FRONTEO Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Minato-ku, Tokyo, President and CEO: Masahiro Morimoto, hereinafter referred to as FRONTEO) uses the economic security AI solution "KIBIT Seizu Analysis" to analyze the supply chains of companies and industries. We would like to inform you that we have developed a new analysis method that calculates and visualizes the degree of impact from various perspectives that contribute to risk assessment (patent pending).This technology will further advance multifaceted and multiaxial analysis in supply chains, etc., making it possible to provide new insights that contribute to strategic decision-making in economic security.

A new comparison method that can be presented using the technology for which we have applied for a patent this time

　When the method developed this time is applied to supply chain analysis,① Influence of a specific company or industry, ② Influence of a specific country, ③ Influence of a combination of these, ④ Influence exerted by a specific company through a specific industry or a specific country.It is possible to uniformly and efficiently calculate influence based on diverse perspectives such asFurthermore, in shareholder network analysis,⑤What type of entity?^{* 1}how much control it hasetc., can be comprehensively calculated.

　For example, the left side of the figure shows the percentage of companies in the upstream supply chain of automobile manufacturing company This is based on the degree of dependence*2.In this example, the strength of the influence of a particular country becomes apparent, which could not be seen from the simple number of companies by country.By comparing various indicators in this way, it is possible to understand the risks and possibilities of the supply chain from multiple perspectives.When planning and implementing economic security strategies that include diverse risk management, there is an increasing need to analyze supply chains from multiple perspectives, and we believe that this new analysis technology will be one of the solutions to such requests. Masu.

　FRONTEO's economic security business uses KIBIT Seizu Analysis, an AI solution specialized in analysis related to economic security, to visualize economic security risks hidden in supply chains, shareholder networks, research and development systems, etc. We support strategic decision-making, including import/export management, ESG responses, and procurement strategies.As a wide variety of geopolitical risks directly linked to economic security risks emerge, FRONTEO aims to become an intelligence platform that quickly provides high-quality analysis results and insights that contribute to risk reduction. We will continue to strive to improve.

For details on the economic security project, please refer to the website below.
URL: https://osint.fronteo.com/

*1 Entities such as business companies, investment companies, individuals, countries, etc.
*2 KIBIT Seizu Analysis is an index that evaluates which suppliers are more highly dependent within the supply chain network, and is called the choke point score.

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

FRONTEO is a data analysis company that provides various AI solutions and services using the in-house developed AI engine "KIBIT". Based on the philosophy of "providing solutions that do not overlook risks and opportunities buried in records and realizing fairness in the information society," extract meaningful and important information from vast amounts of text data and complex networks. Our strengths are natural language processing and network analysis technologies that support advanced judgments by experts.We are developing businesses in the areas of legal tech AI, business intelligence, life science AI, and economic security, and contributing to solving various corporate and social issues. Founded in August 2003, listed on Tokyo Stock Exchange Mothers (currently Tokyo Stock Exchange Growth) on June 8, 2007.The company operates in Japan, the United States, South Korea, and Taiwan.Acquisition of first-class medical device manufacturing and sales business license, notification of controlled medical device sales business.Capital 6 thousand yen (as of March 26, 3,042,317).

* FRONTEO and KIBIT are registered trademarks of FRONTEO in Japan.

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