New Medium-Term Management Plan Under the Theme of “Link the GAP in Practice”

「Meanwhile, the Data Platform business has been expanding, driven by increased revenue from HULFT Square, which we have positioned as a growth driver, among other factors.」

「Adoption of HULFT Square expanded, particularly among enterprise companies, as we addressed demand for greater data utilisation driven by advances in generative AI and for legacy-system migration. As a result, HULFT Square sales for the consolidated fiscal year increased 113.8% year on year.」

「The main factor behind the increase in revenue was higher sales of HULFT Square, among other factors. Adoption of HULFT Square has expanded, particularly among enterprise companies, as we address demand for greater data utilisation driven by advances in generative AI and for legacy-system migration. HULFT Square sales for the six months ended 30 September 2024 increased 162.4% year on year.」

「The number of HULFT Square customers continued to increase during the consolidated fiscal year, and we also began offering the service in Western markets. In addition to quarterly feature updates, we provide templated data-integration functions for use cases with strong customer demand, including CO2 emissions calculations, electronic contracts and the use of human-resources data.」

「The company is pursuing an organizational shift toward a cross-functional business centered on HULFT Square, released in Japan in February 2023 and in European and North American markets in October 2023, including solutions that combine its existing data integration software with systems integration technologies in the financial and distribution industries.」

「We decided to begin offering iPaaS “HULFT Square,” which has been available in Japan since the previous consolidated fiscal year, in Western markets as well. The target market in Western markets is supply chain management in the manufacturing industry.」

「Until the previous consolidated fiscal year, “HULFT Square” was classified as a company-wide expense because it was under development as a new service. Following its release in February 2023, it has been classified as part of the “Data Platform Business” from the first quarter of the current consolidated fiscal year.」

「We released “HULFT Square,” a globally deployable iPaaS, in Japan on 9 February 2023. After the release, we will continue development to further stabilise service quality, improve performance and add functionality.」

「As service provision to selected early users has progressed smoothly, we decided to release the service in Japan on 9 February 2023. After the release, we will continue development to further stabilise service quality, improve performance and add functionality.」

「“HULFT Square” was released to early users as scheduled in June 2022. We are reflecting their feedback in the service and advancing improvements in usage quality and performance, as well as reviewing some development functions. Service provision to early users is also progressing steadily, and the Company plans to release the service in Japan in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2022.」

「For this reason, we began developing “HULFT Square,” a next-generation cloud-based data integration platform that uses HULFT products and cloud technologies to provide file integration and data integration services in the cloud, from the fiscal year ended March 2021. In June 2022, we released it to early users who had participated in the trial.」

「Regarding the future development of “HULFT Square,” following the trial, we plan to reflect user feedback in the service and release it to early users in the first quarter of fiscal 2022. Subsequently, we plan to release it simultaneously in Japan and the United States in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2022.」

「We continue to develop “HULFT Square” as a new cloud-based data-integration platform that connects file-centred core and business systems with data-centred external services, accelerates collaboration across different fields and customers’ digital transformation, and contributes to resolving social issues. As disclosed on 15 September 2021, the service release is proceeding as scheduled for the first quarter of fiscal 2022, and selected early users have begun trial use of “HULFT Square.”」

「We disclosed that the service release for “HULFT Square,” which is under development, is scheduled for the first quarter of fiscal 2022. Before the service release, selected early users will begin trial use from the third quarter of fiscal 2021. We will incorporate their feedback to improve service quality and gradually expand the number of trial users.」

「For “HULFT Square,” which is being developed using HULFT products and cloud technologies, we held a press briefing on 23 June 2021 and launched a press release and campaign website on the same day.」

「Our group formulated a three-year medium-term management plan ending in fiscal 2020. We aim to improve profitability through thorough productivity improvements in existing businesses and achieve further business growth by expanding more profitable businesses into new markets and to new customers. Specifically, we are working to achieve the medium-term management plan by implementing four key initiatives: ① Creating New Business, ② Accelerating the Growth of the HULFT Business, ③ Responding to New Technologies and Strengthening Development Capabilities, and ④ Improving the Quality of Business Activities.」

「We have also begun research and development of a next-generation linkage services platform centred on HULFT.」

「Our group formulated a three-year medium-term management plan ending in fiscal 2020. We aim to improve profitability through thorough productivity improvements in existing businesses and achieve further business growth by expanding more profitable businesses into new markets and to new customers. Specifically, we are working to achieve the medium-term management plan by implementing four key initiatives: ① Creating New Business, ② Accelerating the Growth of the HULFT Business, ③ Responding to New Technologies and Strengthening Development Capabilities, and ④ Improving the Quality of Business Activities.」

「We have promoted the Linkage Business under the theme of creating products and services for new technologies and markets, centred on our strength in “connecting” technologies. As a result, the business has become an established pillar of our operations, and we will pursue further growth by increasing resource allocation and taking other measures. We are also working to build new services, including iPaaS (integration Platform as a Service), by leveraging the Linkage Business, HULFT products and cloud technologies.」

「As a result, new three-quadrant sales for the nine months ended 31 December 2019 amounted to ¥3,981 million, up 72.6% year on year.」

「The management plan calls for transforming the business model and aims to expand the business domain by creating services using new technologies as its principal strategy and priority initiative. Accordingly, we have established the achievement rate for the plan for sales related to new technologies and new fields (new three-quadrant sales) as an indicator for assessing progress toward these goals. New three-quadrant sales for the six months ended 30 September 2019 amounted to ¥2,577 million, up 91.5% year on year. The full-year plan for the fiscal year ending March 2020 is ¥5,500 million, representing progress of 46.9% against the full-year plan.」

「The management plan calls for transforming the business model and aims to expand the business domain by creating services using new technologies as its principal strategy and priority initiative. Accordingly, we have established the achievement rate for the plan for sales related to new technologies and new fields (new three-quadrant sales) as an indicator for assessing progress toward these goals.」

「Under this medium-term management plan, we aim to achieve the vision of “Becoming the category leader! — Demonstrating an overwhelming presence in specific fields —” and achieve significant, non-linear long-term growth. To this end, we have adopted “Putting Link the GAP into Practice” as our theme and are implementing 5 priority initiatives to thoroughly improve productivity in existing businesses and develop new technologies and businesses in new fields: “Creating New Business,” “Renewed Growth of the HULFT Business,” “Addressing New Technologies and Strengthening Development Capabilities,” “Work Reform and Productivity Improvement,” and “Self-Transformation into a Bimodal Organisational Culture That Adapts to Change,” while working to enhance corporate value.」

「We formulated and are working to achieve a medium-term management plan covering the fiscal years ending March 2019 through March 2021. Under this plan, we continue to pursue the vision of “Becoming the category leader! — Demonstrating an overwhelming presence in specific fields” and have adopted the theme “Putting Link the GAP into practice” to achieve dramatic, non-linear growth over the long term. We are implementing five key initiatives to improve productivity thoroughly in existing businesses and realize new technology and new-area businesses: “Creating New Business,” “Accelerating the Growth of the HULFT Business,” “Responding to New Technologies and Strengthening Development Capabilities,” “Work Reform and Productivity Improvement,” and “Self-Transformation into a Bimodal Organizational Culture that Adapts to Change,” with the aim of enhancing corporate value.」

「We formulated and are working to achieve a medium-term management plan covering the fiscal years ending March 2019 through March 2021. Under this plan, we continue to pursue the vision of “Becoming the category leader! — Demonstrating an overwhelming presence in specific fields” and have adopted the theme “Putting Link the GAP into practice” to achieve dramatic, non-linear growth over the long term. We are implementing five key initiatives to improve productivity thoroughly in existing businesses and realize new technology and new-area businesses: “Creating New Business,” “Accelerating the Growth of the HULFT Business,” “Responding to New Technologies and Strengthening Development Capabilities,” “Work Reform and Productivity Improvement,” and “Self-Transformation into a Bimodal Organizational Culture that Adapts to Change,” with the aim of enhancing corporate value.」

「Under this medium-term management plan, the Company aims to realise its vision, “Bringing category leadership to life! — Demonstrating an overwhelming presence in specific fields,” and achieve dramatic, discontinuous long-term growth. It has adopted the theme “Link the GAPの実践” and is pursuing five priority initiatives to thoroughly improve productivity in existing businesses and realise new-technology and new-field businesses: “Creation of New Business,” “Regrowth of the HULFT Business,” “Responding to New Technologies and Strengthening Development Capabilities,” “Work Reform and Productivity Improvement,” and “Self-Transformation Toward a Bimodal Organisational Culture That Adapts to Change.” Through these initiatives, the Company is working to enhance corporate value.」