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KAIST Startup Team, Elderly Job Research Institute, Acquires Doodrim Quick… Expanding Subway Quick Business
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- The Elderly Job Research Institute is aiming to create jobs and increase income through subway quick services for seniors by acquiring Doodrim Quick, a social venture founded by Seoul National University students.
- By utilizing AI and machine learning technology, they plan to increase efficiency by optimizing senior delivery personnel allocation and routes, improving customer satisfaction, and expanding their customer base to 700 companies by the end of 2024.
- The Elderly Job Research Institute aims to contribute to the overall productivity of society by addressing the problem of poverty among the elderly in a super-aging society where the population over 65 years old exceeds 10 million, and by recognizing the value of the elderly workforce.
Applying IT technology to the field of senior citizen jobs contributes to improving productivity and increasing income.
Silver Lab (CEO Kim Chan-il) announced on the 24th that it has acquired the senior citizen subway quick solution "Doodream Quick" from the Korea Senior Club Association (Chairman Jo Beom-gi).
Silver Lab is a startup team composed of KAIST graduates, and Doodream Quick is a social venture founded by students of Seoul National University. Through this acquisition of Doodream Quick, Silver Lab has acquired the know-how accumulated through the processing of approximately 9,000 subway quick deliveries by Doodream Quick.
Silver Lab plans to improve this know-how of Doodream Quick more efficiently through IT technologies such as AI and machine learning. For example, it plans to enhance the allocation of senior delivery personnel closest to the location requested by customers, the allocation of routes that can bundle multiple order receipts, and the optimization of routes for senior delivery personnel to travel by subway and on foot based on real-time subway operation information.
To date, there have been 175 senior delivery personnel who have worked with Silver Lab, and 530 companies have participated. The company plans to expand its customer base to 700 companies by the end of this year through B2B sales targeting small and medium-sized businesses. In addition, based on its partnership with the Korea Senior Club Association, it plans to conclude agreements with senior clubs in Seoul, and then in the metropolitan area and major cities nationwide, and to create high-quality jobs for seniors through collaboration with various organizations.
About Silver Lab
Silver Lab is a social venture with a vision to reorganize and innovate work with low productivity through IT technology, turning it into jobs that seniors can do. Through this, it will solve the problem of senior poverty, which accounts for 43% of the OECD's highest level, with a population of over 10 million people aged 65 and over in the ultra-aged society. It will also ensure that the undervalued labor of seniors is properly recognized. Ultimately, this will allow professionals to focus on productive work, thereby contributing to improving overall productivity in society. Silver Lab is being created by a team of 7 members who gathered together after acquiring expertise in their respective fields and sharing a common vision for Silver Lab. It was established on January 15, 2024, and is recreating the senior subway delivery solution Doodream Quick, which was developed by the Seoul National University social venture club, Enactus.
Website: https://silverlab.kr
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