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We would like to introduce a case study of the implementation of "BizForecast" at China Instrument Industry Co., Ltd. The company faced challenges with having to make corrections every time human errors occurred, leading to inefficiencies in their operations. After the implementation, they successfully streamlined tasks that had previously been a significant burden, allowing them to focus on their core business activities such as analysis. 【Case Overview】 ■Challenges - The need to make corrections every time human errors occurred, improving inefficiencies in operations - Enhancing forecast accuracy ■Implementation Effects - Successfully streamlined tasks that had been a significant burden - Changed to a monthly input operation for forecasts, resulting in a substantial increase in accuracy compared to before *For more details, please download the PDF or feel free to contact us.

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We would like to introduce a case study of the implementation of "BizForecast" at Rosette Corporation. The company was manually transferring and aggregating data into Excel for management purposes, which led to frequent human errors and took a lot of time. After the implementation, the time spent on budget performance management tasks was significantly reduced, and the workload for each input department head was also decreased. The costs incurred for the implementation could be offset within a year. [Case Overview] ■ Challenges - Manual transfer and aggregation into Excel for management purposes led to frequent human errors and took a lot of time. ■ Implementation Effects - The time spent on budget performance management tasks was significantly reduced. - The formats that were created monthly were automatically updated, making distribution and aggregation tasks possible with the push of a button. *For more details, please download the PDF or feel free to contact us.

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We would like to introduce a case study of the implementation of "BizForecast" at Osho Food Service Co., Ltd. Previously, budget management tasks were conducted using Excel and other spreadsheet software, which frequently experienced screen freezes and performance issues, resulting in a significant amount of time spent on data entry. After the implementation, we were able to reduce the workload of data entry using iPads at each store, improving the efficiency of analysis and the creation of reference materials, allowing for the preparation of documents in a shorter time. [Case Overview] ■ Challenges - Frequent screen freezes and performance issues led to a significant amount of time spent on data entry. - With over 500 stores, time and effort were spent not only on data collection but also on aggregation. ■ Implementation Effects - Reduced the workload of data entry using iPads at each store. - Enabled the preparation of documents in a shorter time. *For more details, please download the PDF or feel free to contact us.

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We would like to introduce a case study of the implementation of "BizForecast" at Anabuki Housing Service. Previously, budget management and aggregation tasks were performed using Excel, which led to frequent input errors, and significant effort was placed on verifying the consistency of numbers during aggregation. After implementation, the speed of aggregation tasks increased dramatically, and when including verification tasks, the time required was reduced by 2 to 3 days, allowing for more time to be spent on other tasks. 【Case Overview】 ■Challenges - Frequent input errors, with a focus on verifying the consistency of numbers during aggregation. - Increased time spent on aggregation tasks and significant time dedicated to data entry. ■Implementation Effects - Dramatic increase in the speed of aggregation tasks. - Ability to instantly grasp numbers and progress at the store and business unit levels. *For more details, please download the PDF or feel free to contact us.

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We would like to introduce a case study of the implementation of "BizForecast" at ITOCHU Singapore Pte Ltd. The company faced several challenges, including the reduction of work hours, timely reporting, and responding to organizational changes, and began considering the introduction of a system that could improve efficiency without significantly altering the current processes. After implementation, the company was able to achieve an average annual cost reduction due to a decrease in the man-hours of the personnel involved in the aggregation tasks. Additionally, the systematization of the aggregation work helped prevent data transcription errors and omissions, while standardizing tasks that had become dependent on specific individuals. [Challenges] - The aggregation work required approximately 2 to 3 days of man-hours each month. - Each time there were changes to the account titles or organization of the local subsidiaries, it was necessary to revise the Excel formulas. *For more details, please download the PDF or feel free to contact us.*

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We would like to introduce a case study of the implementation of "BizForecast" at France Bed Co., Ltd. The company faced challenges in systematizing the creation of budget vs. actual verification reports, particularly in eliminating the dual management of the system and Excel documents. After implementation, they were able to reduce system operation costs by approximately 90%, and they achieved the expected effects in terms of reducing work hours. [Challenges] ■ Systematization of budget vs. actual verification report creation - Elimination of dual management between the system and Excel documents ■ Issues in budget preparation tasks with the old system - Reduction of time spent on screen transitions and calculations - Improvement of the printing layout of output reports - Enhancement of the usability of input forms ■ Systematization of forecasting aggregation tasks *For more details, please download the PDF or feel free to contact us.

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We would like to introduce a case study of the implementation of "BizForecast" for Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings, Inc. The company faced a major challenge as only a limited number of personnel were capable of building and maintaining Excel (macro) systems, leading to a reliance on specific individuals for maintenance. After the implementation, they successfully reduced time costs and achieved a significant reduction in processing time by completing operations within a single system. 【Challenges】 ■ Poor maintainability and reliance on specific individuals ■ Inability to work collaboratively with multiple people ■ Time-consuming data allocation *For more details, please download the PDF or feel free to contact us.

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We would like to introduce a case study of the implementation of "BizForecast" at Shin Corporation. The company faced significant challenges due to a limited number of members involved in management accounting tasks, as well as vague division of responsibilities, making handovers difficult and accelerating the personalization of tasks. Although new systems were introduced, resulting in running costs, we were able to significantly reduce the time spent on various tasks. [Case Overview] ■Challenges - The "systematization" of budget management tasks had not been achieved. - There was no clear division of responsibilities among the staff, leading to personalization of tasks. ■Implementation Effects - Reduction of non-core tasks, enabling smooth business management. - Successful reduction of information leakage risks and acceleration of information disclosure. *For more details, please download the PDF or feel free to contact us.

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We would like to introduce a case study of the implementation of "BizForecast" at Japan Tungsten Co., Ltd. The company was communicating with various departments via email and repeatedly receiving and updating data, which often led to confusion about which data was the most recent. After the implementation, they were able to flexibly configure aspects that could not be expressed in Excel, reducing the tasks they had been performing and enabling them to provide valuable new materials to each department. [Challenges] - Frequent adjustments with various departments made it difficult to identify the latest data. - The integration with the accounting system and responses to organizational changes were complicated. - They could not spend enough time on core tasks such as analysis, planning, and verification. *For more details, please download the PDF or feel free to contact us.

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We would like to introduce a case study of the implementation of "BizForecast" at Harmonic Drive Systems, Inc. The company had already implemented a consolidated accounting system from another vendor, but it was difficult for the system to respond appropriately and in a timely manner to various environmental changes such as regulatory reforms and the establishment of subsidiaries, leading to challenges in the consolidated financial closing process. After the implementation, the process of preparing the consolidated cash flow statement became very efficient, achieving a reduction of two days in labor hours. [Challenges] - Difficulty in the system responding appropriately and in a timely manner - The consolidated statement of comprehensive income and the consolidated cash flow statement required a lot of manual work, resulting in more labor hours than anticipated *For more details, please download the PDF or feel free to contact us.

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We would like to introduce a case study of the implementation of "BizForecast" at TD Mobile Co., Ltd. The company faced challenges such as the aging of its existing budget management system, which made it difficult to conduct precise budget management quickly. During the implementation, there were no internal issues after the release, and the system was able to go live smoothly. As a result, KPI items, particularly the management of carrier fees, can now be accurately and swiftly monitored. [Challenges] - Aging of the existing budget management system - Inability to respond flexibly and quickly to the ever-changing carrier fees - Occurrence of administrative tasks outside the system in various departments across the company *For more details, please download the PDF or feel free to contact us.

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To River Corporation, we would like to introduce a case study on the implementation of "BizForecast." The company faced challenges due to the complexity of the sheet structure, which arose from their characteristic of building budgets with detailed numerical data, making maintenance difficult. After implementation, they were able to reflect all data from the production environment, including master data and organizational structure, into the test environment, which has been extremely helpful for budget preparation tasks. Additionally, they significantly reduced the man-hours required for preparatory work such as data entry. [Challenges] - The complexity of the sheet structure due to the detailed numerical budgeting makes maintenance difficult. - There were transcription errors and unexpected logic changes, leading to a lack of data reliability. - It was unclear which version was the latest. *For more details, please download the PDF or feel free to contact us.*

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We would like to introduce a case study of the implementation of "BizForecast" from Excel macros as part of the DX promotion project at Tokyu Land Corporation. In various operations related to business income and expenditure and budget management, multiple Excel macros were used for data creation and management. However, performance declined due to the increasing file sizes and frequent freezes, which worsened operational efficiency. After the implementation, the response time for income and expenditure calculations improved, allowing us to reduce work and verification time by approximately 5-10%. [Case Overview] ■Challenges - Managing income, expenditure, and funds with Excel macros, which posed issues with operational efficiency and data accuracy. ■Implementation Effects - Improved response time for income and expenditure calculations. - Streamlined input tasks while ensuring data reliability and centralized management. *For more details, please download the PDF or feel free to contact us.

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We would like to introduce a case study of the implementation of "BizForecast" at i-PRO Co., Ltd. The company faced the challenge of needing to launch standalone and consolidated management accounting by a deadline that would be cut off from the existing IT environment. After implementation, they eliminated the black box from data input to output, allowing for smooth tracing back of output data. 【Case Overview】 ■Challenges - For global (consolidated) data, including overseas subsidiaries, it was necessary to reorganize using Excel for inputting standalone data. - Completing management reports from consolidated data involved a complex business process requiring multiple rounds of Excel work afterward. ■Implementation Effects - Eliminated the black box from data input to output. - Enabled smooth tracing back of output data. *For more details, please download the PDF or feel free to contact us.

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We would like to introduce a case where Nihon Chozai Co., Ltd. centralized the management of non-financial information using "BizForecast." The company faced challenges such as the inability to conduct company-wide budget management and the non-functionality of management accounting. After implementation, they were able to reduce monthly aggregation tasks to 1/24 of the original time and could now manage non-financial information as data for budget management. 【Case Overview】 ■Challenges - Inability to conduct company-wide budget management and non-functionality of management accounting - Desire to achieve company-wide budget management effortlessly, not just at individual pharmacy locations ■Implementation Effects - Reduced monthly aggregation tasks to 1/24 of the original time - Enabled management of non-financial information as data for budget management *For more details, please download the PDF or feel free to contact us.

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We would like to introduce a case where KM Biologics Co., Ltd. implemented "BizForecast" and reduced the man-hours spent on function verification by half by moving away from Excel. At the company, monthly closing and budget preparation were based on Excel, and significant man-hours were required for function verification of files collected from the field, making "visualization of management figures" and "improvement of management accounting accuracy" key challenges. After the implementation, both budget preparation and monthly closing saw a reduction in man-hours to less than half of the previous amount, and real-time information disclosure to management became possible. 【Case Overview】 ■Challenges - Monthly closing and budget preparation were based on Excel, requiring man-hours for function verification of files collected from the field. - "Visualization of management figures" and "improvement of management accounting accuracy" were challenges. ■Implementation Effects - Reduced man-hours for both budget preparation and monthly closing to less than half of the previous amount. - Enabled real-time information disclosure to management. *For more details, please download the PDF or feel free to contact us.

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We would like to introduce a case where Kitz Corporation implemented "BizForecast" as part of their IT strategy, considering the replacement of their sales and expense planning and forecasting system. The company was experiencing delays in screen navigation and operations, which impacted their business. They faced various challenges, including unclear UI and cost issues. After implementation, although the business content itself did not change due to the "straight conversion," there were significant improvements in cost, convenience, and system flexibility. 【Case Overview】 ■ Challenges - Maintenance costs, as well as costs for system modifications, were urgent. - The sales and expense planning and forecasting involved processing large volumes of data, leading to delayed responses that affected business operations. ■ Implementation Effects - Processing time reduced from 3 minutes to 10 seconds. - The significant increase in processing speed transformed negative feelings towards the system into positive ones. *For more details, please download the PDF or feel free to contact us.

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"BizForecast" is a group management solution aimed at "active Excel" rather than "abandoning Excel." While leveraging the advantages of Excel, such as a convenient input interface and flexible, user-friendly aggregation and analysis functions, it addresses the disadvantages in information sharing and preservation. Additionally, we offer a series of solutions for budget management and management accounting ("BC"), consolidated financial statements and consolidated accounting ("FC"), and personnel evaluation and goal management ("HR"). 【Features】 ■ "Active Excel" rather than "abandoning Excel" ■ Streamlining various management tasks ■ Integration with other systems *For more details, please download the PDF or feel free to contact us.

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"BizForecast FC Standard" is a consolidated accounting SaaS that makes it easy and affordable to systematize what is often perceived as a complex and high-threshold task of consolidated financial statements. Even if the chart of accounts and management granularity are not unified within a corporate group, it is possible to efficiently collect and manage the financial and non-financial information necessary for consolidated financial statements by utilizing the data collection function. In addition to basic functions such as master maintenance and initial journal entries, we offer optional features such as the ability to automatically generate consolidated adjustment journal entries, create consolidated cash flow statements, and link data to disclosure documents like annual securities reports. 【Features】 ■ Subscription-based billing system ■ Implementation in a coaching format ■ Basic execution in bulk to check results ■ A simpler settings interface *For more details, please download the PDF or feel free to contact us.

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BizForecast FC is a consolidated financial statement and accounting solution that seamlessly integrates the entire financial closing process, from data collection to consolidation processing to reporting. To accommodate diverse consolidated financial statements, we thoroughly pursue a flexible and highly extensible master structure and system design. For example, the "company codes and company structure" and "account codes and account structure" used in data collection, consolidation processing, and reporting are centrally managed, allowing for high maintainability of the master data and flexible responses to business changes. In addition to statutory consolidation, it is possible to operate management consolidation and IFRS compliance in parallel, and the entire process, from collecting data from group companies to various consolidation processing, reporting, and analysis, can be completed within a single system. *For more details, please refer to the PDF document or feel free to contact us.

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"BizForecast HR" is a human resource management solution that integrates personnel evaluation and goal management sheets operated in Excel, allowing the use of personnel evaluation and goal management as an upstream process in management control. By utilizing personnel evaluation and goal management from a management perspective, it comprehensively covers everything from planning at the detail level, such as products/services, projects, human resources, and equipment, to budget performance comparison and data analysis, thereby enhancing the management control of our customers' groups. [Features] ■ Input screens can be entered using a web browser in Excel format ■ Organizational and approval flows are automatically generated from CSV data ■ Visualizes variations in evaluations across departments and individuals ■ Evaluation criteria can be freely customized for each department and position ■ Your existing Excel assets can be used as they are *For more details, please refer to the PDF materials or feel free to contact us.

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BizForecast is a system that leverages the advantages of Excel's highly convenient input interface and flexible, user-friendly aggregation and analysis functions, while addressing the drawbacks in information sharing and information security. It serves as a solution that enables effective utilization of Excel assets filled with the company's history and know-how. Of course, it is also possible to implement a short-term deployment using the current Excel format as it is. Since the format can be set directly as input screens or reports, and the setup method is easy, budget managers can maintain it without relying on the IT department. Budget data entered by various departments and branches can be approved or denied by the responsible parties. With BizForecast's management functions, budget data can be centrally managed, and statuses can be monitored in a list format. Additionally, since implementation can be achieved without significantly altering the content based on Excel's operability and screen layout, it can be used seamlessly by overseas companies (including local staff). *For more details, please download the PDF or contact us.

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