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　(Head Office: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo; CEO: Osamu Hata; hereinafter "WAP") has signed a partner alliance agreement with Nippon Information & Communications Corporation (Head Office: Chuo-ku, Tokyo; President & CEO: Denji Sakurai; hereinafter "NI+C"), an NTT Group company. The collaboration will establish an integrated system that covers consulting, license sales, product implementation, support, and operations using WAP's HUE, a domestically produced ERP system. Legacy migration will be promoted.

Provide new value by combining NI+C's experience with HUE

　As a user of HUE, NI+C will utilize its accumulated operational know-how to consistently identify, build, and implement HUE solutions best suited to the requirements of leading companies. NI+C also has expertise in modernization*1, cultivated through maintenance of legacy systems of other companies and migration from mainframes, and can propose optimal solutions to social issues such as aging engineers and lack of successors.
　WAP, on the other hand, will reflect the knowledge and requests of NI+C, a SIer, in its product development and strengthen cooperation with its partners to provide a support system that will deliver even greater peace of mind to customers. By combining the strengths of both companies, we will strongly support Japanese companies' migration from legacy systems.

*1 Optimizing legacy systems to match the latest technologies and trends, etc.
Reference: https://www.niandc.co.jp/sol/i-moda/

2. Start offering from purchasing management system

　NI+C will start providing HUE modules, starting with the purchase management system "HUE Purchase" from the HUE module group, and will gradually expand the range of modules to be provided. In particular, we will make proposals to EDI service users in the manufacturing industry, especially in the automotive parts industry, in combination with NI+C's solutions, to achieve sophistication and simplification of purchasing operations. HUE and NI+C's low-code development products combine to create a seamless business environment that meets the diverse needs of users.

About HUE

　HUE is a domestically produced ERP developed for Japan's leading companies and continues to grow with customer feedback to meet a wide range of business requirements across industries and business categories. Over 2,200 companies have used Sotetsu HD's system, which has been adopted by Sotetsu HD.

The 97%* fit rate is based on our own standards.

Click here to visit the HUE product page
Click here to visit the HUE Purchase purchasing management system

Comments from Hiroki Suda, Senior Executive Officer, Enterprise Division 2, NI+C

　NI+C has been providing a variety of services to solve many customers' problems and business issues with IT. With this partnership with WAP, NI+C will add new mission-critical services to its menu, including "purchasing" services. This will allow us to expand our service menu to solve our customers' business issues and grow to become a more trusted IT partner.
　We will promote the provision of more user-friendly mission-critical services with WAP not only in the area of collaboration as a product sales agent, but also by sharing the know-how of both companies.

About NI+C

　Nippon Information & Communications Corporation (NI+C) was established in 1985 as a joint venture between Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation and IBM Corporation. NI+C provides total services ranging from system development, infrastructure construction, cloud computing, internal and external data integration and analysis using AI, EDI services, security, network services, and operation and maintenance. Under the slogan of "Shape your business with IT," we aim to be a true best partner that can contribute to solving our customers' business challenges.

Japan Information & Telecommunications Corporation website: https://www.niandc.co.jp/

About Works Applications

Works Applications was founded in 1996 as an ERP package vendor in Japan. With innovative solutions such as no-customization and free version upgrades, we have supported the growth of our customers, mainly major Japanese companies. Believing in the potential of each individual, we aim to be a "growth engine" that maximizes the value of companies and individuals, and we will continue our pursuit of turning "work" into "creation" and making "work" fun.

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