Business System Consultation Center - Our Business System ColumnVol.53 2015.05.01 Takahashi Minoru

You can tell at a glance which companies are behind on IT

Thank you for your interest and continued support.
This is Takahashi from the Marketing Plan Research Laboratory.


"We aren't facing any particular problems right now,
do we still have to implement a system?
"What are other companies doing?"
We often receive questions like these.


Our typical response is, “If your new business development is going well, there’s no need to change anything.”
"If your new business development is going well, there’s no need to change anything."


A company’s success or failure depends not on the system, but on the president’s strategic thinking.
If you’re not facing any particular difficulties at this stage and your new business development is proceeding smoothly,
you can confidently continue with your current sales approach.


However, it is also true that some CEOs actively choose to implement systems even under such circumstances.
・Want to reduce costs further
• Want to increase order volume without adding more staff
• To standardize and streamline operations to make employees’ jobs easier
　　(There is also the benefit for the employer that hiring standards can be kept low, making employees more easily replaceable)
・Don’t want to be perceived by business partners as an “old-fashioned” company
　　(e.g., feature phones, handwritten invoices, handwritten whiteboards at the entrance, being unable to answer questions without first calling the office, etc.)


How you interpret these issues is where your leadership skills come into play.
Please stay true to your own philosophy.
And if there is anything we can do to help, we would be delighted.


That's all, Thank you for reading.

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