{"id":4940,"date":"2026-04-08T12:07:06","date_gmt":"2026-04-08T03:07:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cinnamon.ai\/?post_type=news&#038;p=4940"},"modified":"2026-04-08T12:16:53","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T03:16:53","slug":"20260416-procurement-excellence-forum","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/cinnamon.ai\/en\/news\/20260416-procurement-excellence-forum\/","title":{"rendered":"Amazon Japan CEO Hirano will be speaking at the &quot;Procurement Excellence Forum 2026&quot; hosted by Amazon Japan."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Our CEO, Hirano, will be speaking at the &quot;Procurement Excellence Forum 2026,&quot; hosted by Amazon Japan G.K., on Thursday, April 16th.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"979\" height=\"693\" src=\"https:\/\/cinnamon.ai\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image-3.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4944\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cinnamon.ai\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image-3.png 979w, https:\/\/cinnamon.ai\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image-3-300x212.png 300w, https:\/\/cinnamon.ai\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image-3-768x544.png 768w, https:\/\/cinnamon.ai\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image-3-18x12.png 18w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 979px) 100vw, 979px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>This forum will present practical examples of procurement and purchasing reforms from leading manufacturing companies, as well as introduce Amazon&#039;s AI-driven optimization efforts in procurement. Furthermore, a special lecture by a leading expert in generative AI will delve deeply into the transformative potential and future prospects that AI can bring to corporate management.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On that day, Hirano said<strong>Willpower and AI: New Trends and Winning Strategies in Corporate Management<\/strong>I will be giving a lecture on the theme of &quot;[theme]&quot;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>*Due to overwhelming demand, this event is now fully booked and registration is closed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:45px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>\u25a0 Event Overview<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Name: Procurement Excellence Forum 2026<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Date and Time:<\/strong> <strong>Thursday, April 16, 2026, 14:00 - 17:15 (Registration starts at 13:30)<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Sponsored by:<\/strong> Amazon Japan G.K. (Amazon Business)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Planning and Management:<\/strong> Business Forum Co., Ltd. Secretariat<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>venue:<\/strong> Belle Salle Yaesu (Chuo Ward, Tokyo)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Speakers:<\/strong> Company Name (Company Name) (Position) Hirano (Name)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>URL:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.b-forum.net\/event\/jp2157jdaf\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.b-forum.net\/event\/jp2157jdaf\/<\/a> <br>(\u203bApplications are now closed.)<\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>4\u670816\u65e5\uff08\u6728\uff09\u306b\u958b\u50ac\u3055\u308c\u308b\u3001\u30a2\u30de\u30be\u30f3\u30b8\u30e3\u30d1\u30f3\u5408\u540c\u4f1a\u793e\u4e3b\u50ac\u306e\u300cProcurement Excellence Forum 2026\u300d\u306b\u3001\u5f53\u793eCEO\u5e73\u91ce\u304c\u767b\u58c7\u3044\u305f\u3057\u307e\u3059\u3002 \u672c\u30d5\u30a9\u30fc\u30e9\u30e0\u3067\u306f\u3001\u88fd\u9020\u696d\u306e\u5148\u9032\u4f01\u696d\u306b\u3088\u308b\u8abf\u9054\u30fb\u8cfc\u8cb7\u6539 [&hellip;]<\/p>","protected":false},"template":"","news-cat":[29],"news-tag":[],"class_list":["post-4940","news","type-news","status-publish","hentry","news-cat-event"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cinnamon.ai\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/4940","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cinnamon.ai\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cinnamon.ai\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cinnamon.ai\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4940"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cinnamon.ai\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-cat?post=4940"},{"taxonomy":"news-tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cinnamon.ai\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-tag?post=4940"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}