Softbank and the Japan Meteorological Association, demand forecast by mobile position information and weather data

On January 31, the SoftBank and the Japan Meteorological Association jointly developed the demand forecast service "Sakimiru" by AI (artificial intelligence) utilizing human flow and weather data for the retail and food industry, and SoftBank started providing on the same day.He announced.

At the beginning of the service, it provides a function of "prediction of the number of customers" to predict the number of visitors for each store, and the price is 5,390 yen per month (tax included).

"Sakimiru" is a human style data based on the location information of tens of millions of terminals obtained from SoftBank's mobile phone base station, as well as weather data held by the Japan Meteorological Association (temperature, solar radiation, wind speed, precipitation, and precipitation.Snowfall, humidity, weather, etc.) A service that analyzes and predicts demand for AI algorithms jointly developed by SoftBank and the Japan Meteorological Association, such as sales and sales of each store held by the introduced company.It is said that the location information data is an anonymized and statistically processed so that individuals cannot be identified.

It contributes to the reduction of food loss and optimizing personnel arrangements, such as adjusting the number of products ordered and working shifts according to the predicted number of customers, and improving sales, such as planning campaigns, events, and distribution of coupons.It can be used when considering measures.

The service is planned to be introduced sequentially after January 31, for a total of about 1,200 stores operated by Barrow Holdings, which operate supermarkets and drug stores mainly in the Chubu region.Japan is considering introducing about 300 stores operated by the company.