Sustainable business model
It has been 21 years since I started my business, and although the world is changing rapidly, the fundamentals of business remain the same. How much profit can we make from our work? Not only do we want to satisfy our customers, but we also want to make money (value-added) from our work.
Let machines do what machines can do.
The founder of the first company I worked for, Mr. Kazuma Tateishi, had a management philosophy: "Leave to machines what machines can do; humans should enjoy more creative work. Nearly 30 years have passed since then, and there are still many [...].
Limitations of Human Sea Tactics
I thought to myself, "If we can get people to do visual inspections, there is no need to go to the trouble of automating them. I myself thought that there was no need to go to the trouble of automating the process. I think the same was probably true at many manufacturing sites. In fact, I have seen sites where more than 30% of the employees are inspectors. That is where this co [...].
THOUGHTS ON THE "AI BUSINESS
THE WORLD SEEMS TO BE IN A RACE TO ACQUIRE "AI HUMAN RESOURCES"... THE "VISUAL INSPECTION AUTOMATION BUSINESS" THAT I AM ENGAGED IN AND MANY "AI BUSINESSES" ARE VERY SIMILAR (OR PERHAPS VISUAL INSPECTION AUTOMATION IS A KIND OF AI?). THE QUESTION WE ARE INTO [...].
New Year's Greetings
Thank you for your continued support this year. Since around the end of last year, I have been working on several new elemental technologies. I will introduce them to you in due course, but I feel that I have "all the weapons" I need to automate visual inspections. I do not think it is technically "impossible" [...].
What we want to tell you at the end of the seminar
The last one at the seminar on the 14th is the one I most want to tell you about. I added it because I thought it would be a rare opportunity to have the time of perhaps 300-400 people involved in the field of manufacturing. In my involvement in this work, I have seen defective products from various industries [...].
Ready to go
The handouts for the seminar on the 14th have been sent out for printing. Now we can take a break. After all, 415 people have pre-registered. I am happy to hear that, but standing room only is inevitable, and it is expected to be quite crowded. (I heard that the venue has been expanded since the last [...])
I don't know if I should be happy about this...
We have received the current number of registrations for your seminar at the Sensing in Imaging Expo. --- We are pleased to inform you of the number of registrations for your company's seminar at the Image Sensing Expo 2019 until 23:59 on Monday, May 27, 2019. The materials will be distributed [...].
2019 Image Sensing Expo Seminar
WE WILL BE CONDUCTING A SEMINAR AT THE IMAGE SENSING EXPO (PACIFICO YOKOHAMA) ON 2019.6.14. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR ATTENDING OUR SEMINAR LAST YEAR. THIS YEAR, WE WILL HAVE "POPULAR AI" AND "KEYNOTE SPEECH" IN THE SAME TIME SLOT, AND WE WILL HAVE A "HUNCH [...]...