AI Operations Platform "FactoryOS" for Manufacturing Industry Starts Accepting Preliminary Demos ── AI Revolutionizes Manual FAX Order Entry and Siloed Production Plans
Leach Inc. has begun accepting preliminary demos and pre-registrations for "FactoryOS," a generative AI-powered operational platform targeting high-mix, low-volume small and medium-sized manufacturers. It aims to revolutionize manual FAX order entry and siloed production plans using AI, promoting DX in manufacturing sites.
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Leach Inc. (Head Office: Minato-ku, Tokyo; Representative Director: Takuya Tominaga / Corporate Website) announced today the start of accepting preliminary demos and pre-registrations for "FactoryOS," a generative AI-powered operational platform aimed at small and medium-sized manufacturers dealing with high-mix, low-volume production. It offers a comprehensive solution including automated OCR reading of FAX order forms, automatic generation of order checklists, barcode-based process progress recording, AI vector search for similar drawings, automated production scheduling, and AI suggestions for packaging sizes. This system completely overhauls siloed operations dependent on "paper, FAX, Excel, and Microsoft Access" in small and medium-sized manufacturing companies with 50 to 300 employees. To prioritize development based on actual demand before its general availability (GA), pre-registrations are being accepted starting today on the product website (https://factoryos.leach.co.jp/).
Apply for pre-registration and preliminary demo
We will guide you through free verification of OCR reading accuracy, feature mapping, and preferential early adoption fees (response within 1-2 business days).
FactoryOS at a Glance
- Product Name: FactoryOS
- Provider: Leach Inc.
- Target Industry: High-mix, low-volume small and medium-sized manufacturers (metal processing / sheet metal / resin molding / machine parts / custom equipment, etc.)
- Target Scale: 50-300 employees
- Key Functions: Order form OCR / Order check / Process barcode / Similar drawing AI search / Production planning automation / Packaging AI
- Delivery Model: Cloud SaaS (private deployment also negotiable depending on requirements)
- Status: Joint verification in progress / Pre-registration accepted from today
- Product Website: https://factoryos.leach.co.jp/
Background of Development ── The "Unchanged" Daily Routine in Manufacturing Sites
In Japanese manufacturing sites, the task of manually entering FAX order forms into Excel, often by aligning them with a ruler on the screen, is still a daily routine in 2026. Production plans rely on the experience and intuition of veteran staff, and drawing searches involve visually sifting through vast file servers. Even with the call for DX, siloed operations and manual labor continue to heavily burden on-site man-hours.
The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry has warned of the "2025 Digital Cliff," and many small and medium-sized manufacturers lack the resources for aggressive IT investment, with most of their IT budget spent on maintaining legacy systems. Especially in factories with 50-300 employees, there is a dilemma: "ERPs cost tens to hundreds of millions of yen to implement, which is prohibitive. However, implementing individual systems leads to data fragmentation." As a result, hybrid operations based on PCA Shokon/Shokan, supplemented with Microsoft Access and Excel, have become common practice in medium-sized factories nationwide.
According to statistics from the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications and the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, companies with 300 or fewer employees account for over 99% of manufacturing businesses in Japan. Many of these companies specialize in high-mix, low-volume production, short delivery times, and custom orders. However, siloed operations hinder skill transfer, posing a significant risk during business succession. This is the background behind the demand for an "operational OS that directly replaces manual on-site work," rather than just DX.
Tominaga, the representative (Representative Profile), spent nine years at Toshiba R&D, handling a wide range of tasks from HDD firmware development to cloud infrastructure design and data analysis, and participated in joint projects with Google and McKinsey. After leaving, while visiting manufacturing sites nationwide through his generative AI consulting service, he faced the reality that "even with technological advancements, on-site operations have not changed." This was the direct impetus for FactoryOS development. Through supporting the introduction of Totsugo.com to Nabel Co., Ltd., a specialized bellows and robot cover manufacturer in Mie Prefecture (Case Study), he became convinced that three challenges—"manual entry of FAX order forms," "visual verification using a ruler," and "production plans relying on veteran experience"—are common across all industries.
Apply for pre-registration and preliminary demo
We will guide you through free verification of OCR reading accuracy, feature mapping, and preferential early adoption fees (response within 1-2 business days).
FactoryOS at a Glance
- Product Name: FactoryOS
- Provider: Leach Inc.
- Target Industry: High-mix, low-volume small and medium-sized manufacturers (metal processing / sheet metal / resin molding / machine parts / custom equipment, etc.)
- Target Scale: 50-300 employees
- Key Functions: Order form OCR / Order check / Process barcode / Similar drawing AI search / Production planning automation / Packaging AI
- Delivery Model: Cloud SaaS (private deployment also negotiable depending on requirements)
- Status: Joint verification in progress / Pre-registration accepted from today
- Product Website: https://factoryos.leach.co.jp/
Background of Development ── The "Unchanged" Daily Routine in Manufacturing Sites
In Japanese manufacturing sites, the task of manually entering FAX order forms into Excel, often by aligning them with a ruler on the screen, is still a daily routine in 2026. Production plans rely on the experience and intuition of veteran staff, and drawing searches involve visually sifting through vast file servers. Even with the call for DX, siloed operations and manual labor continue to heavily burden on-site man-hours.
The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry has warned of the "2025 Digital Cliff," and many small and medium-sized manufacturers lack the resources for aggressive IT investment, with most of their IT budget spent on maintaining legacy systems. Especially in factories with 50-300 employees, there is a dilemma: "ERPs cost tens to hundreds of millions of yen to implement, which is prohibitive. However, implementing individual systems leads to data fragmentation." As a result, hybrid operations based on PCA Shokon/Shokan, supplemented with Microsoft Access and Excel, have become common practice in medium-sized factories nationwide.
According to statistics from the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications and the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, companies with 300 or fewer employees account for over 99% of manufacturing businesses in Japan. Many of these companies specialize in high-mix, low-volume production, short delivery times, and custom orders. However, siloed operations hinder skill transfer, posing a significant risk during business succession. This is the background behind the demand for an "operational OS that directly replaces manual on-site work," rather than just DX.
Tominaga, the representative (Representative Profile), spent nine years at Toshiba R&D, handling a wide range of tasks from HDD firmware development to cloud infrastructure design and data analysis, and participated in joint projects with Google and McKinsey. After leaving, while visiting manufacturing sites nationwide through his generative AI consulting service, he faced the reality that "even with technological advancements, on-site operations have not changed." This was the direct impetus for FactoryOS development. Through supporting the introduction of Totsugo.com to Nabel Co., Ltd., a specialized bellows and robot cover manufacturer in Mie Prefecture (Case Study), he became convinced that three challenges—"manual entry of FAX order forms," "visual verification using a ruler," and "production plans relying on veteran experience"—are common across all industries.