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Survey on the Use of Generative AI in the Manufacturing Industry

What you'll learn in this document
- 40.4% of manufacturing desk workers responded that their company has established internal rules regarding generative AI
- 74.1% of people who can use generative AI in their work are "actually using generative AI"
- The tasks that utilize generative AI are "email and document creation" and "searching and summarizing technical information," which are tied for first place (58.3%).
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Why has manufacturing DX entered a phase of considering what comes after Excel?

What you'll learn in this document
- The Relationship Between Manufacturing and Excel
- Familiarity and efficiency are different. Excel causes fatigue in the workplace
- Requirements for promoting DX and the limitations of Excel
- We won't let anyone say "Excel is good enough" anymore!
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[2025 Survey] Survey on the actual situation regarding on-site documents in the manufacturing industry

What you'll learn in this document
- 69.6% of manufacturing companies manage on-site documents using paper/Excel, an increase of 5.9 points compared to 2022, indicating an increasing analog rate
- Awareness of the "2025 Cliff" among site managers is high at 89.2%
- 91.5% of site managers who manage site reports on paper or in Excel are eager to switch to electronic reports
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Rising prices, labor shortages, excess inventory: Issues facing the manufacturing industry and what can be done now to manage quality, inventory, and costs

What you'll learn in this document
- Current challenges facing production management in the manufacturing industry
- Specific issues in the three major management areas of the manufacturing industry: quality control, delivery and inventory control, and cost control
- The benefits of digitizing paper-based communications
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[Manufacturing Survey] What is the status of "factory visualization"?

What you'll learn in this document
- Ranking of activities carried out to achieve factory visualization
- Ranking of items that can be visualized now
- Ranking of issues faced in factory visualization
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[Survey of major manufacturers] More than 30% are not taking steps to reduce paper use

What you'll learn in this document
- Ranking of initiatives that should be taken to achieve carbon neutrality
- Ranking of reasons why efforts to reduce paper are not being made
- Ranking of documents managed on paper
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[Logistics industry survey] What kinds of mistakes occur in warehouses and logistics operations?

What you'll learn in this document
- Ranking of the most common mistakes made in warehouse and logistics operations
- Ranking of activities aimed at solving the 2024 problem
- Ranking of causes of errors in warehouse and logistics operations
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Issues with maintenance work supporting the manufacturing industry

What you'll learn in this document
- Changes, challenges and realities occurring in maintenance work
- Nine "wastes" that can be reduced by promoting digital transformation in maintenance operations
- How to thoroughly streamline maintenance operations
- Case study of "i-Reporter," a digital tool that is easy for both field staff and managers to use
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Survey on sales tabulation in offices and commercial facilities

What you'll learn in this document
- Ranking of sales data aggregation methods
- Ranking of issues arising from non-digital
- Ranking of issues with systems used to aggregate sales
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Survey on the actual situation regarding management of vending machines

What you'll learn in this document
- Actual number of vending machines managed by one person
- Is the work completed on time?
- Frequency of mistakes made on-site
- Problems occurring in analogue work
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[Survey on Small and Medium-sized Enterprises] Survey on the Actual Situation of Digitalization of Expiration Date Management

What you'll learn in this document
- Ranking of frequency of expiry date checks, number of items, and management methods
- Ranking of issues felt in non-digital expiration date management
- Ranking of issues felt in managing digital expiration dates
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[Survey of large companies] Survey on the actual status of digitalization of expiration date management

What you'll learn in this document
- Ranking of frequency of expiry date checks, number of items, and management methods/li>
- Ranking of issues felt in non-digital expiration date management
- Ranking of issues felt in managing digital expiration dates
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What is the relationship between digitization of worksite documents and overtime?

What you'll learn in this document
- More than 60% of companies have implemented ____ in the digitization of on-site document recording (entry)
- Ranking of perceived differences in implementation effects depending on digitalization method
- Ranking of causes of overtime work related to recording worksite documents
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[Manufacturing survey] What is the status of digital transformation of on-site documents?

What you'll learn in this document
- Ranking of methods for managing site documents
- Ranking of reasons for managing on-site documents on paper
- Ranking of reasons for wanting to proceed with electronic forms
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[Retail and Food Service] Survey on the Actual Situation of "QSC Check"

What you'll learn in this document
- Ranking of QSC check methods in retail and food service industries
- Ranking of storage methods for implemented QSC checklists
- Ranking of specific issues occurring in analog QSC checks
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[Construction industry survey] Approximately 90% of site supervisors are troubled by inefficiency in their work

What you'll learn in this document
- Ranking of tasks that site supervisors feel are inefficient
- Whether or not a computerized system for on-site reports (documents) has been introduced
- The need for computerized systems
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[Logistics industry survey] What are the challenges facing digital inventory management operations?

What you'll learn in this document
- Inventory management method ranking
- Frustration and problems felt when performing inventory management tasks
- Frustration and issues when using handheld terminals
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List of market research materials

Survey on the Use of Generative AI in the Manufacturing Industry

Why has manufacturing DX entered a phase of considering what comes after Excel?

[2025 Survey] Survey on the actual situation regarding on-site documents in the manufacturing industry

Rising prices, labor shortages, excess inventory: Issues facing the manufacturing industry and what can be done now to manage quality, inventory, and costs

[Manufacturing Survey] What is the status of "factory visualization"?

[Survey of major manufacturers] More than 30% are not taking steps to reduce paper use

[Logistics industry survey] What kinds of mistakes occur in warehouses and logistics operations?

Issues with maintenance work supporting the manufacturing industry

Survey on sales tabulation in offices and commercial facilities

Survey on the actual situation regarding management of vending machines

[Survey on Small and Medium-sized Enterprises] Survey on the Actual Situation of Digitalization of Expiration Date Management

[Survey of large companies] Survey on the actual status of digitalization of expiration date management

What is the relationship between digitization of worksite documents and overtime?

[Manufacturing survey] What is the status of digital transformation of on-site documents?

[Retail and Food Service] Survey on the Actual Situation of "QSC Check"

[Construction industry survey] Approximately 90% of site supervisors are troubled by inefficiency in their work

[Logistics industry survey] What are the challenges facing digital inventory management operations?

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