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02 · Insights— The analysis

Planning automation

Automates planning to reduce manual effort and turnaround time.

Data updated

11
deployments
on record
9
industries
led by Manufacturing
1
publish a quantified result
11 report any result
17 Jun 2026
newest deployment
publication date
§ 1

Where it is used

Manufacturing accounts for 18% of these deployments.

  1. ManufacturingSurging · 2 in the last 6 months
    2
  2. Tech & CommsSurging · 2 in the last 6 months
    2
  3. Energy & UtilitiesQuiet · 0 in the last 6 months
    1
  4. FinanceRising · 1 in the last 6 months
    1
  5. LogisticsQuiet · 0 in the last 6 months
    1
  6. Consumer & FoodRising · 1 in the last 6 months
    1
  7. HealthcareQuiet · 0 in the last 6 months
    1
  8. InsuranceQuiet · 0 in the last 6 months
    1
8 of 9 industries
§ 2

What it delivers

1 deployments publish a number. The rest describe results in words, grouped below.

  1. Time & speed

    1 metric

    Reduction · median and middle half
    −42%fewMedian reduction −42%, middle half −42% to −42%, from 1 metric

Grey figures rest on fewer than 5 published metrics. Read them as examples, not as a typical result.

Results described in words

  1. Cost efficiency64% of these deployments
    7
  2. Employee experience36% of these deployments
    4
  3. Speed & agility36% of these deployments
    4
  4. Scale & capacity36% of these deployments
    4
  5. Other strategic outcome27% of these deployments
    3
  6. Customer experience & trust27% of these deployments
    3
6 of 8 result types
§ 3

How it is built

Microsoft is named in 36% of these deployments.

  • Custom-built64% · 7
  • Low-code9% · 1
  • Mixed27% · 3

Cloud providers named

  1. Microsoft4 deployments
    36%
  2. AWS3 deployments
    27%
  3. Alibaba2 deployments
    18%
  4. GCP1 deployment
    9%
  5. IBM1 deployment
    9%

Technologies that recur

  • Copilot Studio 2
  • Power Platform 2
  • Azure OpenAI 2
  • SharePoint 2
  • Amazon Bedrock 2
  • ApsaraDB RDS for MySQL 2
  • Amazon Bedrock Knowledge Bases 1
  • Amazon Nova Lite 1
§ 4

Deployments over time

Counted by publication month since Mar 2026.

Compare momentum with other patterns
The lighter bar is Nov 2026, still in progress: 0 so far.
§ 5

Deployments of this pattern

All 11 in use cases
  1. 17 Jun 2026
    Other

    Resorts World Genting: Virtual Queue (VQ) AI system for theme park crowd management

    Resorts World Genting · Alibaba

    Resorts World Genting (Genting Malaysia Berhad) partnered with Alibaba Cloud to develop and deploy a Virtual Queue (VQ) solution for Genting SkyWorlds. The system uses AI-driven crowd analysis and prediction to dynamically manage attraction demand, show real-time waiting periods and VQ slots, and recommend optimized itineraries and incentives through a mobile app. The solution also supports online booking and migration-related cloud infrastructure to help the resort handle seasonal traffic and deliver a more seamless guest experience.

  2. 16 Jun 2026
    Consumer & Food

    Resorts World Genting: Virtual Queue (VQ) for theme park ride planning and crowd management

    Resorts World Genting · Alibaba

    Resorts World Genting (Genting Malaysia Berhad) is a major leisure and hospitality operator in Malaysia. The company needed to manage crowd dynamics and reservation traffic for its Genting SkyWorlds theme park while improving guest experience and reducing waiting times.

  3. 14 Jun 2026
    Manufacturing

    Carlsberg Global Brain AI assistant for supply chain knowledge

    Carlsberg Group · Microsoft

    Carlsberg built Global Brain, an LLM knowledge assistant for supply chain teams to query operational standards, compliance documentation, best practices, and training materials in natural language. The solution uses Microsoft Copilot Studio, Power Platform, Azure AI, Azure OpenAI Service, and SharePoint to provide governed search and actionable answers across Integrated Supply Chain operations.

  4. 14 Jun 2026
    Tech & Comms

    SoftBank Corp. uses Azure OpenAI to build “satto workspace” for agentic presentation/document creation

    SoftBank Corp. · Microsoft

    SoftBank Corp. developed “satto workspace,” a platform built on Microsoft Azure OpenAI that helps workers create presentations and documents without technical training. The system automates research, formatting, and content creation and is designed to match Japanese presentation preferences.

  5. 14 Jun 2026
    Tech & Comms

    Ströer: AI assistant on t-online.de built on Amazon Bedrock

    Ströer Content Group · AWS

    Ströer Content Group built an AI assistant for t-online.de that provides readers fast, secure access to advice content from more than 45,000 articles. The solution was developed with Slalom on Amazon Bedrock and integrates natural language, personalization, security, and feedback mechanisms. The assistant improves engagement and time on site while helping manage per-query costs and protecting editorial tone and trust.

  6. 14 Jun 2026
    Finance

    Amazon Q Business for sales enablement in banking using permissions-aware RAG and Bedrock Guardrails

    Leading U.S. commercial bank · AWS

    TEKsystems Global Services built an Amazon Q Business solution for a leading U.S. commercial bank to modernize sales enablement for business banking product teams. The system answers natural-language questions with citation-backed responses grounded in approved sales materials, using permissions-aware retrieval and Amazon Bedrock Guardrails for regulated access and safety.

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