英国糖果商借力人工智能推动创新。
内容总结：
英国传统太妃糖品牌罗利糖业正借助人工智能技术实现创新突破。这家拥有近四十年历史的企业在保持传统手工制作工艺的同时，引入谷歌Gemini智能工具，成功将生产效率提升20%，相当于每周为管理者节省出一整天时间。
品牌创始人马修·普表示，尽管企业始终以百年祖传配方和古法铜锅熬制工艺为特色，但通过AI技术快速获取无糖配方研发灵感，既满足了现代健康饮食需求，又完美保留了传统太妃糖的口感和质地。这种“传统工艺+智能科技”的融合模式，使企业能迅速响应市场趋势，研发出更符合当代消费者口味的新产品。
值得注意的是，AI技术的应用并未削弱品牌的人情味特质。管理者强调，智能工具更像是创意催化剂，团队在获得AI提供的方案后，仍会通过手工精心制作，确保每批产品都延续品牌独有的匠心精神。这种创新模式不仅提升了企业竞争力，更为家族企业的代际传承注入了新活力。
目前谷歌Workspace与Gemini合作项目已收录十家英国企业的AI应用案例，为中小企业探索技术赋能提供了实践参考。
中文翻译：
当传统手作遇上人工智能：英国太妃糖老店的创新之路
【编者按】Public First联合研究显示，人工智能有望将中小企业生产效率平均提升20%，相当于为经营者每周额外创造一天工作时间。全新推出的Gemini版Google Workspace企划展呈现了十位英国商业领袖运用AI破解经营难题、提升效能、推动企业进阶的实践案例。渴望借助AI提升效率的中小企业主可观看完整故事集锦，或报名参加"AI赋能商业"系列研讨会。本期我们邀请罗利太妃糖达特茅斯店店主马修·皮尤，分享他运用Gemini版Google Workspace的独特经验。
风味传承与科技创新的交响
近四十年来，罗利太妃糖酥软香甜的气息始终萦绕在英国街头。我们的品牌传奇始于德文郡——凭借百年祖传配方、一口古法铜锅，以及制作正宗手作太妃糖的朴素初心。对传统的坚守与对创新的追求，始终驱动着我们发展壮大。今日的罗利太妃糖，正是这种精妙平衡的最佳见证。
恪守古法精髓，拥抱智能革新
遍布全国的40余家门店仍延续创始时的制作工艺，这份对手艺的执着正是我们的立身之本。对于如此注重传统的品牌而言，引入AI技术看似违和，实则已成为我们激发灵感、突破常规、打造差异化优势的秘诀。
当今饮食习惯日新月异，Gemini版Google Workspace让我们能以空前速度适应变化、推陈出新，及时研发契合潮流的风味。若在数十年前，研发无糖手作太妃糖的原料调研将困难重重。而现在，通过Gemini应用我们能完美融合古今——快速完成研究，即刻获取既能保留传统口感与质地，又能延长保质期的创新配方。这项技术让我们在保持独特手作品质的同时，成功吸引了更广泛的客群。
当AI成为新世代"秘方"
作为传统匠人，我最初确实觉得"生成式AI"与古老手艺相距甚远。我们曾担忧如此强大的技术会消解人情温度，但实践结果恰恰相反。守护品牌基因与拥抱前沿科技并非对立，Gemini已成为绝佳创意伙伴，它提供的灵感雏形经由团队用心锤炼，最终在铜锅中被赋予生命。
触手可及的智能工具深刻改变了我们的工作模式。节省下的研发时间如今能直接投入到团队建设、门店运营与家庭生活中。这份增效红利正在铸就更坚实的传承根基——现在我有更多时间陪伴儿子，共同谋划品牌未来，帮助他逐步接管事业。掌握现代科技赋予的竞争优势，他将持续推动创新，确保我们家族企业代代相传。
AI赋能商业新篇章
通过Gemini版Google Workspace，英国十家企业正借助人工智能开启增长新纪元。观看他们的实践故事，了解智能工具如何助您提升效能、激发创意、加速创新。
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Meet the UK fudge-maker driving innovation with AI
Editor’s Note: Our research with Public First reveals AI’s potential to boost average SMB productivity by 20% - effectively giving small business leaders an extra day each working week. The newly launched Google Workspace with Gemini campaign spotlights the ‘10 Stories’ of business leaders across Britain using AI to solve business challenges, work more effectively and take their businesses to the next level. Small business leaders keen to uncover how AI can boost their productivity and unlock growth can learn more about these stories or register for one of our AI Works for Business events. We spoke with Matthew Pugh, owner of Roly’s Fudge Dartmouth about how he’s using Google Workspace with Gemini. Here’s what he said:
Blending Tradition with AI-Powered Innovation
For nearly 40 years, the sweet, crumbly aroma of Roly’s Fudge has been a fixture on UK high streets. Our thriving business all started in Devon with just a 100-year-old family recipe, an antique copper cauldron, and the simple mission to create authentic, handmade fudge. This commitment to tradition, coupled with a keen eye towards innovation, has always been at the heart of our business, fueling our expansion and helping us to grow. The Roly’s Fudge you see today is a testament to this delicate balance.
Scaling tradition, not compromising it
Each of our 40+ shops still use the same methods pioneered by our founders — this dedication to our craft is our unique selling point. For a brand so deeply rooted in tradition, embracing AI might seem unexpected, but it’s the ultimate secret ingredient for brainstorming, helping us to think outside the box, get creative and stand out.
Eating habits have evolved significantly in recent years and Google Workspace with Gemini helps us to adapt and innovate faster than ever, enabling us to quickly develop new flavours that tap into exciting new trends. For example, researching ingredients for sugar free handmade fudge would have been incredibly challenging just decades ago. But, now, using the Gemini app, we blend the old with the new — doing research faster and in seconds getting inspiration for alternative recipes that preserve taste, texture and shelf life. The technology has been remarkable for allowing us to cater to a wider variety of customers, while maintaining the authentic, handmade quality that makes us unique.
Adding AI to the ingredients list
As a small business owner, I'll admit that at first the term 'generative AI' initially felt a world away from our traditional craft. For us, there was a slight worry that such a powerful technology might make things impersonal or dilute the human element. But our experience has been the exact opposite. Honouring our brand’s heritage and embracing future-facing tools are not mutually exclusive. Gemini is the perfect creative partner, providing a springboard that our own teams can then bring to life by hand, with care, in our copper pans.
Having Gemini at our fingertips has had a profound impact on our way of working. The time saved on initial research and development is time I can now invest directly back into our people, our shops, and my family. Looking to the future, that extra productivity boost is helping to build a stronger legacy, as I’m now able to spend more time with my son, working closely with him to help push this business forward and prepare him to take the reins. This is the modern competitive edge he needs to continue to innovate and lead, ensuring our family business continues to thrive for generations to come.
Powering your business with AI
Discover how Google Workspace with Gemini can help boost your productivity, spark creativity and fuel innovation by watching the ‘10 Stories’ of businesses across Britain that are using AI to unlock growth.