted specification creation from departmental inputs and reference documents

Convert single-source offers into neutral, tender-read specifications

Structured supplier evaluation and offer analysis

Procurement & Supplier Management team collaborating with suppliers

Procurement & Supplier Management

AI-assisted specification creation from departmental inputs and reference documents

Convert single-source offers into neutral, tender-read specifications

Structured supplier evaluation and offer analysis

Procurement & Supplier Management team collaborating with suppliers

Sales & Management

Automated meeting minutes with action items and key takeaways

CRM integration (e.g., MS Dynamics, SAP C4C) for seamless sales documentation

Executive Strategic Analyst: competitive and market analyses for C-level decisions

Personal AI advisor structures in management team meetings

Sales team presenting business data and performance analytics during a meeting

Sales & Management

Automated meeting minutes with action items and key takeaways

CRM integration (e.g., MS Dynamics, SAP C4C) for seamless sales documentation

Executive Strategic Analyst: competitive and market analyses for C-level decisions

Personal AI advisor structures in management team meetings

Sales team presenting business data and performance analytics during a meeting

Quality Assurance & Corporate Design

Automated presentation quality checks: corporate design, consistency, spelling

Labor law research and HR policy documentation

Quality assurance specialist checking product quality in manufacturing

The Leverage Is in Scale – Not in the Niche

One of the central strategic insights from our work with leading automotive companies: those who roll out AI broadly across all employees first create the cultural foundation upon which deeper automation can truly flourish.

"The leverage is much greater when 2,000 people save half an hour every day because they can use the AI solution – compared to 25 people who definitely save one hour through a niche use case."

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Matthias Huss

Customer Success Manager, Blockbrain

This stance was no compromise – it was a deliberate strategic decision: employees who use AI every day develop an intuitive understanding of its possibilities – and in doing so, they themselves become drivers of further innovation. The measurable effect confirms the logic: when a critical mass of employees saves even just a few minutes per day through AI, the cumulative leverage far exceeds even the most sophisticated niche use case.

Approach: How Blockbrain Embeds AI in Manufacturing & Automotive

Approach: How Blockbrain Embeds AI in Manufacturing & Automotive

1

Analysis & Prioritization

Joint identification and structured evaluation of use cases across all departments. Focus on quick wins with broad impact – no niche thinking, but scalable applications from day one.

1

Analysis & Prioritization

Joint identification and structured evaluation of use cases across all departments. Focus on quick wins with broad impact – no niche thinking, but scalable applications from day one.

2

AI Ambassador Program & Enablement

Selected employees are trained as internal AI multipliers in a train-the-trainer format. Blockbrain provides materials, templates, and direct support for promptathons. Knowledge rolls out through the entire organization on a snowball principle.

2

AI Ambassador Program & Enablement

Selected employees are trained as internal AI multipliers in a train-the-trainer format. Blockbrain provides materials, templates, and direct support for promptathons. Knowledge rolls out through the entire organization on a snowball principle.

3

Rollout & Community Building

Cross-departmental workshops, hackathons, and virtual sessions. Employees deliberately step out of day-to-day business – this drives adoption and builds a company-wide AI community.

3

Rollout & Community Building

Cross-departmental workshops, hackathons, and virtual sessions. Employees deliberately step out of day-to-day business – this drives adoption and builds a company-wide AI community.

4

Scaling & Deepening

Rollout to additional locations (national & international), deeper system integrations (CRM, ERP, MS Dynamics, SAP), and the development of personal AI advisor structures at the leadership level.

4

Scaling & Deepening

Rollout to additional locations (national & international), deeper system integrations (CRM, ERP, MS Dynamics, SAP), and the development of personal AI advisor structures at the leadership level.

Key Metrics at a Glance

Time saved after basic training

1.5

hrs/week per employee

User growth at Eberspächer

+453%

in 5 months

Questions automatically answer

up to

90%

Time saved on complex technical
queries

2

hrs/day

Increase in compute consumption

+2,351%

in 5 months

Built for Regulated Industries

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No Black Box

Every answer traceable with verifiable source references

Every answer traceable with verifiable source references

Granular Access Rights

For sensitive company data and role concepts

For sensitive company data and role concepts

No Lock-in

Freedom of choice for models and server locations

Freedom of choice for models and server locations

Personally Trained

AI models are never trained on customer data

AI models are never trained on customer data

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GDPR-compliant

GDPR-compliant

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ISO 27001 certified

ISO 27001 certified

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EU AI Act ready

EU AI Act ready

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"We wanted an AI platform that enables employees to optimize their own processes. Helping people help themselves."

"Starting early creates a structural advantage. Those who consider infrastructure, data, people, culture, and governance together will not only develop productive solutions more quickly."

Florian Dürr

VP Digital & AI Transformation, Eberspächer

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Make AI an everyday practice – across your entire operation

Make AI an everyday practice – across your entire operation

How Eberspächer empowered over 1,800 employees in just six months. Let's talk about what your AI transformation could look like.

How Eberspächer empowered over 1,800 employees in just six months. Let's talk about what your AI transformation could look like.

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