NTT Com Asia — AI Business Management Platform Blueprint

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Executive Summary

Turning the enterprise data lake into a trusted decision engine.

An AI-enabled Business Management Platform that turns the enterprise data lake into a trusted decision foundation — applying AI agents to interpret signals across finance, sales and delivery, and surfacing recommendations through Microsoft Teams and Copilot-style conversational workflows for executive decision making and operational follow-up.

14 AI Agents9 Business Cases7 Data Domains4 Delivery Phases

Management Needs → Platform Response

Management Need
Platform Response
A single, trusted view of whole-company performance
Business Performance Command Centre unifies revenue, margin, customer, supplier and delivery signals from the data lake into one executive view.
Early warning on customer, cash and delivery risk
Health-scoring and intelligence agents continuously sense AR exposure, at-risk accounts and delivery slippage before they impact results.
Faster, evidence-based executive decisions
NTTH.ai reasoning layer diagnoses root causes and runs best / base / downside simulations to support decisions in minutes, not weeks.
Clear accountability and follow-through on actions
Every recommendation carries an owner (PIC), tracking level and KPI/deadline, orchestrated to closure via Copilot Studio workflows.
Governed, secure and auditable use of AI
SSO, RBAC, human-in-the-loop approvals and full prompt audit ensure AI is trusted, compliant and never trains on data without authorisation.

Six Value Levers

Revenue Acceleration

+ Pipeline velocity

Faster next-best-actions on deals and white-space expansion opportunities.

Margin Protection

Leakage recovered

Early detection of margin variance and corrective action on projects.

Cash Improvement

DSO reduction

Prioritised collections and dispute resolution on overdue AR.

Supplier Risk Reduction

Exposure managed

Balance-of-trade insight and delivery-risk mitigation across suppliers.

Executive Productivity

Time to insight

Conversational briefings replace manual report assembly.

Customer Retention

Churn avoided

Health monitoring flags at-risk accounts for proactive intervention.

Architecture Overview

A two-layer platform on a governed data foundation

The NTTH.ai Playground provides the AI brain; Microsoft Copilot Studio orchestrates the Teams experience. Both sit on top of the enterprise data lake and a cross-cutting governance layer.

Layer 1 — AI Brain

NTTH.ai Playground

Multi-model accessDocuFlow document intelligenceWorkspaces RAGAPI accesstsuzumi LLMSafeGuard secure inference

Layer 2 — Orchestration & UX

Microsoft Copilot Studio

Conversational agentsTeams UX & workflowsApproval integrationEnterprise connectors

Enterprise Data Lake

CRMERPBillingAR / APProject deliverySupplier POContractsService tickets

Governance & Monitoring

SSORBACPrompt logsApproval workflowHuman-in-the-loop

Architecture Flow

1

User in Microsoft Teams

Executive asks a question in natural language.

2

Copilot Studio intent

Identifies intent and required data / agent.

3

Data retrieval

Pulls governed data from the enterprise data lake.

4

NTTH.ai reasoning

RAG + document intelligence interprets and diagnoses.

5

Action & accountability

Recommendation with owner, KPI and deadline.

6

Workflow follow-up

Approval and tracking routed to closure in Teams.

Target Operating Model

Sense
Diagnose
Simulate
Recommend
Assign
Track
Close

A continuous loop — signals are sensed, diagnosed and simulated, then converted into owned, tracked actions that are driven to closure.

Business Cases

How each executive gets answers and accountability

Every business case pairs a real management question with an AI agent response and a recommended-action table — each action carries a tracking level, an owner (PIC) and a KPI or deadline.

Business Performance Command Centre

How is the whole company performing this quarter, and where is the risk?

Agent response: Unifies revenue, margin, customer, supplier and delivery-risk signals into a single executive view with a quarterly forecast and the top drivers of variance.

Recommended Actions

ActionTracking levelPICKPI / Deadline
Review top 3 margin-drag accountsCompany → BUCFOMargin plan variance closed / QTR
Escalate delivery-risk projectsBU → ProjectHead of DeliveryAt-risk revenue mitigated
Confirm quarterly forecast commitCompanyCEO / ExCoForecast accuracy ±3%

Customer Health & Strategic Account View

Which strategic accounts are at risk, and where can we expand?

Agent response: Scores account health from usage, sentiment, AR and delivery signals; flags at-risk logos and surfaces expansion / white-space opportunities.

Recommended Actions

ActionTracking levelPICKPI / Deadline
Assign save-plan to red accountsCustomerAccount DirectorRetention on flagged logos
Pursue top expansion playsCustomer → OpportunityCROExpansion pipeline created
Executive sponsor check-inCustomerCEOSponsor coverage on top 10

Quarterly Simulation & Executive Briefing

What do best, base and downside scenarios look like next quarter?

Agent response: Runs a three-scenario simulation (best / base / downside) across revenue, margin and cash, and auto-generates an executive briefing narrative.

Recommended Actions

ActionTracking levelPICKPI / Deadline
Select scenario to plan againstCompanyCEO / CFOScenario adopted for plan
Pre-empt downside triggersCompany → BUExCoMitigations pre-agreed
Circulate briefing to boardCompanyCEO OfficeBriefing delivered on time
Agent Catalog

Fourteen AI agents, phased for value

Each agent is colour-coded by delivery phase and carries its primary users, business value and the traceability path that keeps every insight accountable.

Agents by Phase

Distribution across the delivery roadmap

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Phase 1

5

Phase 2

4

Phase 3

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Phase 4

Phase 1

Business Performance Command Centre

CEO / ExCo

Single trusted view of whole-company performance and risk.

Company → BU → Customer
Phase 1

Customer Health Monitor

CEO / CRO

Early warning on at-risk accounts and expansion signals.

Customer → Opportunity
Phase 1

Pipeline Intelligence Agent

CRO / Sales

Pipeline shaped by probability, margin and readiness.

BU → Rep → Opportunity
Phase 1

Project Cost Tracker

CFO / PMO

Real-time cost vs. budget with overrun alerts.

Project → Cost line
Phase 2

AR Intelligence Agent

CFO / Finance

Prioritised collections and dispute resolution.

Customer → Invoice
Phase 2

Billing Milestone Agent

CFO / PMO

Timely, complete milestone billing to protect cash.

Project → Milestone
Phase 2

Supplier Dashboard Agent

CFO / Procurement / Delivery

Balance-of-trade and supplier delivery risk.

Supplier → PO → Milestone
Phase 2

AP Prioritisation Agent

CFO / AP / Procurement

Payment prioritisation and negotiation opportunities.

Supplier → PO
Phase 2

Quarterly Simulation Agent

CEO / CFO

Best / base / downside scenario simulation.

Company → BU
Phase 3

Proposal Accelerator

CRO / Sales / Solution

Faster, higher-quality proposal drafting.

Opportunity → RFP
Phase 3

Contract Risk Agent

CFO / Legal / Sales

Flags risky clauses and tracks obligations.

Contract → Obligation
Phase 3

Competitive Intelligence Agent

CRO / Sales

Customer 360 with renewal and competitor alerts.

Customer → Opportunity
Phase 3

Resource Allocation Agent

Delivery / PMO

Optimised resourcing against demand and skills.

Project → Resource
Phase 4

Executive Briefing Generator

CEO Office / ExCo

Auto-generated executive and board briefings.

Company (all domains)
Data Foundation

Seven trusted data domains

The platform draws on the enterprise data lake across seven domains. Each domain lists its key data elements, the business cases it powers, and the data-quality requirements that keep it trustworthy.

Sales / CRM

Key data elements

Accounts, opportunities, stages, close dates, notes, renewals

Primary use cases

Pipeline intelligence, customer health, competitive 360

Quality requirement

Deduplicated accounts, current stage & close-date hygiene

Finance – AR

Key data elements

Invoices, ageing, receipts, disputes, credit terms

Primary use cases

AR intelligence, cash-flow forecast, DSO reduction

Quality requirement

Accurate ageing buckets & dispute status

Finance – AP

Key data elements

Payables, payment terms, supplier balances, approvals

Primary use cases

AP prioritisation, working-capital optimisation

Quality requirement

Complete terms & approval status

Project Delivery

Key data elements

Projects, budgets, actuals, milestones, resources, status

Primary use cases

Cost tracking, margin leakage, delivery risk, billing

Quality requirement

Timely actuals & milestone status updates

Supplier / Procurement

Key data elements

Suppliers, purchase orders, spend, delivery, contracts

Primary use cases

Balance-of-trade, supplier PO, delivery risk

Quality requirement

Matched PO – receipt – invoice records

Customer Experience

Key data elements

Service tickets, sentiment, SLAs, usage signals

Primary use cases

Customer health scoring, churn early-warning

Quality requirement

Linked to account & ticket resolution status

Contracts / Documents

Key data elements

Contracts, clauses, obligations, RFPs, proposals

Primary use cases

Contract risk, RFP analysis, proposal accelerator

Quality requirement

Versioned, searchable, correctly classified

Drill-Down & Accountability

From executive question to named owner

Every top-level question can be traced down a governed hierarchy — Company to Business Unit to Customer and beyond — until it resolves to a specific person accountable for the action.

Drill-down path

Company
Business Unit
Customer
Project
Cost line
PIC
Root-cause margin driver isolated to a named owner with a corrective action.
Security & Governance

Trusted, compliant and auditable by design

Seven cross-cutting control areas ensure the platform is secure, governed and fully accountable — so executives can trust every recommendation it produces.

Role-Based Access Control

SSO with RBAC ensures each user sees only the data and agents appropriate to their role.

Data Residency

Data and inference remain within approved regions and boundaries to meet residency requirements.

Human-in-the-Loop

Material recommendations require human review and approval before any action is taken.

Prompt Audit

Every prompt, retrieval and response is logged for full traceability and compliance review.

No Unauthorised Training

Enterprise data is never used to train models without explicit authorisation.

Exception Management

Anomalies and out-of-policy events are flagged and routed through a managed exception workflow.

Data Quality Governance

Continuous data-quality checks maintain the trust of the underlying data lake foundation.

Implementation Roadmap

Four phases, built to compound value

Delivery is sequenced so early foundation agents unlock the trusted data view, then financial, sales and delivery intelligence layer on — scaling to self-service briefings.

Phase Timeline

Approximate month ranges per phase

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1

Foundation & Executive Visibility

Months 1–3

Stand up the trusted data foundation and give executives a single performance view.

Business Performance Command CentreCustomer Health MonitorPipeline Intelligence AgentProject Cost Tracker
Success: One trusted executive view live; forecast accuracy baseline established.
2

Financial & Supplier Intelligence

Months 4–6

Add cash, billing, supplier and scenario intelligence for the finance office.

AR Intelligence AgentBilling Milestone AgentSupplier Dashboard AgentAP Prioritisation AgentQuarterly Simulation Agent
Success: DSO reduction and supplier risk visibility demonstrated.
3

Advanced Sales & Delivery Automation

Months 7–12

Automate proposals, contract risk, competitive intel and resourcing.

Proposal AcceleratorContract Risk AgentCompetitive Intelligence AgentResource Allocation Agent
Success: Proposal cycle-time and win-rate improvements realised.
4

Scale & Optimisation

12+ months

Scale adoption and automate executive & board briefings across all domains.

Executive Briefing Generator
Success: Self-service briefings adopted; platform ROI measured and scaled.

Six Implementation Steps

01

Use-Case Workshop

Align on priority business cases and executive questions.

02

Data Readiness Assessment

Assess data-lake coverage, quality and access for each domain.

03

PoC Build

Build a proof-of-concept for the highest-value Phase 1 agents.

04

Governance Setup

Configure SSO, RBAC, human-in-the-loop and prompt audit.

05

Phase 1 Rollout

Deploy foundation agents to executives and operational teams.

06

Measure & Scale

Track value levers and scale through subsequent phases.

ROI Framework

Six value levers, measured and owned

Value is not assumed — each lever has a clear measurement approach and an example KPI, so the platform's return can be tracked from day one and scaled with confidence.

Deal cycle time − 15%

Revenue Acceleration

Faster next-best-actions on deals and white-space expansion opportunities.

Measurement approach

Win-rate uplift & cycle-time reduction vs. baseline

Gross margin + 1.5pts

Margin Protection

Early detection of margin variance and corrective action on projects.

Measurement approach

Margin variance closed vs. plan

DSO − 8 days

Cash Improvement

Prioritised collections and dispute resolution on overdue AR.

Measurement approach

Days Sales Outstanding trend

At-risk billing − 20%

Supplier Risk Reduction

Balance-of-trade insight and delivery-risk mitigation across suppliers.

Measurement approach

Revenue-at-risk from supplier delay

Briefing prep − 70%

Executive Productivity

Conversational briefings replace manual report assembly.

Measurement approach

Hours saved on reporting cycles

Renewal rate + 5%

Customer Retention

Health monitoring flags at-risk accounts for proactive intervention.

Measurement approach

Retention rate on flagged accounts

Knowledge Base

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