Fujitsu Improves Supply Chain Resilience and Sustainability Through AI
Fujitsu partnered with Microsoft to deliver sustainable AI and cloud-based solutions for the manufacturing sector. Their joint effort features the deployment of Fujitsu’s Kozuchi AI platform on Microsoft Azure, combining AI, automation, and cloud technologies to strengthen supply chain management, risk assessment, and production efficiency. The implementation includes use of Microsoft 365, Dynamics 365, Power Platform, and Viva, with Uvance as Fujitsu’s business arm developing technology-driven solutions for manufacturing, retail, and healthcare. Kozuchi’s bundled AI Innovation Components and AI Core Engines are tailored to help customers achieve rapid business validation and proof of concept for various use cases. Fujitsu leverages the Microsoft Cloud for Sustainability by migrating on-premises data to Azure Data Platform for enhanced analysis, forecasting, and risk visualization in supply chains. The approach streamlines operational processes in supply chains, retail, and trusted society domains, enabling digitized and resilient responses to crises such as logistics breakdowns, natural disasters, and geopolitical risks. The result is improved operational efficiency, accelerated AI adoption, and measurable advances in sustainability, helping customers realize lasting business value.
- Organization
- Fujitsu
- Industry
- Manufacturing
- Location
- Japan
Reported outcomes
Strategic outcomes
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Use case focus
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- 1Sustainable Supply Chain Risk Visualization and Forecasting
- 2Automated Supply Chain Resilience Management
- 3Rapid AI Solution Deployment for Manufacturing
- Complex supply chain management across multiple geographies and industries.
- Need for greater supply chain resilience against risks like crises, disasters, and disruptions.
- Pressure to improve operational efficiency and business validation speed.
- Sustaining environmental and social responsibility in manufacturing processes.
- Requirement to quickly deploy and validate AI-driven solutions for various business scenarios.
- Deployment of Fujitsu’s Kozuchi AI platform hosted on Microsoft Azure.
- Integration with Microsoft 365, Microsoft Dynamics 365, Microsoft Power Platform, and Microsoft Viva platforms.
- Use of the Microsoft Cloud for Sustainability tools, including migration of on-premises data to Azure for analysis and forecasting.
- Combination of AI Innovation Components and AI Core Engines to quickly enable AI-driven use cases and automation.
- Collaboration between Fujitsu and Microsoft to accelerate delivery of digital supply chain, manufacturing, and resilient society solutions.
- Enhanced supply chain resilience and risk avoidance.
- Increased operational efficiency in manufacturing and retail through cloud-based AI.
- Faster business validation using bundled AI tools and rapid proof of concept.
- Improved visibility and forecasting for environmental and supply chain risks.
- Accelerated achievement of sustainability goals in manufacturing and other sectors.
Architecture
Fujitsu’s Kozuchi AI platform is hosted on Microsoft Azure, integrates with Microsoft 365, Dynamics 365, Power Platform, and Viva, and leverages Microsoft Cloud for Sustainability. On-premises manufacturing and supply chain data is migrated to Azure Data Platform for analysis, forecasting, and visualization of risks. The solution features modular AI Innovation Components and AI Core Engines, accessible via open-source and Fujitsu tools, to enable rapid business validation and deployment across manufacturing, retail, and trusted society domains.
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