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JapanRetail and e-commerce2025 – ongoing

MISUMI Group

Customer inquiry AI

MISUMI reported 40-second technical answers

WorkingCompany's own claimOfficial ↗

Problem

Customers waited for technical answers.

Approach

Generative AI searched product databases. It answered customer questions through chat.

Results

40秒average technical-response wait, previously 3,600 secondsCompany's own claim[1]

Takeaway

MISUMI reported shorter response waits without disclosing answer accuracy.

Categories

Business function
Customer service
Innovation type
Process innovation
AI technology
Generative AI
Evidence
Company's own claim

Sources

  1. MISUMI Integrated Report 2025
    MISUMI Group2025Company publication

Source summaries

[1]MISUMI Group2025

MISUMI described operational customer chat. Technical-response waits averaged 40 seconds.

Full details are in the original sources.

Added 1 Nov 2026 · Updated 1 Nov 2026
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