Tanseisha has developed a function to display summaries of documents by combining the generative AI provided by Azure OpenAI Service from Microsoft Japan Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: MINATO CITY, Tokyo; President and Chief Executive Of cer: Miki Tsusaka; hereinafter referred to as "Microsoft Japan") with the knowledge management tool "saguroot," which began service provision in May 2023. The system equipped with this function (hereinafter referred to as "the system") will be provided as an internal information system for Asahi Breweries, Ltd. (Headquarters: Sumida-ku, Tokyo; President and Chief Executive Of cer: Kazuo Matsuyama; hereinafter referred to as "Asahi Breweries").
System demo screen image
A screenshot of the search results showing relevance and summary
*The screen is under development.
This system was developed based on "saguroot," a knowledge management tool that encourages the use of "valuable information" lying dormant within a company through cross-sectional material searches, and features a user-oriented UX design that takes advantage of the information organization know-how of Tanseisha, which handles many exhibition facilities such as museums, and Azure AI provided by Microsoft Japan. In providing the system to Asahi Breweries, we furthered our collaboration with Microsoft Japan, and by displaying summaries generated by Azure Open AI in the search results of "saguroot," we make it easier to find the desired information and provide a more efficient search experience.
Asahi Breweries, the recipient of the service, has begun trial operation of the system in its R&D department, with future goals of consolidating, organizing, and efficiently acquiring technical information scattered throughout the Asahi Group, thereby leveraging the group's knowledge to strengthen product development and improve business efficiency.
"Saguroot" will continue to utilize AI and new technologies to provide a smoother and more comfortable search experience and improve functionality. Tanseisha will utilize the knowledge it has accumulated in creating spaces to promote innovation and create new value through collaboration and cooperation.
Features of this system
- - The latest technologies, Azure Cognitive Search and Azure Cosmos DB, make it possible to quickly perform cross-sectional and comprehensive searches of unstructured data *1, including text and images within files, by keyword or classification, such as PDFs and Office files that are commonly used in business situations.
- - In addition to thumbnails and information about the materials, search results also display summaries of about 100 characters generated by the Azure OpenAI Service, allowing users to intuitively check whether the material data matches their search objectives.
- - By using Azure, including "Azure OpenAI Service," you can build a robust, enterprise-ready environment.
*1 Unstructured data: Data that has no regularity and cannot be converted into a tabular format. This format is contrasted with structured data that is managed in a relational database with rows and columns.
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Hirohito Kisoe, Deputy Manager, Innovation Strategy Department, Marketing Division, Asahi Breweries
At Asahi Breweries, new technologies and knowledge are developed every year to deliver value to customers. Although we have been working on organizing the information, there are still documents that have not been organized or shared, and it can be difficult to find them.
"Saguroot" can search all saved files at once, and can even search the contents of documents, so it was thought to be ideal for searching technical documents that contain a lot of technical terminology. In addition, summaries generated by the generative AI save the trouble of reading documents, and documents can be intuitively searched for by filtering by classification and showing thumbnails that are easy to understand at a glance. We hope that in the future, information search time will be significantly reduced, leading to the promotion of technology sharing within the group.
Related information
Related Links
Knowledge management tool "saguroot": https://saguroot.tanseisha.co.jp
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