JapanManufacturing2024 – ongoingYokowo
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Yokowo said a survey of 100 Copilot users showed about 870 hours saved a month
Problem
Yokowo, an automotive antenna maker, wanted staff from sales to engineering to use generative AI in daily work.
Approach
Yokowo set up a dedicated organization to promote generative AI and bought 300 Microsoft Copilot licences. About 220 employees used them by late 2024. The company planned a company-wide rollout.
Results
Takeaway
The saving came from a survey of users, so it is a self-reported estimate.
Categories
- Industry
- Manufacturing
- Business function
- Internal work and knowledge management
- Innovation type
- Process innovation
- AI technology
- Generative AI
- Adoption
- Off-the-shelf tool or platform
- Evidence
- Company's own claim
Sources
Source summaries
The article, from a Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun report dated 2 December 2024, described Yokowo's use of Microsoft's Copilot. It gave 300 licences, about 220 users and about 870 hours a month saved, based on a survey of 100 users. A manager in the information systems department said the company would move toward a company-wide rollout.
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