[From 3 Days to Half a Day] GembaShift Launches AI-Powered Illustrated Manual Service 'Gemba Book' for Manufacturing and Logistics

GembaShift Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Takasaki, Gunma; CEO: Masataka Mayuzumi) launched 'Gemba Book' on June 10, 2026, a cloud service that uses AI to convert work standards and operating procedures used in manufacturing, logistics, and facility maintenance into illustrated manuals.

Developed to serve as operational infrastructure for on-site environments—ensuring procedures are readable, up-to-date, and auditable—the service addresses the acute labor shortages, the influx of foreign workers, and the difficulty of passing down skills from retiring veteran workers.

As a model case, the service is expected to reduce the manual creation time per project from three days to half a day, and shorten the lead time for preparing multilingual versions from two weeks to the same day.

Gemba Book automatically converts scattered paper documents, photos, and PDFs into illustrated standard operating procedures. The service aims to provide a 'manual foundation' that remains in use on-site, allowing Japanese workers, foreign workers, and new employees to share the same procedures in their own languages.

Key Features:
- AI-generated manual drafts from existing materials: Users can upload PDFs, photos, Word documents, or text, and the AI automatically creates an initial draft of the work steps.
- Generation of illustrated, one-step-per-page manuals: The manual summarizes work contents, precautions, danger points, tools, protective equipment, prohibited actions, and completion conditions with diagrams.
- Support for four languages: Japanese, English, Vietnamese, and Indonesian, allowing foreign workers to access procedures in their native language from their first day.
- Audit, version control, and approval workflows: Supports the entire process from drafting to publication and archiving, including audit logs.