JapanConstruction and engineering2023 – ongoingObayashi Road
AI inventory measurement at the Tojo asphalt plant
Obayashi Road reported a 94% cut in raw-material inventory work during an AI system trial
Problem
Obayashi Road needed to calculate quantities of aggregate and sand held in asphalt-plant stockyards. Inventory management required staff time.
Approach
The company developed an image-recognition and AI quantity-calculation algorithm through joint research with Kobe University. System Clinic built the web system. Obayashi Road installed it for trial operation at its Tojo asphalt plant in Hyogo Prefecture.
Results
Takeaway
The system addressed inventory measurement at a named operating plant. Wider deployment and connections to internal documents and systems remained planned.
Categories
- Size
- Large enterprise
- Industry
- Construction and engineering
- Business function
- Logistics and supply chain
- Innovation type
- Process innovation
- AI technology
- Computer vision
- Adoption
- Partner co-development
- Evidence
- Company's own claim
Sources
Source summaries
Obayashi Road announced trial operation of its AI inventory system at the Tojo asphalt plant. It cited linked newspaper coverage reporting a 94% reduction in inventory-management work time.
Full details are in the original sources.
