While it is pointed out that the digitization of small and medium-sized enterprises is delayed, NTT East and West Japan, and the Shinkin Central Bank, which is a nationwide organization of Shinkin banks, have formed a business alliance and will support digitization by opening a dedicated site. became.
This was announced on the 30th by NTT East, West Japan, and Shinkin Central Bank.
As a result, the three companies will form a business alliance and open a website for small and medium-sized enterprises to support digitization, and will call on companies to use it from October.
By using this site, it is possible to manage employee work, create invoices, manage cash flow, etc., and it is expected to improve work efficiency and productivity.
This means that costs can be reduced by minimizing the provision of services for digitalization.
In addition, NTT East and NTT West will accept consultations on using the site, and plan to promote the development of IT human resources for small and medium-sized enterprises through online.
In a survey conducted in March this year by the independent administrative agency "SME Infrastructure Development Organization" targeting 1,000 small and medium-sized enterprises nationwide, more than 41% answered that they had no plans to work on digitalization. It has been pointed out that the
Naoki Shibuya, president of NTT East, said, "By leveraging the strengths of the three companies and collaborating, we would like to support the digitalization of small and medium-sized enterprises and lead to regional revitalization."