Release of 'AI no Kakushin: Organizational Knowledge and Retrieval-Augmented Generation, Theory Edition: Knowledge Management Realized by RAG — Why This Design? Learn the Decision-Making Framework for Implementation, Evaluation, and Governance'

Overview

JF Solutions Inc. (publishing label: JF Press) released 'AI no Kakushin: Knowledge Management Realized by RAG, Theory Edition' on June 11, 2026, in digital and print-on-demand formats.

This book is a practical guide aimed not only at engineers but also at business stakeholders, focusing not on 'how to implement RAG systems' but on the rationale behind design decisions—such as 'why do they fail?', 'how should they be designed to avoid collapse?', and 'how should procurement be conducted to issue correct orders?'. Primary readers include DX promotion staff, PMOs, procurement-side evaluators, and auditors.

Alongside the book, a paid RFP template for RAG system procurement, implementing the book’s design philosophy, is available on the official website.

Background: A 30-Year-Old Unresolved Problem

From the 1990s knowledge management (KM) boom, the 2000s semantic web, to the 2010s enterprise search and chatbots—efforts to utilize organizational knowledge have been repeated for 30 years, nearly all failing for the same reason:

Design based on the assumption that 'humans can perfectly manage information'.

RAG is the first architecture to abandon this assumption. However, today, proposals claiming 'RAG will solve everything' are widespread, leading to PoCs that succeed but collapse in production—structurally identical to the failures of 30 years ago.

Even more serious is the 'inability of buyers to evaluate'. Writing RFPs without technical literacy results in selecting vendors based on 'how good the proposal looks', causing projects to go off track. This book directly addresses this issue, consistently emphasizing 'understanding the rationale for design decisions before technology' and 'becoming a buyer who can evaluate'.

The Four Barriers Addressed in This Book

The book is structured around four common barriers faced by all roles involved in RAG implementation:

Barrier ①: The Implementation Planner's Barrier — 'I want to use AI to leverage internal information' — but don't know where to start.

Barrier ②: The PoC Manager's Barrier — 'The PoC succeeded, but it collapsed in production' — unable to logically explain why it failed.

Barrier ③: The Procurement/Evaluation Manager's Barrier — 'I can't judge whether the vendor's proposal is correct' — failing to recognize the danger in statements like 'we control access via prompts'.

Barrier ④: The Procurement/Contract Manager's Barrier — 'I thought I wrote an RFP, but it turned into a requirements document' — failing to define in advance the agreements on process design, contract type, intellectual property, hallucination liability, and data deletion.

What You Gain from This Book

- Diagnose your organization's RAG adoption suitability across six axes - Proactively avoid common types of PoC failure - Identify dangerous patterns in vendor proposals - Organize the five key agreements that must be decided before procurement - Understand pitfalls in phased contracts, quasi-mandate management, and liability sharing for hallucinations - Acquire a decision-making framework applicable to procurement, evaluation, and auditing

Four Appendix Templates (Available for Download)

The book includes four practical templates available for download from the company’s dedicated website:

- RAG Adoption Suitability Diagnosis (6-axis checklist) - Pre-PoC Checklist (7 questions) - KPI Design Template (three-layer evaluation metrics, ROI estimation) - RAG System Audit Checklist

Related Paid Product: RFP Template for RAG System Procurement

A dedicated RFP template for RAG system procurement, implementing the design philosophy from Chapter 6 of this book, is separately sold on the official website in both Word and Markdown formats.

Features of the Template:

- Covers the entire procurement process in 11 sections - Each item tagged as [Required], [Recommended], or [Optional]—serving as a criterion for streamlining - Incorporates the 'Four Trial Questions' for vendor evaluation from Chapter 4 as mandatory items in proposals - Standard inclusion of clauses on cost transparency, quasi-mandate management, intellectual property, hallucination liability, and data deletion - Not intended as legal advice, but designed as a starting point for procurement practice

The template delivers maximum effectiveness when used after reading the book. Procurement officers who understand the design philosophy can even write their own RFPs without the template. The template serves as a tool to shorten that work time.

Price and Purchase: https://jf-sol.com/rag_theory/

Bibliographic Information

Item

Content

Title

'AI no Kakushin: Organizational Knowledge and Retrieval-Augmented Generation, Theory Edition: Knowledge Management Realized by RAG — Why This Design? Learn the Decision-Making Framework for Implementation, Evaluation, and Governance'

Author

Hitoshi Furoi

Publisher

JF Press (JF Solutions Inc.)

Release Date

June 11, 2026

Price

E-book: ¥4,500 and up / Print (print-on-demand): ¥4,950

E-book Purchase

Amazon Kindle, Google Books, Rakuten Kobo, Apple Books

Print Purchase

Amazon (print-on-demand)

Series

'AI no Kakushin'

Target Audience

IT staff and DX promotion teams considering RAG adoption

PMOs and project managers on the procurement/evaluation side

Procurement and contract managers for RAG systems

Auditors, security staff, and consultants handling AI systems

Senior engineers seeking to strengthen design decision-making

Pricing Context

Spot consulting typically costs ¥500,000–1,000,000 per session, and PoC support ranges from several hundred thousand to several million yen. This book provides the decision-making framework and four practical templates at a fraction of that cost: e-book from ¥4,500, print book ¥4,950.

Additionally, the RFP template is offered separately as an immediate-use tool for procurement practice.

Company Overview

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Content

Company Name

JF Solutions Inc.

Address

3F, Ohatsutenjin EAST BLDG, 2-8-5 Sonezaki, Kita-ku, Osaka City, Osaka 530-0057, Japan

Representative

Hitoshi Furoi

Business Activities

DX strategy formulation support, IT consulting, publishing (JF Press)

URL

https://jf-sol.com/

Publication LP

https://jf-sol.com/rag_theory/

Contact

[email protected]

Inquiries Regarding This Release

JF Solutions Inc., Contact: Hitoshi Furoi ✉ [email protected] ✆ 050-8893-2778

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