AI chatbot for maintenance expertise at
Bucher Municipal

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The project at a glance

Reduced downtimes since operation

Technical knowledge at the touch of a button for global maintenance teams

Azure OpenAI & AI Search in use

Scalable AI solution for quick answers from complex documents

Integrated app in use worldwide

Seamless system integration & language diversity for international teams

Industry

Transport and logistics

Customer

Bucher Municipal AG

Technology / Product

AI-supported chatbot app based on Microsoft Azure: Azure OpenAI, Azure AI Search, Cosmos DB Backend: Python | Frontend: ReactJS System integration through Option 4.0

Orange winter service vehicle with snow plough

Project description

The task

At Bucher Municipal, much of the technical documentation, especially for older vehicle models, was only available in decentralised or paper form.

For maintenance teams, this meant a lot of searching, long downtimes and inefficient processes. A smart solution was needed to obtain reliable information more quickly on a global level. Digital, multilingual and scalable.

Bucher Municipal sweeper module in operation

Solution

The realisation

Together with Option 4.0 (a member of the collana Group), Bucher Municipal developed a chatbot app that uses Azure OpenAI and AI Search accesses technical documents, processes them and answers maintenance-related questions in an understandable way.

The backend is based on Python, the front end to ReactJS, fully embedded in the existing infrastructure. The solution automatically searches through documentation and provides contextualised, precise answers - whether in German, Spanish or Chinese.

“The collaboration with Option 4.0 runs smoothly. Our contact is much more than a technical service provider - he acts like part of our internal IT team. With flexibility and speed, he led the project to success and impressively showed us the possibilities offered by AI.”

Christian Johansson

CIO, Bucher Municipal

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Result / Impact

This is how the problem was solved

  • Faster maintenance operations through direct access to the required knowledge

  • Less downtime due to shorter diagnosis and repair times

  • Reduced operating costs thanks to optimised processes

  • Greater satisfaction in the service team through simple, digital application

Thanks to the scalable Azure architecture, the solution is used worldwide - from Scandinavia to Australia.

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Bucher Municipal shows how AI technology is making maintenance smarter - with global impact.