According to materials from Nikkei Cross Tech Active, AI use at Japanese companies remains limited to improving individual work efficiency, with little progress in efforts to generate new results across entire departments. The materials summarize the current situation and future guidelines based on a survey of 1010 people.
While there are cases in which AI use has shortened individual working hours and improved productivity at Japanese companies, it has not yet translated into workflow integration at the departmental level or the creation of results across the organization.
The materials summarize the current state of AI use based on a survey of 1010 business professionals in Japan and present guidelines for linking individual and organizational results.
Challenges include factors preventing the benefits from spreading across the organization beyond individual efficiency gains. The materials identify integrating organizational workflows and establishing data governance as barriers that must be overcome.
Examples of initiatives by leading companies are introduced, suggesting the future direction of AI use.