FRONTEO Inc. (Headquarters: Minato-ku, Tokyo, President: Masahiro Morimoto, hereafter FRONTEO) is pleased to announce the economic security measures network analysis system "Seizu Analysis" equipped with the third AI "Looca Cross". We are pleased to inform you that we have received a patent approval notice from the Patent Office for the technology developed for the "Supply Chain Network Analysis Solution", which is the first solution of "Saze Analysis".

　With this notice of patent grant, solutions equipped with this technology will be able to find chokepoints (strategicly important points) that cannot be easily discovered by human power based on the information obtained from open source, and potential between companies. It was recognized as Japan's first analysis system that can find connections.

[Patent outline]

Application number: Japanese Patent Application No. 2021-102783

Patent filing date: January 2021, 6

"Seizu Analysis Supply Chain Analysis Solution" visualizes the connection with a specific company in the vast supply chain network based on multiple information obtained from open sources such as investor information and securities reports.By taking advantage of this, you can check whether your supply chain meets the requirements for decoupling (separation of transactions with undesired countries / companies) and whether there is a relationship with companies that force forced labor. , It is possible to know where the chokepoint in the global economic network is.

In recent years, there has been increasing interest and concern about the existence of human rights risks in the supply chain and the export of technologies and products that can be used for military purposes. Has become an urgent task.Usually, when a company tries to check the health of its supply chain on its own, it takes a lot of time and cost just to investigate the secondary to tertiary business partners.However, if you use "Seizu Analysis", you can grasp the entire supply chain including upstream and downstream to the XNUMXth-order business partners in a short period of time and at low cost.For example, you can check if your supply chain includes companies subject to sanctions lists (eg, an entity list set by the U.S. Department of Commerce's Bureau of Industry and Security) and be prepared for possible risks. ..

In addition, by analyzing the supply chains of competitors, we can identify the differentiating factors that are our strengths and understand the influence of strategic products as a chokepoint for our business partners, and proceed with negotiations with our business partners in an advantageous manner. It can be useful for collecting information for.

FRONTEO will continue to provide solutions for Japanese companies facing the newly emerging challenge of economic security to make strategic and swift decisions on an ongoing basis.We will also strive to ensure that these solutions serve as a deterrent to economic security and help companies avoid risk and create new businesses.

■ About FRONTEO　URL:https://www.fronteo.com/

FRONTEO uses the in-house developed AI engines "KIBIT", "Concept Encoder", and "Looca Cross" that specialize in natural language processing to extract meaningful and important information from a huge amount of text data, and is a company. It is a data analysis company that supports the business of. Since its establishment in August 2003, it has been expanding globally to Japan, the United States, South Korea, and Taiwan, focusing on legal tech businesses such as "e-discovery (electronic discovery)" and "digital forensic investigation" that support corporate international litigation. Has been deployed.Based on the AI ​​technology cultivated in this business, we will expand the business field to the life science field, business intelligence field, and economic security from 8, and by using AI to "turn text data into knowledge", We contribute to solving various corporate issues such as drug discovery support, dementia diagnosis support, financial, personnel, and sales support. Listed on TSE Mothers on June 2014, 2007. Obtained a first-class medical device manufacturing and sales business license in January 6 (permit number: 26B2021X1), and notified the managed medical device sales business in September of the same year (notification number: 13 Minato Misei Equipment No. 1).The capital is 10350 thousand yen (as of March 9, 3).

 ■ About Looca Cross

Looca Cross is an AI that helps you formulate strategies for economic security by finding meaningful connections in a vast network.By connecting the information of shareholders and business partners of companies around the world, a huge and complicated supply chain network and holding network emerge.It is almost impossible for humans to analyze how goods and services flow and how control is transmitted in these networks.FRONTEO has developed a new AI engine "Looca Cross" to capture the flow of goods in a network and the propagation of force in a network that cannot be analyzed by human power. With Looca Cross, you can find potential risky channels, chokepoint companies, and remote control of companies from a great distance from a huge number of apparent trading channels. Will be able to be found.

■ About Seizu Analysis 

Seizu Analysis can analyze a huge supply chain based on the information obtained from open source, and extract the connection between specific entities (such as companies that are judged to be unfavorable for transactions) from it. ..Normally, when a company tries to check the soundness of its supply chain on its own, it is said that it can only track secondary and tertiary suppliers, but Seizu Analysis can track suppliers a dozen steps ahead. .. 

* FRONTEO, KIBIT, and concept encoder are registered trademarks of FRONTEO in Japan.