Prime Highlight
- Fujitsu and AWS Japan have partnered to launch a business creation lab aimed at helping Japanese retail and service companies accelerate digital transformation using cloud and generative AI.
- The lab enables quick proof-of-concept trials and fast implementation of solutions, supporting innovation and sustainable business growth across industries.
Key Facts
- The lab combines Fujitsu’s industry expertise with AWS cloud services to identify challenges, update systems, and develop revenue-generating solutions within 90 days.
- Companies like Mitsubishi Shokuhin are already using generative AI chatbots to automate tasks and enhance EDI systems, demonstrating the practical benefits of the lab’s approach.
Background
Fujitsu has announced the launch of a new business creation lab in partnership with Amazon Web Services Japan (AWS Japan). The lab helps companies in Japan’s retail and service sectors speed up digital transformation using cloud and generative AI technologies, as part of their global strategic collaboration.
The lab combines Fujitsu’s industry knowledge with AWS’s cloud services. It helps companies identify business challenges, run quick proof-of-concept trials, and implement solutions in as little as 90 days. The lab updates old systems and develops new ways to generate revenue that support key performance indicators (KPIs).
Building on Fujitsu’s earlier achievements in the food distribution sector, the partnership plans to expand the lab’s work to other industries across Japan. This includes using generative AI, cloud solutions, and cross-industry data collaboration to support long-term growth and new business models.
The lab’s activities will involve close cooperation between Fujitsu’s specialists in retail and services and AWS Japan’s solution architects. They will study customer problems, build AI solutions, and deploy them fast. They will also standardize these solutions so industries like food distribution, trading, manufacturing, and other services can use them more widely
Mitsubishi Shokuhin has already adopted this approach to support knowledge transfer in its EDI systems using generative AI chatbots. The company says the method helps automate manual tasks and may prevent system issues in the future.
Leaders from AWS Japan and Fujitsu said the lab will accelerate innovation and help Japanese businesses use AI and digital tools more effectively. Both companies aim to support sustainable growth and strengthen Japan’s competitiveness through this collaboration.
