AI Adoption Failing to Deliver Results—KI Strategy Launches "AX Boost," an FDE-Style AX Consulting Service to Solve Structural Causes on the Front Lines
KI Strategy has launched "AX Boost," an AI Transformation (AX) consulting service designed to bridge the gap between AI implementation and actual business outcomes. By utilizing an FDE (Forward Deployed) model, the service embeds consultants directly into client operations to ensure AI projects move beyond the PoC stage and achieve tangible, long-term results.
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KI Strategy Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Minato-ku, Tokyo) has launched "AX Boost," an AI Transformation (AX) consulting service.
Building on 10 years of experience providing management support across a wide range of industries—including finance, real estate, manufacturing, healthcare, systems, marketing, funds (DD/PMI), retail, human resources, shipping, and logistics—this service is dedicated to the primary mission of connecting AI adoption to actual business results. The initial consultation is free.
■ Background: The Structural Reasons Why AI Adoption in Japanese Companies Fails to Deliver Results
While interest in AI utilization among domestic companies is rising rapidly, an endless number of projects remain stuck in the PoC (Proof of Concept) stage. The cause is not a technical issue, but rather a lack of strategic design and failures in on-site implementation.
If implementation proceeds while it remains unclear "where to apply AI," companies cannot measure ROI and lose the support of management. If integration into business workflows fails, the result is merely a system that no one uses.
AX Boost solves this structural problem by embedding itself into the front lines of the business.
■ Service Features
1. FDE (Forward Deployed) Support
FDE is a support model that stands on the "front lines of the client's workplace." Consultants enter the client's site directly to grasp operations, organization, and data from the inside, then define, implement, and improve issues. Rather than applying hypotheses from the outside, the priority is to produce things that work on the ground. We evaluate success based on outcomes, not just slide decks.
2. Consistent Support from Strategy to Integration
We handle all phases without fragmentation, from AX strategy formulation (business issue analysis, identifying AI application areas, ROI simulation, and roadmap planning) to architecture design, AI model construction, company-wide deployment, and integration support. We structurally resolve the "who will take over?" problem that occurs after a PoC, accompanying the client until results are firmly rooted in the workplace.
3. Flexible Fee Structure (Outcome-First)
Clients can choose from three models: a consulting fee model, a performance-based model, or a hybrid model. By linking compensation to results, both the client and the support team can align their goals to drive the project forward. Sharing risk is a fundamental policy of AX Boost.
■ Issues Solved & Target Persona
The service is primarily aimed at companies and individuals facing the following challenges:
- Unsure where to start with AI or AX initiatives
- Considering or promoting AI adoption but unable to move beyond the PoC stage
- Lack of, or shortage of, specialized talent for AX promotion within the company
- Feeling challenged by the integration and penetration of AI into the workplace
- Wanting to promote AX for portfolio companies or group companies
- Simply wanting partners to help drive AI initiatives
Industries: Finance, manufacturing, healthcare, retail, real estate, marketing, human resources, etc.
Company Size: Business entities with 10 to several thousand employees
Target Personnel: Executives, corporate planning, DX promotion, and heads or staff of information systems departments
■ CEO Comment
Over the past 10 years, KI Strategy has provided support with a focus on meaningful projects, such as solving social issues, strategy formulation, digitalization, business improvement, and business development.
That stance remains unchanged. However, the means to solve social issues are not limited to institutional design or business strategy. Technology is also a powerful tool for resolution.
Recent advancements in AI are tremendous, and depending on how it is utilized, the speed at which companies—and society—solve problems will change significantly. As we enter our 11th year of business in June, KI Strategy will stand at the forefront of this change. We have positioned AX Boost as our first step in that direction.
■ Service Overview
- Service Name: AX Boost
- Launch Date: March 30, 2026
- URL: https://axboost.jp
■ Company Overview
- Company Name: KI Strategy Co., Ltd.
- URL: https://www.kistrategy.co.jp/
- Established: June 2016
- Headquarters: Shiba, Minato-ku, Tokyo
Building on 10 years of experience providing management support across a wide range of industries—including finance, real estate, manufacturing, healthcare, systems, marketing, funds (DD/PMI), retail, human resources, shipping, and logistics—this service is dedicated to the primary mission of connecting AI adoption to actual business results. The initial consultation is free.
■ Background: The Structural Reasons Why AI Adoption in Japanese Companies Fails to Deliver Results
While interest in AI utilization among domestic companies is rising rapidly, an endless number of projects remain stuck in the PoC (Proof of Concept) stage. The cause is not a technical issue, but rather a lack of strategic design and failures in on-site implementation.
If implementation proceeds while it remains unclear "where to apply AI," companies cannot measure ROI and lose the support of management. If integration into business workflows fails, the result is merely a system that no one uses.
AX Boost solves this structural problem by embedding itself into the front lines of the business.
■ Service Features
1. FDE (Forward Deployed) Support
FDE is a support model that stands on the "front lines of the client's workplace." Consultants enter the client's site directly to grasp operations, organization, and data from the inside, then define, implement, and improve issues. Rather than applying hypotheses from the outside, the priority is to produce things that work on the ground. We evaluate success based on outcomes, not just slide decks.
2. Consistent Support from Strategy to Integration
We handle all phases without fragmentation, from AX strategy formulation (business issue analysis, identifying AI application areas, ROI simulation, and roadmap planning) to architecture design, AI model construction, company-wide deployment, and integration support. We structurally resolve the "who will take over?" problem that occurs after a PoC, accompanying the client until results are firmly rooted in the workplace.
3. Flexible Fee Structure (Outcome-First)
Clients can choose from three models: a consulting fee model, a performance-based model, or a hybrid model. By linking compensation to results, both the client and the support team can align their goals to drive the project forward. Sharing risk is a fundamental policy of AX Boost.
■ Issues Solved & Target Persona
The service is primarily aimed at companies and individuals facing the following challenges:
- Unsure where to start with AI or AX initiatives
- Considering or promoting AI adoption but unable to move beyond the PoC stage
- Lack of, or shortage of, specialized talent for AX promotion within the company
- Feeling challenged by the integration and penetration of AI into the workplace
- Wanting to promote AX for portfolio companies or group companies
- Simply wanting partners to help drive AI initiatives
Industries: Finance, manufacturing, healthcare, retail, real estate, marketing, human resources, etc.
Company Size: Business entities with 10 to several thousand employees
Target Personnel: Executives, corporate planning, DX promotion, and heads or staff of information systems departments
■ CEO Comment
Over the past 10 years, KI Strategy has provided support with a focus on meaningful projects, such as solving social issues, strategy formulation, digitalization, business improvement, and business development.
That stance remains unchanged. However, the means to solve social issues are not limited to institutional design or business strategy. Technology is also a powerful tool for resolution.
Recent advancements in AI are tremendous, and depending on how it is utilized, the speed at which companies—and society—solve problems will change significantly. As we enter our 11th year of business in June, KI Strategy will stand at the forefront of this change. We have positioned AX Boost as our first step in that direction.
■ Service Overview
- Service Name: AX Boost
- Launch Date: March 30, 2026
- URL: https://axboost.jp
■ Company Overview
- Company Name: KI Strategy Co., Ltd.
- URL: https://www.kistrategy.co.jp/
- Established: June 2016
- Headquarters: Shiba, Minato-ku, Tokyo