Kawasaki Shinkin Bank and General Purchase Support SMEs with "Cost Doc" Cost Analysis Service

General Purchase Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Minato-ku, Tokyo; Representative Director: Shinya Nagasaki), operator of the cost analysis service "Cost Doc," has entered into a business matching agreement with Kawasaki Shinkin Bank (Kawasaki City, Kanagawa Prefecture; Chairman: Kazuya Tsutsumi). Under this agreement, they will begin providing "Cost Doc," an online one-stop service for cost analysis and profit improvement operated by General Purchase, to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the areas where Kawasaki Shinkin Bank operates.

[Background of Service Provision]

In recent years, the environment surrounding Japanese companies has entered an era of "multiple cost increases."

・Rising prices and wages

・Structural hikes in electricity and gas charges (GX-ETS, fuel adjustment charges, rising renewable energy surcharges)

・High logistics and raw material costs

・The upcoming discontinuation of fluorescent lamps (2027)

・Costs for complying with new regulations such as the Energy Conservation Law, GX Law, HFC regulations, and transformer top-runner standards, which will intensify from 2026 to 2030

Particularly for SMEs, there is a serious lack of know-how in understanding and optimizing indirect costs, leading to structural issues such as:

"We don't know where the waste is," "We don't know how to compare," and "We cannot judge what a fair price is."

Furthermore, demands for CO2 reduction (Scope 3) are increasing, making the balance between "cost reduction" and "decarbonization" an unavoidable management challenge for companies.

On the other hand, the market structure for energy, communications, leasing, insurance, and equipment remains such that price differences of 3 to 5 times or more can occur even for the same specifications. It is extremely difficult for SMEs to determine optimal prices on their own.

Against this background, there is a current need for initiatives that visualize a company's current status and support both profit improvement and decarbonization simultaneously.

[Service Overview]

"Cost Doc" is a free online service that digitizes the "Central Procurement Department" of SMEs.

Cost analysis and profit improvement can be utilized for free.

▼ Target Areas

Utilities / Communication costs / Mobile / Leasing / OA equipment / Insurance / Fuel / Logistics / Construction & Equipment / Solar power / Air conditioning, etc.

Comprehensive analysis of over 40 items of indirect costs and indirect operations.

▼ Features

・Available completely free of charge (no contingency fees)

・Analyze current purchase prices and determine "fair prices"...