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Innovation Starts Here
New opportunities arise through
encounters between people,
and new encounters are happening
throughout the world.
DISCOVER DSOC
・Digitizing tens of millions of business cards per month, hundreds of millions per year.
・Analyzing how business connections come together, progress, and lead to further connections.
・Driving Sansan’s own product development and offering valuable data for global research.
When two people meet and
exchange business cards,
they’re exchanging data.
Millions of such exchanges are
happening constantly, all over
the world.
We digitize the business card
data from these exchanges.
This data represents
face-to-face encounters.
Deeply analyzing the data lets us visualize networks of
connections. In this way,
DSOC creates a database of
human connections and
networks: an Encounter
Database.
Business cards contain names, companies, department names
and roles, location and contact
information, and other
valuable details.
No one puts incorrect
information on their business
card, and they update their
card when they change
positions or companies.
This makes the data highly
reliable.
Subject this data to analysis and you can focus on certain attributes, see changes over time, and profile individuals and companies.
Business cards are exchanged
in-person, face-to-face.
They represent real-life
encounters.
Encounters upon encounters, when digitized and analyzed, reveal a comprehensive network of connections. These linkages are based on real-life interactions in a business context. Conventional social networks cannot show such insight.
We can see connections
between individuals,
companies, and groups.
We see the strengths and
complexity of these
connections in rich detail.
DSOC’s proprietary system
has digitized the information
from hundreds of millions of
business cards. It starts with
the initial scan or snapshot.
Data is then digitized by OCR
in a couple of seconds. But it’s
not done yet.
A combination of machine
learning and human
verification then ensures near
100% accuracy in the
database.
We call this system GEES
(Global, Elastic, Efficient,
Scalable).
Sansan Inc. develops the
namesake Sansan B2B service
that now serves 6,000 businesses
(Combined number
of Sansan accounts and
Eight Company Premium accounts) globally,
and the Eight B2C app for iOS and
Android, now used by 2+
million users.
DSOC is the engine that
applies innovative research
and technology to essentially
certify face-to-face
encounters in the form of
business card exchanges.
We’re continually updating
data, continually refining
networks,
and empowering
users.
Our researchers at DSOC
constantly analyze the
Encounter Database.
They use it to find answers for
questions in search of
answers.
They’re seeking ways to
innovate.
The analysis leads to
predictions of what
connections,
and what new
encounters, will lead to b
usiness opportunities.
DSOC is researching the
present and future of these
encounters.
DSOC’s findings can impact
the future of how we do
business.
They can lead to innovation
and new avenues for
connecting and staying
connected.
We use these findings to
improve Sansan’s services,
but we also collaborate with
external experts and
contribute our findings for the
benefit of society.
Take a look at some of what
we’ve found.
Realizing the future
of working styles
An overview of points of contact for each customer
Understanding strengths through
trends in connections
View and share business cards as a digital collection
Turning your employees’ strengths into keywords
Revealing which customers are becoming closer with or distancing themselves from your company
Visualizing your “true team” based around your personal networks
Joint Research
Platform
DSOC Research and Development
DSOC is a continual source of
analysis, strategy, and
future-altering results.
Business encounters,
represented in business card
exchanges,
are a wellspring of
new innovation.
For us and for
you.