On March 20th, KCC announced the development of their new K-SMART system. It's the first AI-based design program in the paint industry that can complete the process from color combination design to color matching in less than five minutes, and also strengthen customer-tailored marketing.
This system is the result of KCC's paint technology and color information data convergence, combining AI with data that systematizes paint color information accumulated over the past 50 years to provide color information required by various industrial sites and general consumers.
The K-SMART system improves the completeness of the process through pilot operation for the past three months, and it is planned to be applied to nationwide agencies from March.
When a consumer orders paint, K-SMART analyzes similar colors based on the KCC database, and mixes the optimal color through color combination design and quality verification system. This system will reduce the process time from 2 to 3 hours to less than 5 minutes, and it can be accessed through mobile and PC in any environment connected to the internet.
This new system is expected to greatly contribute to the efficiency and stabilization of system operation by establishing a system that can easily and quickly match various colors and respond quickly to urgent orders.
The color matching system used in the existing paint industry was designed by an overseas company, so it took a lot of time to request system improvement and receive feedback. On the other hand, K-SMART can be controlled by KCC itself.
"K-SMART is a smart factory platform that implements advanced manufacturing innovation using AI technology," said a KCC official. "It is expected to be of great help to the market with differentiated competitiveness as well as quality and service improvement."
Meanwhile, the industry expects that K-SMART will level up both technology and quality, and be very useful for urgent orders such as weekends and nights if it is commercialized.
