{"id":163923,"date":"2024-06-20T11:40:27","date_gmt":"2024-06-20T02:40:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=163923&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2024-06-20T11:40:27","modified_gmt":"2024-06-20T02:40:27","slug":"ibm-expands-ai-driven-bpo-services-in-kitakyushu","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/ibm-expands-ai-driven-bpo-services-in-kitakyushu\/","title":{"rendered":"IBM Expands AI-Driven BPO Services in Kitakyushu"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">IBM Japan has unveiled a new office in Kitakyushu, expanding its business process outsourcing (BPO) services enhanced with AI. This third facility in the city will house 300 employees, combining administrative and IT development skills to streamline and improve business operations. The office will support various corporate functions, leveraging AI for efficiency and accuracy. IBM plans further expansion, potentially increasing its local workforce to 500-600 people, tapping into local and returning talent. <\/span><b>Source:<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ibm.com\/blogs\/solutions\/jp-ja\/ibm-ai-first-bpo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">IBM<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-163926\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/fnn_ibm-kitakyushu_2024_cl.jpg?resize=1400%2C629&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"IBM Expands AI-Driven BPO Services in Kitakyushu\" width=\"1400\" height=\"629\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/fnn_ibm-kitakyushu_2024_cl.jpg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/fnn_ibm-kitakyushu_2024_cl.jpg?resize=300%2C135&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/fnn_ibm-kitakyushu_2024_cl.jpg?resize=1024%2C460&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/fnn_ibm-kitakyushu_2024_cl.jpg?resize=768%2C345&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/>Photo from <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kitakyushu City Mayor X<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Stay informed with the latest Fukuoka &amp; Kyushu news and events in English. Sign up for our <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/mailmagazine\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">free weekly newsletter <\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">today and never miss a beat. Opt out anytime, your privacy is our priority. Get the inside scoop with <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/mailmagazine\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Now<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Summaries based on public content, errors may occur during translation. Images credited independently. Send feedback using <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/contact\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">this <\/span><b>form<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>IBM Japan has unveiled a new office in Kitakyushu, expanding its business process outsourcing (BPO) services enhanced with AI&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29305,"featured_media":163924,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-163923","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","location-kitakyushu","news-category-business","en-US"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/163923","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29305"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=163923"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/163924"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=163923"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=163923"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}