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AI Agents for the Digital Product Passport: How Manufacturers Compile ESPR Data Without a New Department
How manufacturers use a custom AI agent to aggregate DPP data - material composition, substances of concern, durability, end-of-life - across ERP, PLM and supplier systems into a compliant EU ESPR passport, instead of standing up a new compliance department.
Henri Jung · 33 min read 
AI for the Handwerk: How SHK, Elektro and Bau Trades Win Back the Office Day
How SHK, Elektro and Bau Betriebe use a custom AI agent for Angebote, E-Rechnungen and Kundenkommunikation - so they stop turning away work for lack of office time.
Henri Jung · 30 min read 
Multi-Agent Orchestration for the Mittelstand: When One Agent Is Not Enough
When a single AI agent stops being enough, how the Mittelstand composes orchestrator and specialist agents: handoffs, shared memory, guardrails, cost, and a 90-day path.
Henri Jung · 33 min read 
AI for Fördermittel: How the Mittelstand Wins Grant and Funding Applications With Custom AI Agents
A practical guide to deploying an AI agent that finds, drafts, and manages German and EU funding applications end-to-end - eligibility matching, Antrag drafting, deadline and evidence tracking, and Verwendungsnachweis - with build-vs-buy maths, Subventionsrecht and DSGVO notes, and a 90-day pilot.
Henri Jung · 34 min read 
EU AI Act: The Omnibus Reprieve - What the Postponed High-Risk Deadline Really Changes for the Mittelstand
The Digital Omnibus pushed Annex III high-risk obligations to December 2027, but Article 50 transparency, deployer duties, and AI literacy still apply now. What the Mittelstand must keep doing despite the reprieve, and why a deferred deadline is a trap if you stop preparing.
Henri Jung · 31 min read 
AI in Recruiting: How the Mittelstand Sources, Screens, and Schedules Against a 391,000-Worker Shortage
A practical guide for German HR leaders on deploying an AI recruiting agent across the whole funnel - active sourcing, application screening, candidate ranking, interview scheduling and candidate comms - against the 391,000-worker shortage. Covers AGG, the EU AI Act high-risk classification (Annex III), DSGVO and Betriebsrat, a build-vs-buy view against Personio, SmartRecruiters, HeyJobs and Paradox, and a 90-day pilot.
Henri Jung · 34 min read 
How to Onboard Your Team When AI Employees Join the Workflow
The hard part of deploying an AI employee is not the agent, it is the team. A practical playbook: what changes, where resistance comes from, the Betriebsrat and EU AI Act, role design, supervision, AI literacy, and a 90-day ramp.
Henri Jung · 28 min read 
Unstructured Data: The 80% of Company Knowledge Your Systems Cannot Read
An estimated 80-90% of company data is unstructured: emails, PDFs, contracts, images. Why it was a dead asset, how AI finally reads it, the GDPR and GoBD traps, and a 90-day path.
Henri Jung · 30 min read 
The Org Chart With AI Employees On It: Where Agents Sit in the Team
AI agents are joining the team. Where they sit on the org chart, who manages them, how reporting lines and accountability change, and what the German Betriebsrat and EU AI Act demand.
Henri Jung · 32 min read