When an R&D team's knowledge lives in scattered files and individual heads, every new experiment starts a little further back than it should. Remmers, a manufacturer of coatings, construction chemicals, and building-protection products, set out to change that by bringing its research data into one connected, structured system on Uncountable, and, more recently, by putting an AI assistant to work inside it.
We spoke with Marco Tapken of Remmers about what changed, and where Bodie, Uncountable's built-in AI assistant, fits into his day.
One Connected Place for R&D Data
For Remmers, the first win was structural. Formulations, raw materials, test results, projects, and documentation now live together instead of sitting in separate files.
"With Uncountable, we have been able to centralize and structure our R&D data more effectively. The platform helps us connect formulations, raw materials, test results, projects, and documentation in one place, making it easier to find information, compare experiments, and build on previous work."
That connection solved a familiar set of problems: data consistency, traceability, and accessibility. Rather than depending on scattered files or one person's memory, the team works from standardized fields, recipes, test samples, measurements, and project structures.
"This makes it easier to understand what was done, why it was done, and what the results were."
Transparency and Efficiency in Daily Work
Structure is only useful if it changes how the work actually feels. For Remmers, the day-to-day payoff has been faster access to the right information and less time spent hunting for it.
"The platform has improved transparency and efficiency in our daily work. We can access relevant information faster, reduce manual searching, and better connect experimental data with project context. It also supports more consistent documentation, which is especially valuable when multiple people or teams are involved."
Where Bodie Comes In
Bodie is Uncountable's AI assistant, available directly inside the platform. For Marco, it has become a reliable partner for navigating the system and getting configuration right.
"My overall experience with Bodie has been very positive. Bodie helps me navigate the platform, answer configuration questions, understand value specs and formulas, and quickly find the right way to set things up. It feels like having a knowledgeable assistant available directly inside Uncountable."
His most frequent use is practical: the configuration and admin work that keeps a platform running well.
"I mainly use Bodie for platform support and configuration questions, for example, writing or checking value spec formulas, understanding field behavior, working through admin settings, and figuring out how to configure things correctly in Form Admin or recipe-related workflows."
The Single Most Valuable Thing: Speed
Asked what Bodie has brought to his work, Marco's answer was direct.
"The most valuable thing is speed. Bodie helps me get from a question to a usable answer much faster, especially when dealing with complex configuration logic or formulas. It reduces trial and error and helps me understand not only what to do, but why it works that way."
That last point matters. Bodie is grounded in the platform and the team's own structured data, so the help it offers is specific to how Remmers has set things up, not generic advice. The result is less guesswork, and a clearer understanding of the reasoning behind each answer.
Structure First, Then AI
Remmers' story follows the pattern we see again and again: get the data connected and structured, and an assistant like Bodie has something real to work with. One connected data layer made the science easier to find, compare, and build on. Bodie made getting answers out of it faster.
