FRONTEO Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Minato-ku, Tokyo, President: Masahiro Morimoto, hereinafter referred to as FRONTEO) has announced the "Supply Chain Network Analysis Solution" for the economic security measure network analysis system "Seizu Analysis". has received a notice of allowance from the Patent Office for a technology that calculates a new index that enables the extraction of routes that are highly related to a specific business, such as the main business of a target company, from a huge supply chain. .

[Patent outline]
Application number: Japanese Patent Application No. 2021-160141
Patent filing date: January 2021, 9

　Seizu Analysis is an economic security measures network analysis system equipped with FRONTEO's proprietary AI engine "Looca Cross". Seizu Analysis's supply chain network analysis solution analyzes a huge amount of supply chains based on information obtained from open sources, and identifies organizations of concern listed in the entity list established by the U.S. Department of Commerce's Bureau of Industry and Security. Present connections and chokepoints (points of strategic importance).

　The technology, which received a patent grant this time, was developed with the aim of finding the supply chain route for a specific product of a target company from within a transaction network constructed by acquiring data from open sources.This new index measures the degree of similarity between links (transactions between companies) in the supply chain. For example, it is possible to calculate a chokepoint score for evaluation. FRONTEO will combine this new technology with the patented technology it has acquired so far to support the discovery of risks in the supply chain of companies and the construction of a safer supply chain.

<What is possible by applying the new index>
・Distinguish between the main business of the target company and the channels related to businesses that have no direct business relationship with the main business
・In a company with multiple businesses, estimate the route for each product based on the degree of similarity

Figure: Measuring similarity between links and estimating supply chain routes

　FRONTEO will continue to provide solutions for strategic and rapid decision-making to Japanese companies facing the newly emerging challenges of economic security.In addition, we will strive to ensure that these solutions serve as a deterrent in terms of economic security, helping companies avoid risks and create new businesses.

■ About Looca Cross　URL:https://osint.fronteo.com/
Looca Cross is an AI that helps formulate strategies for economic security by finding meaningful connections among a vast network.When we connect the information on the holding relationships and business relationships of companies around the world, a huge and complex network emerges.It is almost impossible for humans to analyze how dominance and flows of goods and services are transmitted in these huge networks.FRONTEO has developed a new AI engine, Looca Cross, to capture the propagation of force and the flow of things within a network of a scale that cannot be analyzed by human power. With Looca Cross, it is possible to find remote control by following multiple levels of ownership relationships, indirect trade channels with concerned organizations, and chokepoints in the supply chain.

■ About Seizu Analysis
Based on information obtained from open sources, Seizu Analysis is a "supply chain network analysis solution" that analyzes a huge amount of supply chains and grasps connections with concerned organizations and choke points. "Shareholder control network analysis solution" for analyzing the influence of shareholders from the shareholding ratio and grasping the propagation of control power. We are developing three solutions, the "cutting-edge technology/researcher network analysis solution" that can grasp the risks based on

■ About FRONTEO　URL:https://www.fronteo.com/
FRONTEO is a data analysis company that uses the in-house developed AI engines KIBIT and Concept Encoder, Looca Cross specialized in natural language processing to extract meaningful and significant information from a large amount of textual data and support companies' business. Since its inception in August 2003, we have been working globally with Japan, the United States, Korea, and Taiwan, mainly in the Legaltech business, such as e-discovery (electronic evidence disclosure) and digital forensic surveys, which support company international lawsuits. Based on AI technology developed in this project, we have expanded our business fields to life science, business intelligence, and economic security since 8, and have used AI to transform textual data into knowledge, thus contributing to the resolution of various companies' issues, including support for drug discovery, support for dementia diagnostics, and support for financial, human resources, and business. Listed on TSE Mothers (currently TSE Growth) on June 2014, 2007. In January 6, the company obtained a license to manufacture and sell Class I medical devices (license number: 26B2021X1), and in September of the same year, the company submitted a notification to sell controlled medical devices (notification number: 13MinatoMiSeikikiDai1). Capital: ¥10350 (as of March 9, 3).

* FRONTEO, KIBIT, conceptencoder, Looca Cross, Seizu Analysis are registered trademarks of FRONTEO in Japan.