Strengthening Product Development in ERP, Production Control, Information Integration and Printing

「We are developing ATTAZoo+, a subscription-based version of extensions for Cybozu,Inc.'s cloud-based business improvement platform kintone; the ATTAZoo AI OCR Pack, which enables the OCR scanning of handwritten forms and business digital transformation without development work; and R-PiCS-NX, a production management system specializing in material requirements planning.」

「Our core service, Qanat Universe, is primarily developed as a business providing data integration functions to major domestic business-oriented SaaS products. Embedded delivery into SaaS solutions compliant with the Electronic Books Preservation Act and the invoice system grew steadily ahead of the invoice system's implementation in October. Qanat Universe contracts during the quarter reached a record quarterly high of 720, up 166.7% year on year, bringing cumulative contracts to 3,562.」

「Embedded delivery of Qanat Universe into SaaS solutions compliant with the Electronic Books Preservation Act and the invoice system continued to grow steadily. The integration features with RAKUS's email marketing service Haipai Mail, announced in March 2023, and Cybozu's kintone also got off to a strong start. Qanat Universe contracts during the quarter totaled 521, up 71.9% year on year, bringing cumulative contracts to 2,842.」

「Against a backdrop of rush demand ahead of the October 2023 start of the invoice system and the January 2024 mandatory implementation of the Electronic Books Preservation Act, Qanat Universe was embedded in SaaS solutions supporting both systems, and a sales strategy was developed to provide data integration as a standard feature. Cumulative contracts grew to 2,321, up 228.8% from the previous fiscal year.」

「For R-PiCS, our proprietary production management system, we are expanding orders by meeting diversifying customer needs through broad technical capabilities spanning cloud services, business systems and hardware. This includes offering combined proposals pairing R-PiCS with the cloud service kintone to address replacement demand for aging core systems.」

「R-PiCS, the production management package, also performed steadily, supported by existing orders as well as new projects and version-upgrade business.」

「R-PiCS also contributed to profit through orders for version upgrades on large projects and sales of licenses for new projects, resulting in higher revenue and profit year on year.」

「During the fiscal year, we focused on building Qanat Universe, a strategic product for the future, as a platform capable of integrating various cloud services, including OBIC BUSINESS CONSULTANTS CO.,LTD.'s Bugyo Cloud, RAKUS's Rakuraku Seisan, and Cybozu,Inc.'s kintone. We will continue to promote the commercialization of this integration platform.」

「These integration services using Qanat Universe eliminate cumbersome tasks that arise between systems for user companies, eliminate the need for manufacturers to develop custom integrations, and facilitate broader collaboration with other companies' products, leading to wider adoption by manufacturers.」

「JB Software is being transitioned to monthly subscription services. In addition to collaboration within the Group, the company is focusing on business collaborations with strategic partners. In its collaboration with OBIC BUSINESS CONSULTANTS CO.,LTD., it released the Bugyo Cloud Automatic Execution Agent, which can automatically integrate data between Bugyo Cloud and on-premises systems. Through its collaboration with 株式会社ラクス, it also released Rakuraku Connector, a new feature enabling easy integration between Rakuraku Seisan and internal systems and other cloud-based services, and is pursuing expansion of the strategic Qanat Universe business.」

「As part of its collaboration with OBIC BUSINESS CONSULTANTS CO.,LTD., the company released the Bugyo Cloud Automatic Execution Agent, which can automatically integrate data between the company's Bugyo Cloud and on-premises systems, laying the groundwork for future business expansion.」

「Sales of the group's proprietary JB Software grew through business with strategic partners. In anticipation of more active data integration in future cloud environments, the group collaborated with OBIC BUSINESS CONSULTANTS CO.,LTD. using Qanat Universe, a cloud data integration platform developed and operated by the group's JB Advanced Technology Co., Ltd. (JBAT), and began offering Bugyo Cloud App Connect in October 2019.」

「Sales of the Group's proprietary JB Software increased, primarily through sales via partners. Going forward, the Group will expand the business by strengthening relationships with partners and steadily grow its software business through initiatives for cloud-based data integration centered on Qanat Universe.」

「For the R-PiCS production management system, the version-upgrade business and the associated systems development business grew.」

「For the R-PiCS production management system, implementation and development remained at the same level as the previous year, while the renewal business associated with version upgrades showed a growth trend.」

「For JB Software, the business of the Qanat 2.0 series, which streamlines links between internal and external systems and enables the effective use of information, and WebReport 2.0 smart, which collects and analyzes large volumes of data accumulated internally to support decision-making, grew. For the R-PiCS production management system, implementation and development remained at the same level as the previous year.」

「Sales of JB Software, one of the seven growth fields known as WILD7, grew, including sales of information integration support solutions that improve the efficiency of links between internal and external systems and enable the effective use of information. Sales from the implementation and development of the R-PiCS production management system remained steady.」

「Sales from the implementation and development of the R-PiCS production management system increased. Sales of JB Software's information integration support solutions also grew. Although there was a large sale of Optimized PC 2.0 (*), sales of the core impact printers continued to trend downward due to shrinking demand.」

「Sales from the implementation and development of the R-PiCS production management system increased. Sales of JB Software's information integration support solutions also grew. Although there was a large sale of Optimized PC 2.0 (*), sales of the core impact printers continued to trend downward due to shrinking demand.」

「There were no material changes in the status of the Group's research and development activities during the six months ended September 30.」

「In addition to the steady performance of the JB Software sales business and the R-PiCS production management system business, we continued to focus on development investment.」

「There were no material changes in the status of the Group's research and development activities during the nine months ended December 31.」

「There were no material changes in the status of the group's research and development activities during the six-month period ended in the second quarter.」

「Research and development to enhance the functions of the R-PiCS production management system for mid-sized manufacturers」