The future of Swiss industrial quality: automated and open source with TofuPilot
With the growing complexity of high-value-added electronic products, guaranteeing their quality in production is becoming a major challenge. Manufacturers rely on automated test systems to detect defects and ensure the conformity of each unit.
TofuPilot enables manufacturers to deploy high-performance, affordable test systems. Its open-source development kit speeds up implementation, while its turnkey analysis platform identifies the sources of defects in production in real time.
TofuPilot has already been adopted by more than a dozen manufacturers in cutting-edge fields such as robotics, medical devices and aeronautics, and is currently being tested by more than 30 other partners. The CHF 50,000 loan from FIT will enable TofuPilot to strengthen its teams to meet this growing demand, and to expand its presence in the United States from 2025.
Badger and its loyalty card digitisation platform
Building customer loyalty is a full-time job for retailers, who are already overloaded. They have to keep customers engaged with loyalty programmes that are often unattractive, time-consuming and impractical. This wastes time and money developing an online presence and sending out promotions that are often poorly targeted and with little return on investment.
To meet these challenges, Badger has designed a mobile loyalty system - in the form of an intuitive mobile application - dedicated to SMEs, focused on strengthening the link between the retailer's brand and its customers. For retailers, the application simplifies the management of loyalty programmes and offers a range of tools for maintaining and developing their community. And thanks to a ‘gamified’ experience that delivers simple and attractive ‘rewards’ to customers to build loyalty, Badger improves customer engagement.
The CHF 20,000 Digital Grant awarded by FIT will enable Badger to finalise and launch the first version of its digital application.
DiploTools and its specialised software for diplomats
When it comes to digitalisation, diplomacy is not a very good pupil. Many diplomats use outdated tools - Excel spreadsheets, paper archives, WhatsApp messages and scattered emails - which slow down their work and cost foreign ministries around 100 million dollars a year.
DiploTools proposes to revolutionise these archaic processes, digitising them to make them faster and more efficient. The company designs specialised software for diplomacy, with its first solution dedicated to managing elections and campaigns within international organisations. Their solution digitises workflows, centralises data and automates tasks. This platform is the first in a series of tools incorporating modern technologies - such as artificial intelligence - aimed at optimising the efficiency of foreign ministries.
With the CHF 20,000 Digital Grant awarded by FIT, DiploTools will be able to expand its customer acquisition efforts and work on its product.