Steel construction & industry · Himeji, Japan

Yamato Kogyo Co., Ltd.

Yamato Kogyo, a Japanese traditional steel manufacturer since 1912, digitized the management of technical specifications, quality certificates, and recycling protocols with PaperOffice AI.

87%Efficiency increase
110+Years of tradition
100%Batch Tracking
3Languages Parallel

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The Situation

Yamato Kogyo produces steel products for the construction and infrastructure sectors. Each batch requires detailed quality certificates, material analyses, and test protocols.

As a pioneer in electric steel recycling, the company generates additional documentation needs for recycling protocols and sustainability certificates.

International customers demand documentation in various formats and languages. Japanese, English, and Chinese documents had to be managed in parallel.

Technical specifications, quality certificates, and recycling protocols for our steel production must be error

Challenge & Solution

Challenges

Batch-specific quality documentation for each product
Multilingual documentation (Japanese, English, Chinese)
Recycling protocols and sustainability certificates
International customer requirements for document formats
Traditional paper-based processes in Japanese corporate culture

Solutions with PaperOffice

Automatic assignment of quality certificates to batches
Multi-language document creation for international customers
Digital recycling logging with sustainability dashboard
AI-supported verification of technical specifications for consistency
Integration with production control system and ERP

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The Implementation Process

Week 1-3

Process Capture

Analysis of production documentation and quality processes.

Week 4-6

System Build

Configuration of document classification and batch linking.

Week 7-9

Integration

Connection to production control system and quality management.

Week 10-12

Training & Go-Live

Training of all employees and productive deployment.

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Measurable Results

87%

Efficiency increase

100%

Batch Tracking

Languages Parallel

100%

Recycling records captured

Before vs. After

Metric

Before

After

Create quality certificate

2-4 hours

< 15 min.

Batch Tracking

Manual/Folders

Real-time Digital

International Documents

1-2 days translation

Automatic

Recycling Documentation

Paper Forms

Digital Workflow

Audit Readiness

2-3 weeks

< 2 days

Technical specifications, quality certificates, and recycling protocols for our steel production are centralized and immediately accessible.

Why PaperOffice?

Industry Focus

Optimized for the requirements of the steel industry and heavy machinery manufacturing.

Sustainability

Integrated recycling logging and sustainability tracking.

Quality Assurance

Automatic creation and management of quality certificates.

Digital Steel Production

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