AI Agent Supports Screening Operations in Security Trade Control Solution Used by Over 350 Companies
Hitachi Solutions will launch an AI agent on April 16th to support screening operations within its "Security Trade Control Solution," utilized by over 350 companies. This AI aims to assist with increasingly complex customer screening and applicability judgment tasks, reducing time spent on information gathering and organization, and enabling more accurate decisions.
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Hitachi Solutions, Ltd. (Head Office: Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo; President and CEO: Hideshi Morita; hereinafter, Hitachi Solutions) will begin sales on April 16th of an AI agent to support increasingly complex customer screening and applicability judgment tasks within its "Security Trade Control Solution," which has been adopted by over 350 companies in manufacturing, services, trading, and other sectors.
Due to rising geopolitical risks, export control regulations are becoming more complex worldwide. The scope of target areas has expanded to include semiconductors and AI, and the range of regulations has broadened beyond items to encompass usage, demanders, and the entire supply chain. This has increased the operational burden on exporting companies, as various departments such as technology, sales, legal, and export control must collect, organize, and make judgments based on information.
This AI agent automatically creates reports that clearly state the basis for judgment by collecting and verifying information necessary for customer screening and applicability judgment from public information and the company's proprietary data. This allows personnel to shorten the time spent on information collection and organization, leading to more accurate judgments based on facts such as changes in counterparty concerns and export performance.
Moving forward, Hitachi Solutions will continue to promote transformation based on DX through the utilization of AI, under the concept of "DX by AX toward SX," contributing to value creation and the realization of a sustainable society.
■ Features of the AI Agent Available in the "Security Trade Control Solution"
1. The AI agent organizes reference judgment results and information sources that form the basis for judgment, automatically creating reports. Personnel can make judgments based on the content of these reports, utilizing the AI as a support for screening operations.
2. Judgment results and reports are created from a wide range of resources, including public information such as internet registration data and business content, as well as proprietary databases like accumulated internal investigation lists.
3. For applicability judgment, it incorporates frequently updated laws and regulations, performing judgments based on the latest standards to support legal compliance.
■ Details of the AI Agent
1. Customer Screening Operations
In customer screening, various departments involved in transactions, such as sales, procurement, business units, and overseas bases, collect information on the counterparty's business content, capital relationships, and transaction concerns. Subsequently, management departments responsible for export control, such as the legal department, conduct the screening.
The AI agent collects and verifies necessary information from public and proprietary databases, confirming trade compliance concerns. Furthermore, it automatically generates a corporate report that organizes the judgment results and their basis.
Departments involved in transactions can refer to this report during the investigation phase and register screening results based on its content, thereby streamlining operations. For management departments responsible for export control, cross-referencing the screening results from each department with the AI agent's report allows for efficient validity confirmation and checking. Amidst the demand for risk confirmation across the entire supply chain, the AI agent contributes to reducing the burden of customer screening operations and strengthening company-wide governance.
2. Applicability Judgment Operations
In applicability judgment, relevant departments such as manufacturing and design confirm the specifications of goods and technologies and determine whether they fall under legal regulations. Subsequently, management departments responsible for export control, such as the legal department, review the validity of the judgment.
The AI agent cross-references the information collected by each department with the latest frequently updated list regulations, checking for any missing items required for judgment. It also automatically creates reports that organize reference judgment results, legal provisions, and technical specifications as the basis. Personnel can make accurate applicability judgments by referring to this information, enabling the efficiency and standardization of quality in applicability judgment tasks, which tend to be highly dependent on individual expertise.
■ Background
Against the backdrop of changes in international affairs, export control regulations are being strengthened in various countries. The importance of "security trade control" to prevent the military diversion of civilian goods and advanced technology is increasing further, and in Japan, related ordinances of the Foreign Exchange and Foreign Trade Act are being successively reviewed. In this context, companies face challenges such as the increasing complexity and burden of security trade control operations, and a shortage of personnel with specialized knowledge.
The newly provided AI agent leverages know-how cultivated through approximately 2,000 screenings per year for customers in Europe, America, Asia, and Africa by a U.S. group company. This company previously required personnel to spend significant time confirming application information and investigating related information due to differing registration systems and name notations across countries and regions. To alleviate this burden and improve screening quality, they developed this AI agent. This AI agent is also used by Hitachi Solutions.
Due to rising geopolitical risks, export control regulations are becoming more complex worldwide. The scope of target areas has expanded to include semiconductors and AI, and the range of regulations has broadened beyond items to encompass usage, demanders, and the entire supply chain. This has increased the operational burden on exporting companies, as various departments such as technology, sales, legal, and export control must collect, organize, and make judgments based on information.
This AI agent automatically creates reports that clearly state the basis for judgment by collecting and verifying information necessary for customer screening and applicability judgment from public information and the company's proprietary data. This allows personnel to shorten the time spent on information collection and organization, leading to more accurate judgments based on facts such as changes in counterparty concerns and export performance.
Moving forward, Hitachi Solutions will continue to promote transformation based on DX through the utilization of AI, under the concept of "DX by AX toward SX," contributing to value creation and the realization of a sustainable society.
■ Features of the AI Agent Available in the "Security Trade Control Solution"
1. The AI agent organizes reference judgment results and information sources that form the basis for judgment, automatically creating reports. Personnel can make judgments based on the content of these reports, utilizing the AI as a support for screening operations.
2. Judgment results and reports are created from a wide range of resources, including public information such as internet registration data and business content, as well as proprietary databases like accumulated internal investigation lists.
3. For applicability judgment, it incorporates frequently updated laws and regulations, performing judgments based on the latest standards to support legal compliance.
■ Details of the AI Agent
1. Customer Screening Operations
In customer screening, various departments involved in transactions, such as sales, procurement, business units, and overseas bases, collect information on the counterparty's business content, capital relationships, and transaction concerns. Subsequently, management departments responsible for export control, such as the legal department, conduct the screening.
The AI agent collects and verifies necessary information from public and proprietary databases, confirming trade compliance concerns. Furthermore, it automatically generates a corporate report that organizes the judgment results and their basis.
Departments involved in transactions can refer to this report during the investigation phase and register screening results based on its content, thereby streamlining operations. For management departments responsible for export control, cross-referencing the screening results from each department with the AI agent's report allows for efficient validity confirmation and checking. Amidst the demand for risk confirmation across the entire supply chain, the AI agent contributes to reducing the burden of customer screening operations and strengthening company-wide governance.
2. Applicability Judgment Operations
In applicability judgment, relevant departments such as manufacturing and design confirm the specifications of goods and technologies and determine whether they fall under legal regulations. Subsequently, management departments responsible for export control, such as the legal department, review the validity of the judgment.
The AI agent cross-references the information collected by each department with the latest frequently updated list regulations, checking for any missing items required for judgment. It also automatically creates reports that organize reference judgment results, legal provisions, and technical specifications as the basis. Personnel can make accurate applicability judgments by referring to this information, enabling the efficiency and standardization of quality in applicability judgment tasks, which tend to be highly dependent on individual expertise.
■ Background
Against the backdrop of changes in international affairs, export control regulations are being strengthened in various countries. The importance of "security trade control" to prevent the military diversion of civilian goods and advanced technology is increasing further, and in Japan, related ordinances of the Foreign Exchange and Foreign Trade Act are being successively reviewed. In this context, companies face challenges such as the increasing complexity and burden of security trade control operations, and a shortage of personnel with specialized knowledge.
The newly provided AI agent leverages know-how cultivated through approximately 2,000 screenings per year for customers in Europe, America, Asia, and Africa by a U.S. group company. This company previously required personnel to spend significant time confirming application information and investigating related information due to differing registration systems and name notations across countries and regions. To alleviate this burden and improve screening quality, they developed this AI agent. This AI agent is also used by Hitachi Solutions.