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Business Engineering Corporation (Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo; President and CEO: Masakazu Haneda; hereinafter referred to as "B-EN-G") conducted a "Trends Survey on the Use of Information Systems/Digital Technology by Companies Expanding Overseas" under the supervision of the DTFA Institute (Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo; Director: Yoshihiro Maeda), a Deloitte Tohmatsu Group company, targeting the Japanese headquarters and overseas subsidiaries of Japanese companies with overseas bases, and is announcing the results today.
The purpose of this survey was to clarify the current state and challenges of utilizing information systems and digital technology amid drastic changes in economic and social conditions overseas, and targeted Japanese companies with local subsidiaries overseas, mainly in Asia, regardless of business size, industry, or business type.

1. Survey overview

●Survey name: "Survey on trends regarding the use of information systems/digital technologies by companies expanding overseas (2024 edition)"
Download URL:https://info.b-en-g.co.jp/offering/globalreport_2024
Surveyobjective: To clarify the current status and issues of information systems and digital technology utilization in response to changes in the environment surrounding companies expanding overseas
Survey subjects: 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 15, 2024 to January 31, 2024
●Number of valid responses: 800
Respondent attributes: Japan headquarters: 40.6% / Overseas local 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 regarding the use of information systems/digital technologies by companies expanding overseas (2022 edition)"
Download URL:https://info.b-en-g.co.jp/offering/globalreport_2022
Surveysubjects: Japanese companies with overseas bases, Japanese headquarters and overseas subsidiaries, headquarters of all industries, and employees of overseas subsidiaries
*The overseas subsidiaries are mainly located in ASEAN countries and India.
Survey method: Web questionnaire survey
● Survey date: January 13th to January 31st, 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 technologies and DX initiatives (up to 3 multiple answers, by region), etc.

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 of changes in the international situation on overseas business (up to three items, multiple answers, by region)

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

2) The need to strengthen the use of IT at overseas bases (single answer)

*Excluding unknown and unanswered questions

3) Status of management 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.

*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 implementing SAP ERP for the first time in Japan in the early 1990s, Business Engineering has been supporting the digital transformation of customers, primarily in the manufacturing industry, through IT. We have a strong track record in consulting and support services ranging from IT planning to system construction, implementation, and operation, as well as the sale and implementation of our in-house developed package software, "mcframe." We also use data accumulated in core business systems (ERP), supply chains (SCM), IoT, etc. to help with system advancement and kaizen activities. We have five overseas subsidiaries in China (Shanghai), Thailand (Bangkok), Singapore, Indonesia (Jakarta), and the United States (Chicago), and have established a strong presence in Japan.
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