AI Impact at Dow: Copilot Identifies Millions in Cost Savings

How the materials science company is transforming its freight invoicing system—and streamlining its entire global shipping operation.

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2024 Work Trend Index Annual Report

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Editor's Pick

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Quick Read

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Generative AI

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2024 Work Trend Index Annual Report

A colorful photo-illustration of Jaime Teevan, Chief Scientist and Technical Fellow at Microsoft 

Editor's Pick

AI Impact at Dow: Copilot Identifies Millions in Cost Savings

How the materials science company is transforming its freight invoicing system—and streamlining its entire global shipping operation.

 A stylized illustration showing data elements coming together and interacting with each other.

Quick Read

Light refracting through a prism shaped like a Copilot sparkle

Trending

A colorful photo-illustration of Delphine Zurkiya, Senior Partner at the strategy and management consulting firm McKinsey & Company.

Podcast

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Generative AI

Generative AI

AI will revolutionize work. Learn how

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Podcast

How Can Leaders Invest the Time That AI Gives Back?

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Reinvention

Learn from AI-Native Firms—or Get Left Behind

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Work Trend Index Special Report

What Can Copilot’s Earliest Users Teach Us About Generative AI at Work?

Practical Guidance

The WorkLab Guides

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AI + Field Service

How AI Can Give Field Service Technicians a Boost

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AI + Customer Service

How AI Can Empower Customer Service Agents

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AI + Sellers

How Sellers Can Use AI to Better Engage with Customers

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AI + Marketers

How Marketers Can Use AI to Unlock Breakthrough Creativity

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Leadership

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  1. A Role Model for AI-Driven Transformation
  2. LLMs Are Becoming a Commodity—Now What?
  3. What Can AI-Native Startups Teach the Rest of Us? A Lot

Culture

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  1. 3 Proven Ways to Boost AI Usage and Make It Stick
  2. The Key to a Thriving Workforce? A Smart Approach to AI
  3. AI Data Drop: What the Future Workforce Really Cares About

Innovation

  1. AI Impact at Dow: Copilot Identifies Millions in Cost Savings
  2. The Right Way to Co-Create With AI
  3. Anatomy of a Copilot

Collaboration

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  1. When It Comes to AI, Don’t Build 'Islands of Intelligence'
  2. With Copilot, Every Meeting Is a ‘Digital Artifact’
  3. The Key Ingredient in Every Copilot Conversation

Performance

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  1. Inside an AI-Native Ad Agency
  2. AI Data Drop: 5 Copilot Prompts to Try Out at Work
  3. Enlist AI in Your Fight Against Email Overload

Wellbeing

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  1. These 5 New Habits Will Help You Get the Most Out of AI
  2. How This ESPN Leader Works Now: A Paper Planner, Next-Gen AI, and a ‘Snow White’ Garden
  3. How I Hybrid: Meditation, the Perfect Pen, and Drawing Boundaries
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Small Business

Microsoft 365 Copilot drove up to 353% ROI for small and medium businesses—new study

Forbes

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