Despite DOASIS offering 60 types of bread, AI helps staff quickly identify each item, speeding up checkout and reducing staff training time.

Since its implementation in June 2024, Viscovery’s AI image recognition system has brought remarkable changes to Korea's SO ALL TOO BAKERY. Let’s delve into the motivations behind their adoption and hear firsthand insights from their representative, Mr. Jo Joo-yong.

In NEIGHBORS BREAD, customers choose bread items from behind the glass for the staff to pick them up. It may seem unnecessary to use AI, but the bakery saw an opportunity to streamline operations with AI support.

Diners often lose their valuable break time waiting in lengthy checkout lines in employee cafeterias. To tackle this issue, a hospital cafeteria adopted AI in 2023.

Recently, OasisTime, a micro-market operator in Sendai, integrated AI into its self-checkout system to enhance the user experience and deployed it in a large, well-known department store in Sendai.

Hi Noodle, a dining brand by Haidilao in Singapore, improves its self-checkout system with AI to streamline and speed up the process.

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AI image recognition is revolutionizing the bento industry by automating key processes like checkout, labeling, and quality control. This technology enhances operational efficiency and improves the consumer experience, making it a game-changer for bento businesses.

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