Kuradashi Launches "Kuradashi Forecast," a System to Prevent Food Waste by Self-Developing AI for Inventory Prediction
Kuradashi Co., Ltd. has launched "Kuradashi Forecast," a DX promotion service for food manufacturers that provides a mechanism to prevent food loss before it occurs. Utilizing AI, it visualizes when and how much products will be left over, offering optimal sales promotion actions to suppress the generation of food loss itself.
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Kuradashi Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo; Representative Director and CEO: Kohei Kawamura; hereinafter "Kuradashi"), which operates the social good marketplace "Kuradashi," has begun offering "Kuradashi Forecast," a "root cause therapy" type DX promotion service that provides a mechanism to prevent food loss for food manufacturers.
This service utilizes AI to self-develop a unique inventory prediction engine based on the vast sales data accumulated through Kuradashi's business. It visualizes "when and how much will be left over" and suggests optimal sales promotion actions. This evolves the approach from "reducing existing food loss" to "suppressing its occurrence," aiming for a fundamental solution to food loss in the supply chain.
■ Background of "Inventory AX" Provision
Kuradashi's mission is "Good business for a fruitful future," transforming various social issues into value and developing businesses that bring tangible impact to society, the environment, and the economy.
Until now, Kuradashi has been rescuing many food products by purchasing items at risk of food loss and selling them at a discount on the social good marketplace "Kuradashi" through "1.5th distribution." However, to achieve a sustainable society, it is essential to move beyond "symptomatic treatment" (rescuing existing loss) to "root cause therapy" (preventing loss from occurring).
Therefore, we have developed our unique "inventory prediction engine" based on the extensive practical data accumulated through Kuradashi's own purchasing, selling, and price adjustments. We are now launching "Kuradashi Forecast," a root cause therapy type DX promotion service that provides this "inventory prediction engine" to food manufacturers to support fundamental loss reduction.
Through this service, we not only visualize potentially stagnant products early and prompt appropriate actions but also support the establishment of a mechanism that "does not create food loss" by utilizing accumulated data for product design and production planning, contributing to the optimization of the entire supply chain.
■ Overview of "Kuradashi Forecast"
"Kuradashi Forecast" is a service that links manufacturers' inventory management and sales management data via API or CSV, and uses Kuradashi's unique inventory prediction engine to identify "high-risk SKUs with stagnation potential" early. Initially, it starts by linking existing SKU information, inventory levels, expiration dates, and sales performance data, and will eventually support the establishment of operations that connect to production and allocation decisions.
【Main Functions and Features】
Early identification of high-risk SKUs
By integrating inventory levels, expiration dates, and shipping pace, and multiplying "remaining days × inventory quantity × consumption speed" with past sales insights, it accurately predicts when and how much will be left over.
Suggestion of recommended actions
Beyond mere prediction, it suggests concrete measures such as optimal "recommended selling price ranges" and proposals for purchase by the social good marketplace "Kuradashi."
Reliability based on practical data
Because Kuradashi itself has a practical foundation as a marketplace that purchases and sells out products, we can provide highly effective logic based on market price reactions.
Kuradashi will continue to aim to be a "Social Growth Company" that transforms various social issues, including food loss reduction, into value, bringing tangible impact to society, the environment, and the economy.
■ About Kuradashi Co., Ltd.
Representative: Kohei Kawamura
Established: July 2014
Head Office: Meguro Center Building 5F, 3-2-1 Kamiōsaki, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo 141-0021, Japan
URL: https://corp.kuradashi.jp/
【Service Introduction】
・Social Good Marketplace "Kuradashi": https://www.kuradashi.jp/
・Kuradashi Fund operated by Kuradashi: https://www.kuradashi.jp/fund
・Frozen Home Delivery Bento "Dr. Tsurukame Kitchen": https://tsurukame-kitchen.com/
・Frozen Home Delivery Bento "Kitchen Chef & Doctor": https://chef-doctor.com/shop
・Online Cooking Class "La Table de SHIORI Online": https://online.atelier-shiori.com/
【Store List】
・Kuradashi Store List: https://kuradashi.jp/pages/stores
【Kuradashi's Impact】
・Impact
Keywords:
This service utilizes AI to self-develop a unique inventory prediction engine based on the vast sales data accumulated through Kuradashi's business. It visualizes "when and how much will be left over" and suggests optimal sales promotion actions. This evolves the approach from "reducing existing food loss" to "suppressing its occurrence," aiming for a fundamental solution to food loss in the supply chain.
■ Background of "Inventory AX" Provision
Kuradashi's mission is "Good business for a fruitful future," transforming various social issues into value and developing businesses that bring tangible impact to society, the environment, and the economy.
Until now, Kuradashi has been rescuing many food products by purchasing items at risk of food loss and selling them at a discount on the social good marketplace "Kuradashi" through "1.5th distribution." However, to achieve a sustainable society, it is essential to move beyond "symptomatic treatment" (rescuing existing loss) to "root cause therapy" (preventing loss from occurring).
Therefore, we have developed our unique "inventory prediction engine" based on the extensive practical data accumulated through Kuradashi's own purchasing, selling, and price adjustments. We are now launching "Kuradashi Forecast," a root cause therapy type DX promotion service that provides this "inventory prediction engine" to food manufacturers to support fundamental loss reduction.
Through this service, we not only visualize potentially stagnant products early and prompt appropriate actions but also support the establishment of a mechanism that "does not create food loss" by utilizing accumulated data for product design and production planning, contributing to the optimization of the entire supply chain.
■ Overview of "Kuradashi Forecast"
"Kuradashi Forecast" is a service that links manufacturers' inventory management and sales management data via API or CSV, and uses Kuradashi's unique inventory prediction engine to identify "high-risk SKUs with stagnation potential" early. Initially, it starts by linking existing SKU information, inventory levels, expiration dates, and sales performance data, and will eventually support the establishment of operations that connect to production and allocation decisions.
【Main Functions and Features】
Early identification of high-risk SKUs
By integrating inventory levels, expiration dates, and shipping pace, and multiplying "remaining days × inventory quantity × consumption speed" with past sales insights, it accurately predicts when and how much will be left over.
Suggestion of recommended actions
Beyond mere prediction, it suggests concrete measures such as optimal "recommended selling price ranges" and proposals for purchase by the social good marketplace "Kuradashi."
Reliability based on practical data
Because Kuradashi itself has a practical foundation as a marketplace that purchases and sells out products, we can provide highly effective logic based on market price reactions.
Kuradashi will continue to aim to be a "Social Growth Company" that transforms various social issues, including food loss reduction, into value, bringing tangible impact to society, the environment, and the economy.
■ About Kuradashi Co., Ltd.
Representative: Kohei Kawamura
Established: July 2014
Head Office: Meguro Center Building 5F, 3-2-1 Kamiōsaki, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo 141-0021, Japan
URL: https://corp.kuradashi.jp/
【Service Introduction】
・Social Good Marketplace "Kuradashi": https://www.kuradashi.jp/
・Kuradashi Fund operated by Kuradashi: https://www.kuradashi.jp/fund
・Frozen Home Delivery Bento "Dr. Tsurukame Kitchen": https://tsurukame-kitchen.com/
・Frozen Home Delivery Bento "Kitchen Chef & Doctor": https://chef-doctor.com/shop
・Online Cooking Class "La Table de SHIORI Online": https://online.atelier-shiori.com/
【Store List】
・Kuradashi Store List: https://kuradashi.jp/pages/stores
【Kuradashi's Impact】
・Impact
Keywords: