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Case Studies

Yes, we begin with advanced data analytics, but we work with our members to bring about real-world, tangible changes, by building products, optimising processes and embedding digital first culture in their businesses.

Yes, we begin with advanced data analytics, but we work with our members to bring about real-world, tangible changes, by building products, optimising processes and embedding digital first culture in their businesses.

Our first (and biggest) customer, Rolls-Royce, is an iconic company with prestigious engineering prowess, established through years of experience and learned behaviours. To continue delivering for its people, customers and shareholders in a digital world, filled with uncertainty and change, we invested over £70m to build world-leading advanced data capabilities while supporting thousands of people across the group to develop a digital-first culture. These case studies show some of the ways we unlocked the value of Rolls-Royce’s data and enabled its workforce to use it.

Bidding Conference Intelligence

Read why R2 Factory developed an online platform that collects and highlights the key information needed to drive rapid, optimal supplier selection, and how it saved Rolls-Royce’s civil aviation division £30m.

Digital Cultural Transformation

Learn how developing 250 staff into digital pioneers led to system-wide cultural change, more than £400m of value (and a huge carbon footprint reduction!) across the Rolls-Royce group.

Image Automation and Feature Recognition

Find out how R2 Factory developed machine-learning software to identify cracks and other types of damage in images of safety-critical parts, like aircraft engine turbine blades, saving over £200k every year.

Data Landscaping-Scoping

See how R2 Factory created a website that helps engineers identify and access the freely-available databases most relevant to the projects they are working on, exponentially increasing the scope of their research in a fraction of the time.

Maintenance, Repair and Reuse

Discover how R2 Factory developed a rapid, automated way to assess 125,000 used aeroplane engine parts, to find out which parts could be repaired, saving Rolls-Royce over £10m. 

Market Intelligence

Find out how ​​R2 Factory saved £45 million in less than 18 months by developing an artificial intelligence-powered market forecasting tool - and how you could use it too.

Safety-Critical Life Cycle Analysis

Read how R2 Factory developed a website to create cost models for the maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) of engines and parts, which has saved Rolls-Royce over £6m.

Service Intelligence System

See how R2 Factory built engineers a rapid and efficient way to retrieve and analyse information from 16 previously separate systems, saving £15m.