FRONTEO Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Minato-ku, Tokyo, President: Masahiro Morimoto, hereinafter referred to as FRONTEO) is an AI solution "Takumi KIBIT" that supports the transfer of corporate skills, equipped with the in-house developed AI "KIBIT". We would like to inform you that Morinaga & Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Minato-ku, Tokyo, President and CEO: Eijiro Ota, hereinafter referred to as Morinaga & Co., Ltd.) will be implementing it from January 2024, 1. By accumulating and sharing the product research and development technology and know-how that the company has cultivated over many years as data, we will contribute to human resource development, stable production activities, and the formation of organizational knowledge within the company.

　Morinaga & Co., Ltd. is contributing to a sustainable society through corporate activities aimed at realizing the group's purpose of ``Continuing to create healthy food that is loved by generations and connecting smiles to people around the world into the future.'' We aim to contribute to the Group's sustainable growth. In response to the labor shortage, which has become an urgent issue in the manufacturing industry in recent years, the company has made the active participation of diverse human resources one of its key issues, and is focusing on human resource development, promoting diversity, and creating a working environment.

　For a manufacturer to achieve sustainable growth, it is essential to accumulate and pass on the skills and know-how of experts in product development as corporate assets. At Morinaga & Co., too, when information is accumulated for individual experts, work becomes individualized, and duplicate inquiries are concentrated on the target person, creating a large burden and inefficiency, which is a problem for new and young engineers. When faced with a problem, it was difficult to find an appropriate solution, or to not know who to contact or what to ask. In order to solve these problems, Takumi KIBIT has been introduced, which utilizes AI to centrally collect and manage technology and know-how and support the passing on of skills.

　Takumi KIBIT is a product that allows engineers to store their skills and know-how as well as various industry knowledge and findings in a database. When a problem occurs on-site, you can enter the situation and question in text into Takumi KIBIT, and the appropriate solution will be quickly extracted. Additionally, if the database does not contain the appropriate content to solve the problem, the AI ​​will select an expert and request an answer, and the input information will be newly added to the database. Takumi KIBIT allows individuals to accumulate and share their knowledge as corporate assets, contributing to improving the company's productivity and ensuring its sustainability.

　FRONTEO will continue to strive to help society and client companies solve problems and grow by providing AI technology development, social implementation, and solutions.

■FRONTEOabout　URL: https://www.fronteo.com/
FRONTEO is a data analysis company that provides a variety of AI solutions and services using the in-house developed AI engine "KIBIT". Our philosophy is to "realize fairness in the information society by providing solutions that do not overlook risks and opportunities hidden in records," and extract meaningful and important information from vast amounts of text data and complex networks. Our strengths are natural language processing and network analysis technology that supports advanced judgment 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 TSE Mothers (currently TSE Growth) on June 8, 2007.The company operates in Japan, the United States, South Korea, and Taiwan.Obtained a first-class medical device manufacturing and sales business license and registered a controlled medical device sales business.Capital: 6 yen (as of March 26, 3,042,317).

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

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