Keypoint Intelligence’s Top 7 Infographics from 2023

A KEY POINT: Scanning for the Future

It’s never too early to plan ahead for what the market can bring. With how supply chains, tariffs, and other outside forces can cause any industry to fluctuate—the more information you can find to help provide market stability, the better. Keypoint Intelligence does a lot of forecasting for our subscribers to show how their industries are going to grow while providing context with past, actual values drawn from our own data.

INFOGRAPHIC: Getting Assisted by AI

We’ve been imagining about artificial assistants all the way back with Rosie the Robot. And while we have electronic vacuums and food dishes for our pets, advancements in artificial intelligence (AI) have only continued to grow. While the most common examples include AI assistants like Siri, Google Assistant, and Alexa, there are plenty of other apps and solutions for consumers and companies alike to use. Generally speaking, an AI assistant is a type of software that uses artificial intelligence to understand human language and complete tasks on behalf of the user. Sometimes also referred to as a “digital” or “virtual” assistant, most people think of these solutions when they are asking their phones about their calendar, the weather, or an answer for a bit of trivia that might be rattling in their heads. However, there are many corporate programs available that take what consumer digital assistants do and apply it to marketing campaigns, automate task management solutions, and streamline project workflows. As seen in our recent analysis From Margins to Mainstream, the workplace impact of AI copilots varies significantly by industry and use case.

European Supplies Aftermarket Meets at The Recycler Live

Each year, the European imaging supplies aftermarket comes together for its annual conference and awards ceremony. The city of Tallinn in Estonia is not the usual venue for such an event but, sometimes, you just have to make a change—and that’s where The Recycler Live 2025 took place. Eighty key industry executives from manufacturers, remanufacturers, distributors, and the dealer community journeyed to this strategically significant Northern European city to network and cut deals for the next year, leveraging a new two-day event format.