JapanManufacturing2024 – ongoingNGK Insulators
LLM-assisted discovery of applications for internal technologies
NGK's AI pilot generated at least 100 proposals for new technology applications
Problem
Finding new markets for NGK's technologies required extensive reading and depended on individual employees' experience.
Approach
NGK worked with Stockmark on an LLM built from external technical and market information. They incorporated NGK's product and technology information, including confidential material. The pilot generated application proposals from which promising business possibilities were selected.
Results
Takeaway
The reported result was a shortlist of potential applications. NGK did not report commercial launches or revenue from the proposals.
Categories
- Size
- Large enterprise
- Industry
- Manufacturing
- Business function
- IT and R&DStrategy and organization
- Innovation type
- Process innovation
- AI technology
- Generative AI
- Adoption
- Partner co-development
- Evidence
- Company's own claim
Sources
Source summaries
NGK reported a completed application-discovery pilot with Stockmark. It disclosed the proposal and shortlist counts, while describing further integration of company information as future work.
Full details are in the original sources.