Sumitomo - MirAI Transformation
OVERVIEW
Sumitomo, one of the most venerable of the Japanese trading firms, decided to make bold changes for their centennial in order to position their subsidiary companies for success across the next 100 years. This was a 10‑month AI and digital transformation program spanning 11 verticals and hundreds of companies within Sumitomo Corporation of the Americas.
THE CHALLENGE
While much of the company was still in need of a comprehensive digital transformation, the MirAI program was established to encapsulate both the digital transformation and the integration of pervasive artificial intelligence horizontally across the entire organization.
DELIVERED
The program fostered internal executive education, promoted AI literacy, and highlighted portfolio‑level opportunity mapping across core verticals, with a focus on practical applications that could scale across the Sumitomo Corporation of the Americas network. Several product engagements rolled out as well, including: an A.I.–driven Fleet Manager (SATCO); Digital Twin Reporting and Visualization Tool (B&L PipeCo); and Natural Language Processing Document Triage (WinChill).
WHY IT MATTERED
Through education, collaboration, and countless hours of strategic attention across 10 months, the strategy team worked intimately with Sumitomo executives to ensure that AI was woven into the fabric of the company and into the many products associated with the program.
