Be an attractive company
I have started working with BizReach to start active recruitment activities. I am in charge of sales strategy and product development. Following the instructions of the Bizreach representative, I created a job application. Then, I started preparing scout e-mails. One person that day, the next [...].
Discomfort with "startups."
It seems that "start-up" is a booming business... It has been 23 years since I founded the company by myself in 1999. I feel uncomfortable from the standpoint of having experienced many things. Even if you raise hundreds of millions of dollars in funding, if you don't make any sales, you will soon lose it. On the other hand, if you want to make a profit of several hundred million [...].
ARE YOU ACTUALLY USING AI?
AN ARTICLE IN NIKKEI MONOZUKURI REPORTS ON THE RESULTS OF A SURVEY ON THE "CURRENT STATUS AND EXPECTATIONS FOR THE USE OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IN MANUFACTURING". WHEN ASKED WHETHER THEY ARE ACTUALLY UTILIZING AI, ONLY 15.9% SAID THEY "ARE ALREADY UTILIZING AI," WHILE "HAVE PROOF OF CONCEPT BUT DID NOT INTRODUCE IT" [...].
Exhibiting at MECHATRONICS TECHNOLOGY JAPAN 2021
At MECHATRONICS TECHNOLOGY JAPAN 2021 being held in Nagoya, Japan from Oct. 20-23, 2021, we are exhibiting our front and back visual inspection system " Glamichan" at the booth of Sungen Co. We have heard that many exhibitions are "quiet" due to the new Corona [...].
Let's "produce" more!
If the definition is correct, value added = sales - external purchase cost. Labor productivity = value added / number of employees, and the problem is that this figure is "low in Japan. I personally feel a little uncomfortable with this concept, since sales are defined as "consumption" [...].
moonshot
There seems to be a lot of talk about "moonshots" and "disruptive innovation" and all sorts of things being done by government agencies and university professors, but from my perspective as both a manager and an engineer, I wish people would stop being irresponsible. Setting high (too high) goals is a win [...].
WEAKNESSES OF AI
ANALYZE IMAGES TAKEN BY A DIGITAL CAMERA OF INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTS TO DETERMINE WHETHER THEY ARE GOOD OR BAD IN TERMS OF APPEARANCE. I HAVE BEEN WORKING AS AN "AI" FOR 25 YEARS. FROM THAT STANDPOINT, THE GREATEST WEAKNESS OF AI IS THAT IT IS ONLY A "REPLACEMENT FOR HUMANS.
Cost of image processing software
My cost sense after 25 years of automating visual inspections for a living. Considering 1 inspector x 3 years, the cost to automate visual inspections is 10 million at most. To make it work as a business, we need to secure about 20% profit, and we need to make it for 8 million. Outside [...].
Things just got interesting.
I have been going around to everyone, publicly announcing that we are aiming for sales of 1 billion yen in 5 years. Until now, I was afraid to step on the gas pedal because I thought "more business inquiries" = "more unrealistic inquiries" and "more orders" = "more work for me". But now, I am not so afraid to step on the gas pedal.
I did a "visual inspection" at search
It's been a while since I did a google searchfor "visual inspection". It's a great thing, isn't it? Large and small companies are all mixed up in a battle royal state. Our company's site doesn't come up even if you go to search....