Food Manufacturer Cuts Document Processing Time by 75% With AWS GenAI

A prominent food manufacturer streamlines multilingual export documentation and reduces processing time by over 75% using a GenAI translation platform built on AWS.

About the customer

Saigon Food Joint Stock Company (SGF) is a ready-to-eat food and seafood manufacturer with five modern factories and a strong export footprint. As part of the Maruha Nichiro Group, SGF exports extensively to Japan and is expanding into the EU, USA and South Korea while adhering to strict international food safety, quality and regulatory standards.
Industry:
Manufacturing, FMCG

Challenge

Manual translation processes slows operations and global expansion plans:

As a high-volume food exporter, SGF manages a large and growing set of multilingual technical documents critical for international compliance. These include production procedures, HACCP and ISO certifications, QA/QC reports, product labels and regulatory documentation requiring accurate translations across multiple languages.

The existing manual translation process posed several challenges:

Long turnaround times impacting export schedules and inspections

High dependency on external translators and reviewers

Inconsistencies in specialized food safety terminology

Increased compliance risk due to human error

Rising operational costs and limited scalability

To support global growth without compromising food safety or regulatory compliance, SGF needed a translation approach that delivered speed, accuracy and control at scale.

Solution

GenAI-powered multilingual translation platform on AWS:

Cloud Kinetics worked closely with SGF to build a specialized GenAI-powered translation platform on AWS, designed to automate multilingual documentation while maintaining strict compliance standards.

Key capabilities included:

Automated multilingual translation using Amazon Translate for high-speed processing

Context-aware terminology standardization using Claude Sonnet 3.5 on Amazon Bedrock, ensuring consistent use of HACCP, ISO, and industry-specific language

OCR-enabled document ingestion supporting PDFs, DOCX, XLSX, PPTX, and image-based files

End-to-end automated workflow that preserved original document formatting and structure

Secure, internal AI environment ensuring data control, security and sovereignty

The solution eliminated manual handoffs while ensuring precision and compliance across every translated document.

Success Metrics

Faster compliance, lower costs and export-ready agility:

The GenAI translation platform delivered measurable improvements across SGF’s export operations

75%+ faster translation and processing
Significantly reduced document turnaround time, enabling quicker responses to audits, inspections, and urgent shipments

45% lower translation and editing costs
Minimized manual effort, allowing teams to focus on R&D, quality improvement, and higher-value work

Stronger regulatory compliance and governance
Ensured consistent food safety terminology across all languages, with full data sovereignty and enterprise-grade security

Greater operational agility for global expansion
Removed documentation bottlenecks, supporting rapid entry into new international markets

“The GenAI solution, brought to life by Cloud Kinetics and AWS, has enabled us to become faster, more accurate, more agile, and more efficient. By placing digital transformation, and GenAI specifically, at the core of our business development strategy, this solution ensures we remain a pioneering enterprise in leveraging the power of Industry 4.0 in our operations. This is a testament to how Vietnamese businesses can apply technology to constantly refine themselves and reach out to the world.” Le Quoc Hung, Vice General Director, SGF

“Our goal was to provide the precise AI capabilities SGF needed to overcome complex export hurdles and build operational efficiency. The initiative affirms how using AI technology smartly, with focused goals and the right partners, gives local companies a strong edge when competing on the world stage.” Phuc Anh Do, Managing Director – Vietnam, Cloud Kinetics

Saigon Food’s GenAI-powered translation platform sets a new benchmark for how food manufacturers can approach global compliance at scale. With faster processing and reduced overhead, teams are now free to focus on product quality, innovation and scaling global operations.

Tags: AI & ML AI Translation Amazon Web Services (AWS) Artificial Intelligence Automation Compliance Automation FMCG sector GenAI Manufacturing & Logistics Retail & FMCG