Cinnamon Co., Ltd. (Representative Director and CEO: Mirai Hirano, hereinafter referred to as Cinnamon), which provides artificial intelligence (hereinafter referred to as "AI") solutions for one of the largest companies in Japan, is a major confectionery manufacturer, Bourbon Co., Ltd. (Representative Director and President: Yasushi Yoshida). , hereinafter referred to as Bourbon), has agreed to provide an order processing efficiency service that utilizes the AI-OCR "Flax Scanner" that can handle non-standard forms.

Bourbon offers a wide range of confectionery, beverages, frozen desserts, and food under the two slogans of ``In the middle of delicious smiles'' and ``Deliciousness, consideration, always together.'' Bourbon, a major confectionery manufacturer, receives large quantities of orders from many wholesalers and retailers on a daily basis. While the systemization of order processing using EDI (electronic data interchange) is progressing, fax order forms still account for a certain percentage. Such fax order forms have issues such as the complexity of work due to the unfixed format of the form, and a drop in resolution of order forms via fax, which cannot be handled by conventional OCR, and Bourbon also While trying to improve operational efficiency, this became an issue.

The AI-OCR “Flax Scanner” provided by Cinnamon is capable of handling “forms with no fixed format” and “forms with poor image quality such as faxes” that conventional OCR could not handle. However, we have succeeded in capturing information effectively.

In the future, Bourbon and Cinnamon will aim to improve the efficiency of order processing operations by utilizing the "Flax Scanner order processing efficiency service," which is a packaged version of the "Flax Scanner" for order processing operations. , we will also promote operational efficiency using AI in other operations as well.

■Image of business process improvement

Upload the imaged fax order form data to Cinnamon's AI-OCR engine. Transfer and store the extracted data to the core system.

■Flax Scanner ordering efficiency service

This service improves the efficiency of the following ordering operations.

In addition, Cinnamon provides seminars and materials related to this order processing efficiency service.
For more information, please visit this URL.
https://cinnamon.is/202001_seminar_flax_ordering

■Future outlook

Going forward, Cinnamon will build a further foundation as an AI platform with the theme of "improving white-collar productivity" and will work on developing various products that promote business improvement. Specifically, we will expand our product lineup of business-specific solutions following the "Flax Scanner order processing efficiency service" that utilizes AI-OCR.

[Bourbon Co., Ltd. Company Profile]

Company name: Bourbon Co., Ltd.

URL: https://www.bourbon.co.jp

Address: 1-3-1 Ekimae, Kashiwazaki City, Niigata Prefecture

Established: November 1924

Representative: Yasushi Yoshida, Representative Director and President

[Cinnamon Co., Ltd. Company Profile]

Company name: Cinnamon Co., Ltd.

URL: http://www.cinnamon.is

Address: 6th floor, MTP Higashiazabu Building, 1-9-16 Higashiazabu, Minato-ku, Tokyo

Established: October 2016

Representative: Mirai Hirano, Representative Director and CEO