Salesforce BEST HIT APP RANKING 2022", Sales Engagement Service "UPWARD" Wins First Place in the Manufacturing Sector

～Received awards for sales and new installations in the small- and medium-sized business category, and sales in the large business category.

(Headquartered in Minato-ku, Tokyo; Ryusuke Kaneki, President & CEO; hereinafter "UPWARD"), whose mission is to "Innovate the last mile on the shop floor," was awarded first place in the manufacturing sector for its sales engagement service "UPWARD" in the "Salesforce BEST HIT APP RANKING 2022" announced on January 10, 2023, by Salesforce Japan Co. (Salesforce Japan) on January 10, 2023, and was also ranked No. 3 in sales for small and medium-sized companies, No. 5 in new installations, and No. 5 in sales for large companies, making it the best application in four categories. The company is also pleased to announce that its sales engagement service "UPWARD" was selected as the best application in four categories.

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Salesforce BEST HIT APP RANKING 2022

Ranking by Industry: https://appexchangejp.salesforce.com/mktcollections/curated/appranking2022_industry
Ranking by Company Size: https: //appexchangejp. salesforce.com/mktcollections/curated/appranking2022

MASAKI ISHIDA, EXECUTIVE OFFICER, COO, BUSINESS GROUP GENERAL MANAGER, UPWARD CO.

We are very honored to receive this award, which is the result of our partnership with Salesforce Japan, following the adoption of "UPWARD" as the "New Development" solution in the "Salesforce DX Problem Solving Pack for SMEs" in September 2022. In October 2022, we have accelerated our partnership with the launch of "UPWARD Sales Engagement Platform", a new service that packages part of the CRM functions of the "Salesforce Platform" with "UPWARD". Once again, we would like to thank our customers and partners who support UPWARD's business on a daily basis, and we will continue to promote sales DX together with Salesforce Japan.

Adopted for the "Salesforce DX Worry-Resolution Pack for SMEs": https://www.upward.jp/info/20220907
Launched UPWARD Sales Engagement Platform, a sales support service: https://www.upward. jp/info/20221006

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ABOUT UPWARD

UPWARD IS A SALES ENGAGEMENT SERVICE THAT UTILIZES ADVANCED LOCATION-BASED TECHNOLOGY TO AUTOMATICALLY DETECT AND RECORD SALES ACTIVITY DATA IN CRM TO OPTIMIZE THE SALES ACTIVITIES OF SALES REPRESENTATIVES IN THE FIELD. BY AUTOMATICALLY OVERLAYING ACCUMULATED SALES ACTIVITY DATA AND CRM DATA ON A MAP AND AUTOMATICALLY NOTIFYING OPTIMAL APPROACH DESTINATIONS, UPWARD SUPPORTS THE FORMULATION OF STRATEGIC SALES PLANS UTILIZING CRM DATA.