(Location: Chuo-ku, Tokyo; President & CEO: Ryusuke Kaneki; URL: http://upward.jp ), a provider of next-generation mobile CRM with the mission of "making field workers smarter," published on Wednesday, May 27, 2020, an article entitled "DX in Corona Shock and the World After" with Mr. Yuya Yoshida, General Manager of Cross Intelligence Center, Microsoft Japan Co.
IN THE WAKE OF THE SPREAD OF THE NEW CORONAVIRUS, JAPANESE COMPANIES ARE BEING ASKED TO RESPOND TO RAPID DIGITIZATION AND DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION (DX). WHAT IMPACT WILL THE CORONA SHOCK HAVE ON COMPANIES' DX PROMOTION AND HOW WILL THE BUSINESS SCENE BE TRANSFORMED? ALSO, WHAT ARE THE STRATEGIES OF COMPANIES AFTER THE CORONA SHOCK AND HOW WILL EMPLOYEES WORK?
UPWARD, a SaaS venture company, and Microsoft Japan Co., Ltd. held an online discussion utilizing Microsoft Teams. From the perspectives of a platformer—'gathering diverse data and exploring it extensively'—and a SaaS venture—'establishing hypotheses and leveraging pinpoint data'—they discussed the future of sales organizations in the post-COVID era. We hope this discussion will be helpful in formulating strategies for sales organizations in the post-COVID world.
Yuji Yoshida, Director, Cross-Industry Intelligence Center, Microsoft Japan Co., Ltd.
After working as a systems integrator (SIer), in the information systems department of a company, and founding a SaaS startup, Yuji joined Microsoft Japan in January 2015. For approximately nine years, he has been involved in advisory activities for companies regarding the use of cloud computing. In his previous role, he was nicknamed "Public Cloud Evangelist," which was often shortened to "Paku-Evangelist." Currently, as the Director of the Cross-Industry Intelligence Center, he is dedicated to supporting DX initiatives in Japanese companies.
Ryusuke Kaneki, President and CEO, UPWARD, Inc.
Ryusuke joined UPWARD, Inc. in 2006. As a senior sales consultant, he has been involved in numerous system development and consulting projects utilizing maps and location information technology for government agencies, research institutions, and major client companies. In 2013, he was appointed COO (Chief Operating Officer), leading the launch and overall management of the mobile CRM service "UPWARD." In 2016, he assumed the position of CEO (Chief Executive Officer), growing the company into a top-class ISV vendor in Japan, including receiving the Salesforce Gold ISV Partner award in 2017.
The discussion content will be published in a series of three parts.
Wednesday, May 27 Vol. 1: Corona Shock Transforms the Digital World
Monday, June 1 Vol. 2: Two ways of thinking as we enter a world that no one knows.
Wednesday, June 3 Vol. 3: How will companies survive in the after-Corona world?
Tuesday, June 9 Video of the discussion "[Compilation] The Corona Shock in DX and the World After" (Japanese only)
UPWARD CO., LTD. PROVIDES DX SERVICES SPECIALIZED IN SOLVING ISSUES OF FIELD WORKERS WHO VISIT THE FIELD AND CREATE VALUE THROUGH OFFLINE CONTACT WITH CUSTOMERS, BASED ON ITS PURVIEW OF "DRAWING OUT THE CREATIVITY OF FIELD WORKERS AND ACCELERATING THE GROWTH OF COMPANIES AND SOCIETY". BY LEVERAGING TECHNOLOGY TO CREATE AN ENVIRONMENT IN WHICH WORKERS CAN PERFORM THEIR TASKS WITH A SINGLE MOBILE DEVICE, WE AIM TO CREATE A WORLD IN WHICH THEY CAN BE ACTIVE REGARDLESS OF WHERE AND HOW THEY WORK.
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