A new system that uses AI to automatically read large quantities of receiving labels in different formats and combines with MES to streamline receiving operations.

We have provided Cinnamon AI's original high-precision AI-OCR "Flax Scanner," equipped with generative AI, to Sumitomo Pharma Co., Ltd. (Head office: Osaka City; President and CEO: Kimura Toru), a research and development-based pharmaceutical company that creates innovative and useful medicines.

By introducing high-precision AI-OCR, the task of visually checking the incoming labels of a huge number of materials with different formats has been automated, and the efficiency of the work flow has been improved by improving the accuracy of data entry and checking work.

■ "Flax Scanner" reduces time and improves efficiency in logistics operations

Previously, Sumitomo Pharma had to visually check incoming labels, which came in a wide variety of formats, and this was a time-consuming process that required accurate matching with the system and data correction as needed. Furthermore, employees had to travel multiple times to check the scanned data against the company's system and print the company's own labels, which reduced work efficiency.

Cinnamon AI's "Flax Scanner" automatically extracts the necessary information with high accuracy, regardless of the format, simply by taking a photo of the label with a handheld device. This significantly reduces the time required for data entry and confirmation work, and reduces the risk of human error. In addition, by being able to check the extracted data with the MES on the spot, confirmation work that was previously done at employees' desks can now be done on-site, reducing the need for employee travel and improving the efficiency of the entire workflow.

*MES (Manufacturing Execution System): A system that manages and records work at manufacturing sites

Cinnamon AI will continue to hold discussions with Sumitomo Pharma, aiming to expand the scope of Flax Scanner's implementation. By simultaneously reducing the cost of operations that are dependent on individual tasks and concentrating personnel on core operations, Cinnamon AI will support the company's digital transformation efforts with AI, contributing to the enhancement of corporate value.

Sumitomo Pharma's "Flax Scanner" installation image

■ Cinnamon AI's original high-precision AI-OCR "Flax Scanner"

We have developed and are providing our original high-precision AI-OCR engine, "Flax Scanner," which allows AI to understand the meaning and read data from documents in various formats in any business scene, just like a human. Conventional AI-OCR mainly uses "coordinate definition type" that defines the coordinates in advance for formatted documents, but it is difficult to handle documents such as invoices, which have countless formats for each company. In contrast, our "Flax Scanner" has excellent technology for "feature learning type" that does not require prior coordinate definition, and is capable of reading a variety of forms and documents with high accuracy.

Furthermore, it can also extract information from industry-specific technical terms, drawings, and difficult photographic images, and has received high praise in this technical field, known collectively as IDP (Intelligent Document Processing, or automatic knowledge extraction technology), with papers being accepted at international conferences.

In addition, a new, highly versatile AI-OCR platform called "Flax Scanner HUB" has been launched, which allows easy use of Cinnamon AI's high-precision AI-OCR "Flax Scanner" for business purposes. "Flax Scanner HUB" is equipped with three different AI engines: coordinate definition type, feature learning type, and generative AI extraction type, and is capable of extracting data with high accuracy even from non-standard forms that are difficult to read. The feature learning type and generative AI extraction type do not require prior coordinate definition, allowing a variety of forms to be used in one stop.

Flax Scanner HUB:https://cinnamon.ai/flax-scanner-hub/