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Business Engineering Corporation (Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo; President & CEO: Masakazu Haneda; hereinafter "B-EN-G") announced today the results of the "Survey on Trends in the Use of Information Systems/Digital Technologies by Companies Entering Overseas Markets" conducted under the supervision of the DTFA Institute (Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo; Director: Yoshihiro Maeda) of Deloitte Tohmatsu Group for the Japanese headquarters and overseas subsidiaries of Japanese companies with overseas offices.
This survey was conducted on Japanese companies with overseas subsidiaries, mainly in Asia, regardless of business size, industry, or business category, with the aim of clarifying the actual status and challenges of information systems and digital technology utilization in the midst of rapidly changing economic and social conditions overseas.

1. Survey overview
●Survey name: “Survey on Trends in the Use of Information Systems/Digital Technologies by Companies Entering Overseas Markets (2024 edition)”
Download URL: https://info.b-en-g.co.jp/offering/globalreport_2024
●Survey purpose: Clarify the actual status and issues of information systems and digital technology utilization due to changes in the environment surrounding companies expanding overseas
●Survey target: Japanese companies with overseas bases, Japanese headquarters and overseas subsidiaries, headquarters of all industries, and employees of overseas subsidiaries
*Overseas subsidiaries are mainly located in Asia and India.
●Survey method: Web survey
●Survey period: January 15th to January 31st, 2024
●Number of valid responses: 800
●Respondent attributes: Japan head office: 40.6%/overseas subsidiaries: 59.4%
Manufacturing: 59.0% / Non-manufacturing: 41.0%
●Supervision: Deloitte Tohmatsu Financial Advisory LLC
DTFA Institute
●Cooperation: Kyodo News Digital Co., Ltd., NNA Co., Ltd.

[Reference: 2022 edition]
●Survey name: “Survey on trends in the use of information systems/digital technology by companies expanding overseas (2022 edition)”
Download URL: https://info.b-en-g.co.jp/offering/globalreport_2022
●Survey target: Japanese companies with overseas bases, Japanese headquarters and overseas subsidiaries, headquarters of all industries, and employees of overseas subsidiaries
*Countries where overseas subsidiaries are located are mainly ASEAN countries and India.
●Survey method: Web questionnaire survey
●Survey date: January 13, 2022 to January 31, 2022
●Number of valid responses: 571

2. Main research contents

• Impact on overseas business due to changes in the international situation
• Management issues/business issues (multiple answers to up to 3 items, by region)
• Need to strengthen IT utilization at overseas bases (single answer)

• Issues related to information systems including ERP/digital technology and DX initiatives ((multiple answers up to 3 items, by region)

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3. What the survey results revealed

• Foreign exchange fluctuations such as the weaker yen and stronger dollar, as well as increases in labor costs and prices overseas, have an impact on overseas business.
• Reflecting post-coronavirus changes, companies are turning their attention to expanding sales and market share in the booming Asian market.
• In a highly uncertain business environment, 80% of respondents felt the need to strengthen the use of IT at overseas bases.
• Fifty percent of companies use Excel to exchange group management data (accounting, sales, purchasing, inventory), including those at overseas offices, between the head office and overseas offices, and the complexity of using Excel was cited as an issue.

① Impact on overseas business due to changes in the international situation (multiple answers for up to 3 items, by region)

*For Japan, only respondents whose workplace is located in Japan
*ASEAN includes Indonesia, Cambodia, Singapore, Thailand, Philippines, Vietnam, Malaysia, and Myanmar.

② Need to strengthen IT utilization at overseas bases (single answer)

*Excluding unknown and unanswered questions

③ Management status of group management data (accounting, sales, purchasing, inventory) including overseas bases (single answer)

*Excluding unknown and unanswered questions

B-EN-G will continue to conduct similar surveys regularly in the future to identify issues faced by the Japanese headquarters and overseas subsidiaries of Japanese companies with overseas bases, and provide services and products that resolve these issues. I shall go.

*When quoting the results of this survey, please write [From Business Engineering Corporation 's "Survey on Trends in Information Systems/Digital Technology Utilization by Companies Expanding Overseas, 2024 Edition"].

■About Business Engineering Corporation (B-EN-G)
Since Business Engineering first introduced SAP ERP in Japan in the early 1990s, we have been supporting the digital transformation of customers, mainly in the manufacturing industry, with IT. We have a rich track record in consulting and support services ranging from IT planning to system construction, implementation, and operation, as well as sales and implementation of our in-house developed packaged software "mcframe." In addition, we utilize data accumulated from core business systems (ERP), supply chains (SCM), IoT, etc. to help improve system sophistication and Kaizen activities. We have overseas subsidiaries in five locations: China (Shanghai), Thailand (Bangkok), Singapore, Indonesia (Jakarta), and the United States (Chicago), and we provide products and services to companies expanding overseas by cooperating with Japan and locally. We solve our customers' management issues.
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