Growing demand for electronic ordering, inspection and calibration services

「Expanded the number of companies connected to the centralized purchasing system, ocean, to 643, an increase of 212 from the end of the previous fiscal year, including 122 medical users. ・Expanded registered users of Wave, an e-commerce system supporting retailers, to 23,965, an increase of 2,933 from the end of the previous fiscal year.」

「By channel, sales to centralized purchasing systems and online retailers increased 13.9% year on year, driving growth in the segment. As a result, segment sales remained solid at ¥4,203.1 million, up 9.2% year on year. A new consolidated subsidiary was added on 30 June and contributed approximately 1.6% to segment sales from July onward. In the industry segment, which serves manufacturing sites and other customers, factory utilization improved as personal consumption recovered and supply constraints eased, while sales of cleanroom consumables, measuring instruments and other products increased. As in the laboratory segment, sales to centralized purchasing systems and online retailers increased 15.0% year on year, driving growth in the segment.」

「By channel, sales to centralized purchasing systems and online retailers increased 20.6% year on year, while overseas sales increased 11.7%, driving growth in the segment.」

「By channel, sales to centralized purchasing systems and online retailers increased 22.7% year on year, driving growth in the segment.」

「By channel, sales to centralized purchasing systems and online retailers increased 21.6% year on year, driving growth in the segment.」

「In particular, sales through the centralized purchasing system, mainly to large customers, increased by ¥1,645 million year on year, or 32.0%, driving growth in the segment.」

「In particular, centralized purchasing, mainly by large customers, increased by ¥672 million year on year, representing a growth rate of more than 40%.」

「The number of new users linked to ocean, an e-commerce-style centralized purchasing system, increased by 20 companies, while the number of new users linked to Wave, an e-commerce support system for distributors, increased by 441 companies.」

「The range of products handled online exceeded 4.7 million items and contributed to new sales. Demand related to e-commerce, particularly from a DX perspective, is growing.」

「Demand related to e-commerce has grown from the perspective of contactless, face-to-face-free transactions.」

「Demand for infection-control supplies and testing-related products increased significantly, while demand related to e-commerce grew as face-to-face ordering and fulfillment became difficult.」

「During the consolidated fiscal year, we were able to add 40 new companies connected to our centralized purchasing system, which we believe was one factor behind sales growth.」

「As sales channels, e-commerce-style centralized purchasing and sales to online retailers continued to increase.」

「As sales channels, sales to online retailers and e-commerce-style centralized purchasing continued to increase, while sales to China also rose.」

「In the scientific instruments sector, inquiries for high-priced products were trending slightly lower, but inquiries for laboratory equipment such as experimental tools and carts, as well as culture and analysis supplies, increased. As sales channels, sales to online retailers and e-commerce-style centralized purchasing continued to grow, and sales to China also increased.」

「In particular, in the e-commerce business, the number of customers using e-commerce-style centralized purchasing, through which the company’s electronic catalog is directly integrated into customers’ purchasing systems to enable them to purchase products, increased to 158, up 23 year on year.」

「In the scientific instruments sector, domestic inquiries from private-sector companies remained strong against a backdrop of steady economic conditions. Sales of e-commerce-style centralized purchasing and products listed on the website but not in the print catalog also expanded, contributing to higher sales.」

「In the scientific instruments sector, domestic inquiries from private-sector customers remained strong, while overseas sales, including sales to China, also grew. E-commerce-style centralized purchasing increased substantially as a sales method, contributing to higher sales.」

「E-commerce-style centralized purchasing increased substantially as a sales method, contributing to higher sales.」

「The number of customers using e-commerce-style centralized purchasing, through which the company’s electronic catalog is directly connected to customers’ purchasing systems to enable them to purchase research equipment, increased substantially to 135, up 34 from the previous fiscal year.」

「In the scientific equipment business, sales were ¥24.701 billion, up 10.3% year on year, supported by strong private-sector research and development demand. E-commerce-related sales, comprising e-commerce-style centralized purchasing, in which our electronic catalog is directly linked to customers' purchasing systems so they can purchase research equipment, and sales to online retailers, grew by just under 40%. Sales of products listed exclusively online doubled as the range of products listed on the website expanded.」

「In the scientific instruments sector, sales were supported by strong private-sector research and development demand, while sales from e-commerce-style centralized purchasing, through which customers purchase research equipment by directly connecting the company’s electronic catalog to their purchasing systems, grew by more than 30% and drove overall performance. Net sales were ¥15,830 million, up 9.7% year on year.」

「As a sales method, sales from e-commerce-style centralized purchasing increased by more than 30%, contributing to sales.」

「Demand has been growing for electronic transactions from the standpoint of improving the efficiency of users’ order management and ensuring compliance. There has also been growing demand for quality assurance of equipment used in research and development and manufacturing processes, leading to an increase in requests for after-sales maintenance services such as inspections and calibration.」