WingArc1st solves the Year 2024 problem with Shoko Chukin, TDBC, and SDXC
Launch BanSo, a support platform for SMEs in the transportation industry
WingArc1st Inc.
WingArc1st Inc. is pleased to announce that it has established a solution system with Shoko Chukin (Shoko Chukin Bank), TDBC (Transportation Digital Business Conference) and SDXC (Sustainability Digital Transformation Conference) to provide solutions to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the transportation industry to solve industry issues and promote management DX.
In the transportation industry, there is an urgent need to address industry-wide issues such as Year 2024 problem (*1), labor shortages, and soaring fuel costs.
In this collaboration, the four parties will work together to build support systems to solve industry issues, including business plan formulation, plan implementation support, improvement proposal for tool, and assistance in obtaining subsidies, etc. Initially, the parties will provide support for approximately 10,000 logistics-related companies of the Shoko Chukin Bank.
Specifically, the parties will provide support including:
- Assistance of business plan formulation for Shoko Chukin's financial functions and nationwide network, TDBC and SDXC
- Solutions such as tracking management platform
- BanSo, a support platform for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) that leverages our data utilization know-how (*2)
The following are endorsements from the companies and organizations involved in this collaboration:
As a financial institution specializing in SMEs with a nationwide network, we are committed to providing financial support as well as a variety of management resources to help solve management issues. Through this collaboration, we will provide comprehensive solution services from planning to implementation of concrete action plans to address the increasingly complex management issues faced by transportation SMEs, thereby contributing to the realization of a transportation industry brimming with dreams and hopes.
Shinya Yamada - Managing executive officer, Shoko Chukin Bank
The TDBC aims to contribute to the transportation industry and society by working together with companies which have various technologies and solutions to solve issues faced by the transportation industry. Through this collaboration, the TDBC will provide the results of its working group activities and the excellent solutions of its member companies to many SMEs and achieve sustainable and strong management and a new future for the transportation industry.
Kaoru Kojima - Director, Transportation Digital Business Conference
SDXC will bring together the knowledge of experts in a variety of fields to help SMEs solve the various challenges they face and strengthen their resilience and sustainability. We hope that this partnership will establish a new form of collaboration and contribute to the vitality of many SMEs.
Yusuke Fujita - Director, Sustainability Digital Transformation Conference
We have over 20 years of experience working with a variety of data utilization. Based on this, we aim to develop and provide true DX solutions tailored to the business practices of each industry. Through this collaboration, we will provide total solutions that leverage the knowledge and expertise of all parties to address the challenges facing the transportation industry.
Jun Tanaka - President and CEO, WingArc1st Inc.
WingArc1st Inc has a proven track record of supporting the use of data in a wide range of industries. In the field of data utilization, we have received high evaluations, including being ranked No. 1 in customer satisfaction in the data analysis and utilization support software/services category of the Nikkei Computer Customer Satisfaction Survey 2022-2023. Based on our past achievements and knowledge, we will work together with Shoko Chukin, TDBC, and SDXC to solve the Year 2024 problem from the perspective of starting and developing DX for transportation operators.
(*1) Problems such as reduction of the transportation capacity caused by the cap on overtime work for truck drivers and the resulting decrease in freight revenues.
(*2) BanSo is a solution platform for SMEs and it includes MotionBoard, BI dashboard, Dr.Sum, data analytic platform and dejiren, communication platform.
Shoko Chukin Bank
| Address | 2-10-17 Yaesu Chuo-ku Tokyo, Japan |
|---|---|
| Representative | Masahiro Sekine, President |
| Established | 8 October1936 |
| Business |
Financial institution specializing in SMEs with a nationwide network (branches located in 47 prefectures throughout Japan) |
TDBC (Transportation Digital Business Conference)
| Address | Roppongi grand tour, 3-2-1 Roppongi Minato-ku Tokyo, Japan |
|---|---|
| Representative | Kaoru Kojima, Director |
| Established | August 2016 |
| Business |
Consultation, demonstration, and solution development to solve issues in the transportation industry |
SDXC (Sustainability Digital Transformation Conference)
| Address | 2-5-3 Shibazaki cho Tachikawa-shi Tokyo, Japan |
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| Representative | Yusuke Fujita, Director |
| Established | March 2022 |
| Business |
Support projects for various planning, DX, subsidy utilization, etc., mainly for SMEs |
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