- Acceleration of Digital Innovation aiming to enhance efficiency and 
productivity of sales activity 


    Sumitomo Life Insurance Company ("Sumitomo Life", Head Office: Osaka; 
President and CEO: Masahiro Hashimoto) and ABeam Consulting Ltd. ("ABeam 
Consulting", Head Office: Tokyo; President and CEO: Toshinori Iwasawa) will 
conduct proof-of-concept (PoC) research on a new smartphone application with 
VYMO (Head Office: Bangalore, India; CEO: Yamini Bhat) , a start-up whose 
Asia-Pacific hub is located in Singapore.

    Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9saePnvir4M

    VYMO's solution utilizes locational information from GPS to realize 
efficient sales activities of corporate sales representatives. It also 
increases productivity of marketing through centralized management of 
information on client companies and sales activities. In addition, VYMO's 
solution offers a function which suggests the most suitable sales route and 
action using artificial intelligence (AI) technology which is planned to be 
verified in view of implementation in the future.

    VYMO has been adopted by various global insurance companies in Singapore 
and Sumitomo Life is the first in Japan to execute PoC with VYMO. VYMO's 
Japanese partner ABeam Consulting, which has a wealth of consulting experience 
in the insurance industry will support the implementation process.

    About Sumitomo Life Digital Innovation Labs

    In April 2018, Sumitomo Life opened Sumitomo Life Digital Innovation Labs 
in Tokyo and Silicon Valley as hubs to accelerate innovation of businesses and 
offer services in the era of digital transformation. In the U.S., they have 
been collaborating with their wholly owned subsidiary Symetra to accelerate 
network building in the region. Going forward, Sumitomo Life continues to aim 
creation of innovative businesses and services by collecting the latest 
technologies and swiftly executing PoCs.

    For more information, please visit the news release of Sumitomo Life at

    http://www.sumitomolife.co.jp/english/newsrelease/pdf/nr20180213.pdf

    About ABeam Consulting

    ABeam Consulting provides business transformation services that create 
strategic advantages, improve business processes, leverage technology 
innovation, and enhance organizational performance for leading multinational 
and domestic companies worldwide. ABeam partners with clients to diagnose and 
solve their real challenges with solutions that combine industry and 
operational best practices with technical expertise. Pragmatic approaches 
ensure that clients gain measurable value more quickly. Headquartered in Tokyo, 
ABeam's 6,000 professionals serve clients throughout Asia, the Americas and 
Europe.


    - For more information on VYMO, please visit their website at 
https://getvymo.com
    - ABeam and its logo are registered trademark of ABeam Consulting, Ltd., in 
Japan and other countries.
    - All company and product names appearing in the news release are 
registered names, trademarks or registered trademarks of the respective 
holders. 

    For more information, please visit the website of ABeam at
    https://www.abeam.com/jp/en

    Know more about Vymo 
    Website - https://www.getvymo.com 
    Watch Vymo in action - http://bit.ly/2HbE54x 
    Schedule a demo - https://www.getvymo.com/demo

  


   Source: Vymo