Strengthening the Development Structure, Including Employees and Partner Companies

「The Company expects this to secure personnel well versed in IT and production management operations and generate synergies by leveraging the technologies and experience of both companies, thereby strengthening the Group's business for manufacturers.」

「During the current interim consolidated accounting period, the Company made various investments. In April 2024, it established a specialised organisation and began providing the cloud-based ERP system SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition (hereinafter, "SAP"). In May of the same year, it relocated and expanded its Fukuoka Branch, and in July it expanded its Osaka Branch. Particularly in the Kyushu and Kansai regions, the Company has continued to successfully secure highly skilled personnel who identify with its mission and business model, namely a prime vendor business that owns its products and does not station personnel at customer sites.」

「To expand its business, the Company is actively recruiting IT engineers. In particular, it has been successful in securing highly skilled personnel in the Kyushu and Kansai regions who wish to return to or relocate to their home regions, and it relocated and expanded its facilities to accommodate the increase in headcount.」

「The Company will continue active recruitment while strengthening its practical development programmes, including providing employees with experience in partial operations and small-scale projects following in-house training, with the aim of making them productive at an early stage.」

「As the number of inquiries and proposals is increasing, the Company will efficiently redirect development resources allocated to projects addressing the invoice system during the second half to new development projects, with the aim of achieving further growth.」

「In the following fiscal year, the Company will continue active recruitment while strengthening its development programmes, including providing employees with experience in partial operations and small-scale projects following in-house training, with the aim of making them productive at an early stage.」

「During the cumulative third quarter of the fiscal year, the Company established KEYSTONE SOLUTIONS CO., LTD in Da Nang, Vietnam.」

「In its ERP business, the Company has actively invested in human resources development since the previous fiscal year and has also hired a large number of new graduates as engineers during the cumulative first quarter of the current fiscal year.」

「While expanding its existing businesses in these solid market conditions, the Company is investing in new product development and preparing to establish a development center in Vietnam, making steady progress toward achieving the targets set out in its medium-term management plan.」

「While expanding its existing businesses in these solid market conditions, the Company is investing in new product development and preparing to establish a development center in Vietnam, making steady progress toward achieving the targets set out in its medium-term management plan.」

「While expanding its existing businesses in these solid market conditions, the Company is investing in new product development and preparing to establish a development center in Vietnam, making a solid start toward achieving the targets set out in its medium-term management plan.」

「The Company will strengthen its development structure by increasing its workforce and developing relationships with partner companies, while also establishing a development base in Vietnam to utilise highly skilled overseas engineers and expand its development capacity.」

「As underlying demand remains firm, the Company is preparing its development structure to accommodate an increase in orders going forward.」

「Due to the favourable market environment, particularly in the ERP business, the Company has been unable to respond to strong inquiries and the number of cases in which it has declined projects has increased. Accordingly, strengthening its development structure, including employees and partner companies, is an urgent issue. Although the Company has already taken steps in this area, it needs to formulate and implement an even more extensive strengthening plan.」