Team – GenKITS

Starke + Reichert GmbH & Co. KG.

Starke + Reichert GmbH & Co. KG (SR) in Kassel is an established family business with 120 employees, which is now in its third generation of management and has been established on the market for 70 years. As an IT service provider, we are active in a wide range of sectors, such as trade, retail and wholesale, healthcare, manufacturing, public and social institutions and medical practices.

Our focus is on the provision and operation of functional IT infrastructures, including (hybrid) cloud solutions, the development of modern workplace concepts (e.g. with Microsoft 365 and print solutions) and increasing the efficiency of company processes through our proprietary document management system Starke-DMS®. Another focus is on IT security. In addition to these IT solutions, which are offered as managed services, our range of services also includes office planning (including conference solutions and planning in 3D using virtual reality) and software integration. Continuous training of our employees is very important to us in order to stay up to date at all times.

Our aim is to provide our customers with expertise and proximity by offering optimal solutions in areas such as cloud solutions, digitization of business processes and IT services. As developers of Starke-DMS®, we have extensive knowledge of traditional business back-office processes and have the expertise and practical experience required to successfully implement projects.

University of Kassel

The Department of Information Systems at the University of Kassel (UKS), headed by Prof. Dr. Jan Marco Leimeister, is involved in the project as a joint partner. This department focuses on application-oriented research and the design of innovative IT-supported forms of organization. It develops methods for information and business systems that are both technically stable, socially acceptable and economically viable. The department is particularly focused on machine learning and hybrid intelligence in order to combine the strengths of human and artificial intelligence and thus drive forward innovative solutions.

The UKS team brings extensive expertise in generative AI, conversational design, natural language processing and value-based AI applications to the project. In addition, the department conducts workshops to further develop the research project and has access to powerful graphics cards to test open source models. UKS’s many years of scientific experience make it possible to contribute conceptual and analytical skills to the project.