Nissin Foods Holdings uses Saison Technology's "HULFT Square" to build data integration /analysis platform

- Promoting automation and sophistication of analysis by linking company-wide integrated database with generative AI -

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January 29, 2025
Saison Technology Co., Ltd.

Saison Technology Co., Ltd. (Head Office: Minato-ku, Tokyo; President and CEO: Makoto Hayama; hereinafter referred to as "Saison Technology") announced that HULFT Square was used by NISSIN FOODS HOLDINGS CORPORATION (Head Office: Osaka, Japan; President and CEO: Hiromoto Ando; hereinafter referred to as "Nissin Foods Holdings") to build data integration / analysis infrastructure, and supported the introduction of company-wide integrated NISSIN FOODS HOLDINGS announces that "" was used to support the implementation of company-wide integrated database analysis using generative AI.

By aggregating data scattered for each business process into Snowflake via "HULFT Square" and building a data integration /analysis platform that can be used universally throughout the company, we are promoting the realization of Nissin Foods Holdings' data integration strategy and data-driven management that combines generative AI and data.

background

In 2019, Nissin Foods Holdings adopted the company-wide slogan "DIGITIZE YOUR ARMS." Based on its medium- to long-term growth strategy toward 2030, management risks, and advances in innovative IT technologies, the company is working to reduce work hours and promote data-driven initiatives through the proactive use of digital technology.

In order to increase productivity by 200% and add value to the quality of our work, we are promoting five strengthening measures: "cybersecurity," "global IT governance," "digital utilization led by field departments," "utilization of advanced networks/mobile devices," and "establishment of a foundation that contributes to 'data-driven' management."

One of these measures, "Establishing a foundation that contributes to data-driven management," aims to move away from traditional intuition and experience and create a system that can analyze and verify data using a system to make decisions and take action.The company aims to build a reliable and flexible data integration /analysis platform by 2025 that can handle the company's vast amount of data.

Reasons for adopting "HULFT Square"

Utilizing a company-wide integrated database and generative AI

Furthermore, Nissin Foods Holdings worked with Saison Technology to automate and enhance analysis by combining a company-wide integrated database with generative AI to automatically create data analysis reports and link with BI tools to enable data interpretation in natural language.

Saison Technology provided technical support for the referencing and analysis of this internal data, utilizing the "Data Driven Platform" that was built as a foundation for all employees to use data to improve operations, as well as the knowledge gained from using generative AI and RAG*1. This technical support was provided by key members of the organization promoting the use of generative AI, mainly consisting of Saison Technology engineers.

Effects of implementation

At Nissin Foods Holdings, the introduction of a company-wide integrated database has eliminated data silos and reduced the time required for data integration for analysis by approximately 60% compared to before. Furthermore, by linking with generation AI, the company is also working to automatically generate analytical reports and incorporate them into BI tools, which is leading to smoother communication and new collaboration between organizations through shared data.

In the future, we plan to make maximum use of generative AI, work on data preparation to reduce analysis time and improve accuracy, and visualize data using BI tools, aiming to create an analysis platform that maximizes the value of data, from data exploration and analysis to supporting insight discovery.

For an example of Nissin Foods Holdings' implementation using HULFT Square, please see the following URL:

• Establishing data integration and analysis platform that utilizes generative AI to contribute to "data-driven" management
  HULFT Square ensures scalability of data integration with a wide range of connectors
  https://www.saison-technology.com/casestudy/nissinfoods-holdings/

• 1 RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation): Also known as retrieval augmented generation, this technology combines new external information with large-scale language models (LLMs) to improve the search accuracy of generative AI.

About HULFT Square

"HULFT Square" is a Japanese iPaaS (cloud-based data integration platform) that supports the "data preparation for data utilization" and "data integration that connects business systems" necessary for achieving digital transformation. It can integrate various data that is distributed and managed in environments such as on-premise, cloud, and SaaS, across business systems, industries, countries, and regions. Furthermore, to realize this data integration, we have established the "HULFT Square Platform Concept," which will realize data integration related to six categories - "Sustainability," "Vertical," "Horizontal," "Multi-Network," "Open Data," and "Global" - by collaborating with partners and combining it with Saison Technology's own services.

About Saison Technology

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