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AI Integration & Automation

Intelligent automation and AI-powered solutions that enhance productivity and decision-making across your business.

Artificial intelligence isn't science fiction — it's a practical tool that can transform how your business operates today. At Porter Phillips, we integrate AI capabilities into business applications in meaningful, measurable ways. Based in Selby, North Yorkshire, we help businesses across the UK leverage Azure AI services, OpenAI, and custom machine learning models to automate complex tasks, extract insights from data, and deliver intelligent experiences to customers and employees. We focus on practical AI applications that deliver real ROI, not hype.

Intelligent Document Processing

We build automated document processing solutions using Azure AI Document Intelligence (formerly Form Recogniser) that extract data from invoices, receipts, contracts, applications, and other business documents. Our solutions handle handwritten and printed text, complex layouts, and multiple document types. Extracted data is validated, structured, and routed into your business systems automatically — eliminating hours of manual data entry. We train custom models for document types specific to your industry, achieving high accuracy even with complex or non-standard formats.

AI Chatbots and Virtual Assistants

We develop intelligent chatbots and virtual assistants that handle customer queries, guide users through processes, and escalate complex issues to human agents. Built with Azure Bot Framework and Azure OpenAI Service, our chatbots understand natural language, maintain conversation context, and learn from interactions over time. We implement these across your website, mobile app, Microsoft Teams, and messaging platforms so your customers and employees can get instant assistance wherever they are. Unlike basic chatbots that frustrate users, our solutions provide genuinely helpful, contextual responses.

Predictive Analytics and Forecasting

We build predictive models that help businesses anticipate demand, identify risks, and make better decisions. Using Azure Machine Learning and .NET ML, we develop models tailored to your specific data and business questions. Sales forecasting, customer churn prediction, inventory optimisation, maintenance scheduling — we work with your domain experts to understand the questions that matter and build models that answer them reliably. Our solutions include clear dashboards that present predictions in business-friendly terms, not raw data science output.

Azure OpenAI Integration

We integrate Azure OpenAI Service (GPT-4 and beyond) into your business applications to unlock powerful language capabilities. Content generation, summarisation, translation, code assistance, and intelligent search are just a few of the possibilities. We build responsible AI implementations with content filtering, usage monitoring, and appropriate guardrails. Our integrations connect Azure OpenAI with your business data securely, enabling your team to ask questions about your own documents, databases, and knowledge bases using natural language.

Process Automation with AI

We combine traditional automation with AI to handle tasks that previously required human judgement. Email classification and routing, support ticket triage, data quality assessment, content moderation, and compliance checking are all examples of processes where AI can augment your team's capabilities. We implement these solutions incrementally, starting with AI-assisted workflows where humans review AI decisions, and gradually increasing automation as confidence in the models grows. This approach ensures accuracy while delivering immediate productivity gains.

Key Benefits

Automated document processing that eliminates manual data entry

Intelligent chatbots for customer and employee support

Predictive analytics for better business decisions

Azure OpenAI integration for language-powered features

AI-assisted process automation with human oversight

Responsible AI implementation with appropriate guardrails

Technologies We Use

Azure AIAzure OpenAIAzure Cognitive Services.NET MLBot FrameworkDocument IntelligencePower Platform

Frequently Asked Questions

We build practical AI solutions including intelligent document processing, chatbots and virtual assistants, predictive analytics, natural language processing, and AI-assisted workflow automation. We focus on applications that deliver measurable business value using established, reliable AI services from Microsoft Azure and OpenAI.
It depends on the application. Pre-trained models like Azure OpenAI and Azure AI services work immediately without your own training data. For custom predictive models, we can work with surprisingly small datasets if the data quality is good. We assess your data during the discovery phase and recommend the most appropriate approach.
We implement responsible AI practices including content filtering, output validation, human-in-the-loop review for critical decisions, comprehensive logging, and performance monitoring. We start with AI-assisted workflows where humans verify AI decisions, and increase automation gradually as accuracy is proven.

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