FRONTEO Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Minato-ku, Tokyo, President and CEO: Masahiro Morimoto, hereinafter referred to as FRONTEO) has announced that it has announced that it will be providing "supply chain analysis" for its economic security network analysis system "KIBIT Seizu Analysis." We are pleased to announce that we have obtained a patent for technology that estimates important parts of a vast transaction network and visualizes the flow of transactions within it from a bird's-eye view.

[Patent outline]
Patent registration number: Patent No. 7450198
Patent registration date: March 2024, 3

 

Development background and overview of new technology “New method in supply chain analysis”

　Conventionally, when analyzing a supply chain, there was no way to automatically extract the parts related to the main parts of the business from the vast trading network of an individual company and visualize the commercial flow within it from a bird's-eye view. This was extremely difficult to do manually.

　This technology expresses the pattern of connections between companies on a trading network as a complex vector, and uses this to calculate the supply chain skeleton from the trading network, and then Visualize the flow between them in the form of a Sankey diagram*. This makes it possible for companies to more accurately understand and evaluate their own business networks and those of their business partners.

* A chart format that expresses the flow rate between categories and processes. By connecting, branching, and thickness of lines, it is possible to simultaneously show the order and quantitative flow of the flow.

Figure: An example of a bird’s-eye view of a semiconductor company’s downstream commercial flow

 

About KIBIT Seizu Analysis and supply chain analysis solutions

　KIBIT Seizu Analysis is a system that is equipped with FRONTEO's in-house developed AI engine "KIBIT" and performs network analysis such as supply chains and the state of control by a company's beneficial shareholders for the purpose of economic security measures. We provide three solutions: "Supply chain analysis solution," "Shareholder control network analysis solution," and "Cutting-edge technology/researcher network analysis solution."

　KIBIT Seizu Analysis's supply chain analysis solution analyzes supply chains based on information obtained from open sources, and identifies connections with organizations of concern listed on the Entity List established by the U.S. Department of Commerce's Bureau of Industry and Security. Visualize points (strategically important points), etc. In industries with global supply chains, such as manufacturing, it is used to formulate procurement and management strategies that emphasize economic security.

　FRONTEO supports the formulation and promotion of corporate business strategies and management strategies and business development through research and development that realizes innovative analysis technology and its social implementation.

 

■ 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, KIBIT, and Seizu Analysis are registered trademarks of FRONTEO in Japan.