Kobe Steel, Ltd. (hereafter "Kobe Steel"), has been a leading iron and steel producer in Japanese and global markets since its foundation in 1905. It holds the largest share in various industrial segments, ranging from iron and steel and welding products (such as steel plates and wire rods) to aluminum and copper, industrial machinery, and construction machines.
One of its group companies, Kobelco Systems Corporation (hereafter "Kobelco Systems), provides a variety of IT services, such as consulting, system integration, and outsourcing in various areas including product design, production planning, and logistics of the products Kobe Steel produces. Kobelco Systems also has strength in IT infrastructure solutions, including data center solution.
Kobe Steel is currently collaborating with Kobelco Systems on the transition of its headquarters' business systems to open systems. In 2006, as a part of the project, it began a major shift of the headquarters accounting system to a new system that uses BSP's job management software, A-AUTO. This shift took only about a year. Regarding the project, BSP has recently interviewed Mr. Nobutaka Koga and Mr. Masahiro Kanto of the IT Planning Department of Kobe Steel and Mr. Masaki Nakanishi and Mr. Seiji Okubo of the Strategic Outsourcing Group of Kobelco Systems headquarters.
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