April 8, 2025

Zenport Inc. (Headquarters: Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, CEO: Fumiyuki Ota) has released a new action button feature for “ZenGrid,” the customizable table view in “ZENPORT,” a data hub that comprehensively manages all global supply chain data.

This feature was developed based on customer feedback, is already available to all users, and will serve as the foundation for future AI agent functionality.

Excel Remains the Standard for Data Sharing Between Stakeholders

In global supply chains involving numerous stakeholders—including importers, exporters, and multiple logistics companies—Excel spreadsheets remain the most commonly used method for data sharing across organizations and borders.

In global supply chains, importers create order information, exporters create shipment information, and logistics companies create transportation information. However, EDI systems are rarely fully implemented across the mesh-like network of stakeholders, leaving manual processes and Excel spreadsheets to connect these disparate information sources.

One-Step Operations Achieved with Action Buttons

Many of ZENPORT’s customers have expressed their desire to replace their existing Excel spreadsheets. As part of the “Beyond Excel” project that aims to exceed Excel’s usability, we have significantly improved the intuitiveness and operability of our user interface.

The new “Action Button Feature” operates directly on ZENPORT’s customizable table view “ZenGrid” screen, allowing users to perform key operations without having to switch to the map screen.

This feature delivers:

Significantly reduced operational steps
Time savings for shipment and order management
Reduced user operational burden

These improvements contribute to the overall efficiency of the entire supply chain operation.

User-Centered Feature Development Based on “Human in the Loop” Philosophy

This feature was developed based on actual user feedback, following ZENPORT’s “Human in the Loop” philosophy, which emphasizes the cooperation between technology and humans to improve the quality of customers’ operations and management.

This enhancement is a step toward eliminating small daily operational stresses and providing an environment where all stakeholders involved in the supply chain can concentrate on more essential tasks.

ZENPORT will continue to listen sincerely to customer voices and develop features that respond to ongoing field needs, striving to provide the most up-to-date and optimal operational experience.

ZENPORT: Towards a World Where Cognitive Diversity Creates Prosperity and Innovation

ZENPORT aims to create a world where data, people, and economies across the globe are seamlessly connected, and where prosperity and innovation are sustained through the utilization of cognitive diversity.

With this philosophy, ZENPORT has built an ecosystem where all stakeholders can make optimal decisions based on cross-organizational data. This is achieved through its proprietary integrated architecture “ZenConnect” at its core, which organically links data from all processes and organizations, along with the standard data integration platform “ZenSync” and the personalized business experience UI “ZenGrid.”

“ZenGrid” is our customizable table view with functionality that surpasses Excel spreadsheets and serves as the core component of our “Beyond Excel” project. While maintaining the intuitive operation of Excel, it provides advanced features necessary for global supply chain management, significantly improving user operational efficiency.

Company Overview

Company Name: Zenport Inc.
Location: 1-19-9-303 Sendagaya, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
Representative: Fumiyuki Ota, CEO
Vision: “Toward a world where our differences come alive.”
Mission: “Connecting data beyond organizations and processes. Accelerating business.”

For inquiries regarding this release:
Zenport Inc. PR Department
https://zenport.io/contact/

Zenport Inc. (Headquarters: Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, CEO: Fumiyuki Ota) is releasing “SmartGrid,” a bulk data entry assistance feature, as a new function of “ZENPORT,” the data hub that manages all global supply chain data in one place.

This feature has been developed through individual projects with multiple leading distribution and manufacturing companies representing the industry, with the initial version scheduled for release in March 2025.

About ZENPORT: Toward a World Where Cognitive Diversity Creates Richness and Innovation

ZENPORT aims to realize a world where data, people, and economies across the globe are seamlessly connected, and where richness and innovation are sustained through the utilization of cognitive diversity.

Under this philosophy, with the proprietary integrated architecture “ZenConnect” at its core, ZENPORT organically links data from all processes and organizations. Furthermore, through the standard data integration platform “ZenSync” and the personalized business experience UI (screen function) “ZenGrid,” it builds an ecosystem where all stakeholders can make optimal decisions based on cross-organizational data.

Increasing Challenges of Excel Ledgers in PSI (Production-Sales-Inventory) Management

As global supply chains become increasingly complex, the importance of data integration across organizations and borders is rapidly growing. However, in global supply chain operations, numerous Excel ledgers are being used, creating operational burdens and management bottlenecks.

Particularly in PSI (Production-Sales-Inventory) management, manual data transcription into Excel ledgers plays a crucial role. These Excel ledgers constitute a critical part of PSI management, where data spanning processes such as ordering, production, shipping, and transportation is collected from various stakeholders to manage delivery schedules and transportation for each product.

This transcription work, which forms the core of PSI management, remains one of the most labor-intensive tasks in global supply chain management, despite requiring high accuracy under time constraints. Currently, awareness of these challenges has been growing across industries among many leading companies, especially following the rapid changes in the global supply chain environment since the COVID-19 pandemic.

As the scale of our support projects grows, we are developing this feature as part of building an infrastructure to contribute to our customers’ further business growth and to automate large-scale data integration through the utilization of generative AI.

Achieving Efficiency Beyond Excel Through Data Utilization

“SmartGrid” is a bulk data entry screen that operates on “ZenGrid,” the UI of ZENPORT.

By utilizing data connected to ZENPORT, it supports the transcription of shipping document data, such as INVOICE information, into “ZenGrid,” achieving efficiency that surpasses Excel when registering multiple shipping information entries.

“Management Foundation” in Generative AI Implementation

ZENPORT will implement generative AI solutions based on the concept of “Human in the loop” (a mechanism where humans perform final verification of AI judgments).

SmartGrid functions as a management foundation where humans act as “gatekeepers” to verify and make decisions, connecting external data with core systems during the automation of “normalizing unstructured data” such as PDFs.

The current phase targets manually entered data, but the next phase will also display data read by AI-OCR. It will evolve as a UI (screen function) for customer data verification and finalization, and as a hub connecting to various internal and external data sources and workflows.

Current Release: Semi-automation of INVOICE transcription using SmartGrid Next Phase: AI-OCR integration with SmartGrid (planned for around May-July 2025) Beyond Next Phase: Automation of preceding and subsequent processes (details to be announced later)

Providing Standard Functions with Customized Support

While SmartGrid is part of ZENPORT’s standard functions, it accommodates diverse use cases through the development and enhancement of standard functions tailored to individual customer use cases.

Development costs will be quoted individually

Company Overview

Company Name: ZENPORT Inc.
Location: Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
Representative: CEO Fumiyuki Ota
Vision: “Embrace differences to make a difference”
Mission: “Be the common language for the global supply chain”

April 4, 2025 – Zenport Inc. (Headquarters: Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, CEO: Fumiyuki Ota) is releasing a new feature for “ZENPORT,” the data hub that manages all global supply chain data in one place, which allows direct pasting of screenshots to the message board.

This feature has been developed based on customer feedback and is available to all users starting April 2025.

About ZENPORT: Toward a World Where Cognitive Diversity Creates Richness and Innovation

Communication Efficiency Challenges in Global Supply Chains

As global supply chains become increasingly complex, the importance of communication across organizations and borders is rapidly growing. Accurate and prompt information sharing between stakeholders is particularly important in exchanges related to shipping documents.

In conventional systems, sharing information using screenshots required multiple steps: “capture → local save → file attachment,” which reduced users’ operational efficiency. This issue created significant time losses for users who shared dozens of screenshots in their daily operations.

Achieving One-Step Information Sharing

The new “Direct Screenshot Pasting” feature operates on ZENPORT’s message board and enables users to directly paste captured screenshots with a single Ctrl+V (shortcut key).

This feature:

Significantly reduces steps for information sharing (from 3 steps to 1 step)
Shortens communication time regarding shipping documents
Reduces operational burden on users

These improvements contribute to the operational efficiency of the entire supply chain.

Feature Development Based on the “Human in the Loop” Philosophy of Technology and Human Collaboration

This feature was developed based on feedback from actual users.

ZENPORT supports the improvement of our customers’ operations and management quality through the collaboration of technology and humans, based on the “Human in the loop” philosophy. This enhancement is a step toward eliminating small daily operational stresses and providing an environment where all stakeholders involved in the supply chain can focus on more essential tasks.

ZENPORT will continue to listen sincerely to our customers’ voices and strive to provide the most up-to-date and optimal operational experience through function development and improvements that meet ongoing field needs.

Company Overview

Company Name: Zenport Inc. Location: Shibuya-ku, Tokyo Representative: CEO Fumiyuki Ota Vision: “Toward a world where our differences thrive.” Mission: “Connecting data beyond organizations and processes. Accelerating business.”

For inquiries regarding this matter:
Zenport Inc. Public Relations
https://zenport.io/contact/