Entry into Future Growth Areas and Accumulation of Technical Talent and Expertise

「The company said that, by making Trend Art a subsidiary, the two companies would work to improve engineers' skills and expand their customer bases in the technology fields and industries required by both companies, aiming for further mutual growth and development and thereby enhancing the value they provide to customers.」

「このたび、当社がトレンドアートを子会社化することにより、両社が必要とする技術領域や産業分野において技術者のスキルアップや顧客層の拡大に取り組み、相互の更なる成長・発展を目指すことで、お客様への提供価値をより高めていくことを目的とします。」

「In recent years, the company has also strengthened its technology base by developing cloud capabilities for Salesforce, AWS and other platforms as new businesses.」

「The company made アドバンスソフト株式会社 a consolidated subsidiary on 31 October 2024. The company has an extensive track record in systems development for electric power companies. Through applied research using generative AI, the company developed 2 new generative AI services, “AI General Affairs” (a chatbot using the company’s internal rules as its knowledge base) and “AI Engineer” (a system that automatically generates source code from screen images, design documents and other inputs), and began using them internally.」

「To address customers' needs for generative AI and digital transformation, we entered into a business partnership for the domestic sale of NeuroChain and NeuroCodie, developed by SYSCOM, and further strengthened our initiatives involving AI solutions.」

「We released everymo (Everymo), a motion-capture app that can be used to produce 3D computer-graphics content, including VR apps and metaverse content.」

「The company expanded projects by actively proposing cloud technologies for customers’ business systems. It also released the new “OMFLOW” solution to promote DX in back-office operations and worked to implement it for customers.」

「As a new business area, the company entered the PaaS (Platform as a Service) field for low-code platforms and worked to expand the business. It also expanded projects in cloud technologies by actively proposing solutions for customers’ business systems.」

「As a challenge in new technology areas, the company continued to strengthen technical training and skills acquisition in cloud platforms, cloud services, digital twin computing and other technologies. As a new business area, the automotive-related business pursued initiatives in ITS (Intelligent Transport Systems) and ADAS (Advanced Driver Assistance Systems), as well as participation in the MaaS (Mobility as a Service) field.」

「As a challenge in new technology areas, the company continued to strengthen technical training and skills acquisition in cloud platforms, cloud services, digital twin computing and other technologies. As a new business area, the automotive-related business pursued initiatives in ITS (Intelligent Transport Systems) and ADAS (Advanced Driver Assistance Systems), as well as participation in the MaaS (Mobility as a Service) field. With demand for electronic payments and payroll expected to increase following the lifting of the ban on digital wage payments, the company is strengthening its organizational capabilities and pursuing initiatives in these areas.」

「As a new business area, the automotive-related business pursued initiatives in ITS (Intelligent Transport Systems) and ADAS (Advanced Driver Assistance Systems), as well as participation in the MaaS (Mobility as a Service) field.」

「The company promoted initiatives aimed at developing and supplying agile professionals to support customers’ realization of DX.」

「As a challenge in new business areas, the company strengthened technical training and skills acquisition in cloud platforms, cloud services, digital twin computing and other technologies, increasing the number of projects it could support. As a challenge in new operational areas, it began participating in projects related to payment operations, car-sharing operations, logistics operations and other fields, while starting to acquire operational expertise.」

「Under “a. Adapting to changes in the business environment and taking on new fields,” we promoted the deployment within the group of the technologies held by 株式会社a-LINK, which joined the CIJ Group in July 2021. Going forward, we will continue to enter new fields while leveraging synergies within the group.」

「The Group will promote efforts to adapt to various changes in the business environment by strengthening the business foundation it has built to date, while also pursuing and deepening initiatives in new areas such as DX, AI, IoT, cloud solutions and robotics.」

「The infection-control AI robot “AYUDA-MíraMe” (アユダミラーミ) was selected for Kanagawa Prefecture’s robot demonstration project support program, and demonstrations were conducted at Yokohama City Hall, Yokohama Ice Arena, Zama Kindergarten and other locations. Sales of “AYUDA-MíraMe” are scheduled to begin on 10 May 2021.」

「The infection-control robot “AYUDA-MíraMe” (アユダミラーミ), developed by Taiwanese business partner 凌群電脳股份有限公司 (SYSCOM), was selected for Kanagawa Prefecture’s robot demonstration project support program, and demonstrations were conducted at Yokohama City Hall, Yokohama Ice Arena and other locations.」

「As one of the results, the company conducted a demonstration of “AYUDA” in September 2020 at Fujisawa City Hall for the second time and at Yokosuka City Hall for the first time, verifying the effectiveness of using robots in administrative services.」

「The autonomous mobile service robot “AYUDA” (アユダ), currently under development for sale in Japan, was selected for a demonstration project under Kanagawa Prefecture’s Robot Coexistence Plan, and a demonstration was conducted at Terrace Mall Shonan in Robot Town, within the Sagami Robot Industrial Special Zone. The company also actively exhibited at trade shows including CEATEC2019 and the International Robot Exhibition.」

「The autonomous mobile service robot “AYUDA” (アユダ), currently under development for sale in Japan, was selected for a demonstration project under Kanagawa Prefecture’s Robot Coexistence Plan, and a demonstration was conducted at Terrace Mall Shonan in Robot Town, within the Sagami Robot Industrial Special Zone.」

「Substantial renewal of existing packages, along with strengthened R&D into cutting-edge technologies such as robotics and IoT」

「In the fiscal year ending June 2019, the first year of the Fifth Medium-Term Management Plan, the Company will focus on the following measures: monitor the latest technology trends closely and actively enter fields expected to deliver future growth. By assigning highly capable employees with strong technical skills to these fields, the Company will accumulate and share technologies and know-how and raise the capabilities of its engineers as a whole.」