LG Uplus Teams Up With Distribution Company Sodomall to Support Small Business AX Transition
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LG Uplus signed a business agreement with Sodomall to support small business AX and strengthen AI utilization capabilities. The two companies plan to jointly pursue AX support such as in-store AI and communications solutions, expanded sales channels for small businesses, and revitalization of local commercial districts. LG Uplus plans to combine its own communications and AI infrastructure with Sodomall's distribution data to support product demand forecasting and AX solution development.
LG Uplus is pushing ahead with the development of AI transformation, or AX, solutions for small businesses. On the 22nd, LG Uplus said it had signed a business agreement with Sodomall to support small business AX and strengthen AI utilization capabilities.
Sodomall is a wholesale and retail distribution company. It operates an online and offline food and daily necessities distribution platform based on nationwide joint-purchase store and distribution data, supplying products at wholesale prices.
The two companies plan to cooperate so they can respond to the spread of generative AI and changes in the online distribution environment based on Sodomall's nationwide joint-purchase store and distribution data-driven operations. To that end, they plan to jointly pursue AX support such as in-store AI and communications solutions, expanded sales channels for small businesses, and revitalization of local commercial districts.
In the photo are LG Uplus Enterprise Customer Group head Im Jang-hyeok and Sodomall CEO Seo Deok-ho.
LG Uplus plans to combine its own communications and AI infrastructure with Sodomall's online and offline distribution data to support demand forecasts for customized products by business operator. The combined data sources are the "Our Store Package" commercial district analysis service, Sodomall's regional product sales data, and Sodomall's joint-purchase data. "Our Store Package" is LG Uplus's store communications and AX solution for small businesses.
Through this, LG Uplus plans to identify product categories with a high likelihood of demand increases by region and period, and to demonstrate a solution for analyzing those product categories. It will verify demand forecasting functions by using its commercial district analysis service together with Sodomall's sales and joint-purchase data.
The two companies will also cooperate on developing AX solutions to make AI easier to use in small businesses' workplaces. LG Uplus will use AI- and data-based services to support customer response and improve store operations efficiency, while Sodomall plans to combine its know-how in operating distribution and joint-purchase platforms. Sodomall also plans to support small businesses in applying the solutions in actual on-site settings.
Source: IT DAILY · Seong Won-young
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