Integration for Private AI
Your data already knows the answers. Now you can ask the questions.
The Problem
You’ve invested in your systems. Your ERP facilitates and tracks every transaction. Your eCommerce platform captures every online order. Your CRM holds every customer interaction.
But when you need an answer — which customers are slipping away? Where’s my margin shrinking? Will that shipment arrive in time? — you still have to ask someone to pull a report. And wait. And maybe ask again.
The data is there. Your systems just don’t let you ask.
Our Approach
We deploy a private AI model — a large language model (LLM) — directly on your integrated business data. It runs in your own dedicated infrastructure. Your data never leaves your organisation.
Because we’ve already integrated your systems through CODI, the AI has access to everything: sales data, inventory levels, customer history, financial records, logistics tracking — all connected, all current.
You simply ask a question. Your private AI gives you a real answer.
Examples of What You Can Ask
Sales & Customer Intelligence
- “Which of our top 20 accounts have decreased their order frequency in the last six months?”
- “Show me all South Island customers who ordered over $5,000 last quarter but nothing this quarter.”
- “What were the top-selling products last month, and which had the highest return rate?”
Operations & Inventory
- “What’s my current stock of Product X across all warehouses, and when will I run out at current sales velocity?”
- “Which purchase orders from the last 30 days are still waiting on supplier confirmation?”
Finance & Compliance
- “Which supplier invoices don’t match the corresponding PO by more than 5%?”
- “What’s our actual gross margin on the Johnson account this year versus what we quoted?”
Logistics & Supply Chain
- “When is our next container from Europe arriving, and will it be here before the planned job starts?”
Executive Decisions
- “Compare this quarter’s performance to last year across all product categories — flag anything that’s moved more than 15%.”
Why Private AI?
Generic AI tools like ChatGPT know nothing about your business, send your data to the cloud, and give generic answers. Our approach is fundamentally different:
- Your data stays within your dedicated server environment — never sent to the public cloud
- Trained on your actual business data — specific, accurate answers
- Fully Privacy Act 2020 compliant (relevant for NZ businesses)
- No ongoing per-seat subscriptions — you can make it available to all or some of your team
- Works across all your integrated systems simultaneously
The ROI Case
Traditional business intelligence already delivers $6.20 for every dollar invested (Nucleus Research). But only 15-25% of employees ever use those BI tools (Gartner) — the rest are locked out by complexity.
Private AI on integrated data removes that barrier entirely. Early implementations show:
- 60-80% reduction in time spent on ad-hoc reporting
- 4-5× ROI in the first year from faster decision-making alone
- Recovery of ~1 day per week per knowledge worker currently spent finding information (McKinsey)
How We Deploy It
Phase 1: Foundation — We integrate your systems through CODI (if not already connected). This is the essential first step — AI without good data is just a fancy hallucination machine.
Phase 2: Intelligence — We deploy a private LLM (e.g. Ollama or Mistral) in your dedicated infrastructure, connected to your integrated data through CODI.
Phase 3: Expansion — We add additional data sources — logistics tracking, CRM data, external market data — expanding what you can ask.
The beauty: if you’re already a CODI customer, Phase 1 is done. You’re ready for Phase 2 now.
Read the Full Article
Your Data Already Knows the Answers — You Just Can’t Ask It Yet
[Link to the published article — coming April 29]