Procurement Management System 'Rakuraku Procurement II' Enhances Supplier Management

Sumitomo Electric Info-System Co., Ltd. will release the latest version, Ver.10.4, of its procurement management system 'Rakuraku Procurement II (Rakuraku Procurement Two)' starting June 18, 2026.

In recent years, the importance of collecting and evaluating information from suppliers has increased due to ESG*1 compliance, human rights due diligence*2, and BCP measures. However, conducting and collecting surveys often relies on email and Excel, leading to heavy workloads for staff and operational dependency on individuals.

To address these challenges, Ver.10.4 introduces new features for continuously investigating and evaluating suppliers’ financial information, as well as conducting various confirmations—such as regulatory compliance, CSR, human rights, security, and BCP—via questionnaires. By consistently conducting appropriate supplier investigations and evaluations, the system supports building partnerships with reliable suppliers, nurturing suppliers based on periodic assessments, preventing operational risks, and establishing sustainable business relationships.

Rakuraku Procurement II is a comprehensive procurement management system covering all aspects of purchasing operations, from purchase requests and quotations to ordering and acceptance. With rich functionality tailored to Japanese business practices—including internal purchase request workflows, punchout integration with external catalog sites, electronic transactions (Web-EDI) with suppliers, and compliance with the Electronic Recordkeeping Law and Invoice System—it contributes to streamlining procurement operations and achieving paperless processes. Due to its adaptability to various operational models, it has been widely adopted across industries, especially in manufacturing, and has been used by over 500 companies since its launch in 2000.

Rakuraku Procurement II Ver.10.4 includes the following new features:

1. Supplier Investigation and Evaluation Function

Enables the accumulation of information necessary for deciding on initiating or continuing transactions, organized by supplier, and leverages it for procurement operations.

Standardized investigation items for financial information, flexibly customizable to operations

Key information required for credit risk assessment—such as company details, location, capital, employee count, and financial performance over the past three years—can be managed as 'investigation items.' Standard items are pre-configured, allowing users to select which to use or not. Additionally, users can freely add custom items, enabling flexible expansion based on operational needs.

Efficient information collection through web-based supplier responses

Suppliers can directly input responses via a web interface, allowing procurement staff to collect necessary information with minimal effort. The system also supports proxy input by the buyer company for suppliers who may have difficulty using web-based systems.

Centralized management and visualization of supplier evaluations

Evaluations based on quality, price, delivery, sales support, and technical capability can be registered and accumulated annually. Weightings can be assigned to each evaluation criterion, and an overall score is calculated from the scoring results. Furthermore, quantitative metrics such as on-time delivery rate and quotation response speed, derived from system-recorded performance data, can be used for objective evaluation, contributing to supplier performance visibility.

Evaluation data is accessible not only to administrators but to all users, supporting informed supplier selection decisions at the operational level. Evaluation results can be displayed as radar charts or scorecards, enabling intuitive comparisons and decision-making.

Visualizing supplier evaluations for intuitive decision-making

2. Supplier Questionnaire Function

Introduces a questionnaire function for confirming regulatory compliance, conducting CSR and human rights surveys, assessing security and BCP readiness, verifying sustainable procurement guidelines, and obtaining annual consent confirmations. The system enables one-stop management of questionnaire creation, distribution, responses, and aggregation, improving the efficiency of survey operations traditionally conducted via email or Excel.

Flexible questionnaire creation

During questionnaire creation, users can register question text, required fields, input formats (text, radio buttons, dropdowns, checkboxes, date), and answer options. File attachments are supported, allowing the inclusion of agreements or guidelines for consent confirmation, enabling suppliers to review and respond accordingly.

Bulk distribution, progress tracking, and automated reminders

Users can select target suppliers and send response requests in bulk. For cases involving large numbers of suppliers, recipients can be batch-configured by uploading an Excel file.

Response status (not responded, in progress, completed) is visualized, and automated reminders and follow-up notifications can be sent to suppliers who have not yet responded.

Response review and Excel download for aggregation and reporting

Individual responses can be reviewed one by one, and all responses can be downloaded in Excel format, enabling easy data aggregation and report generation.

One-stop management of questionnaire creation, distribution, responses, and aggregation for improved efficiency

*1: ESG refers to business and management activities where companies aim for long-term growth toward a sustainable society by considering Environment, Social, and Governance factors.

*2: Human rights due diligence is a continuous process in which companies identify and assess human rights risks within their own operations, group companies, and supply chains, implement prevention and mitigation measures, evaluate their effectiveness, and consistently disclose information.

About Rakuraku Procurement II

・Website

https://www.sei-info.co.jp/procurement/

Trademarks

・Rakuraku Procurement is a registered trademark of Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.

・Excel is a trademark or registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation in the U.S. and other countries.

・Other company and product names mentioned are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies.

Overview of Sumitomo Electric Info-System Co., Ltd.

・Established: October 1, 1998

・Capital: 480 million yen

・Employees: 670

・Representative: President Yukichi Kuratomi

・Head Office: 3-4-30 Miyahara, Yodogawa-ku, Osaka (Nissei Shin-Osaka Building)

・Business: Development, sales, and maintenance of business software; development, sales, maintenance, and provision of cloud services

Contact Information

・Product inquiries

Sumitomo Electric Info-System Co., Ltd.

Rakuraku Procurement Support Desk

East Japan TEL: 03-6406-2847

West Japan TEL: 06-6394-6736

Email: rakrak@sei-info.co.jp

・Inquiries regarding this release

Sumitomo Electric Info-System Co., Ltd.

Business Solutions Division, Marketing Department

TEL: 06-6394-6754

Email: mkt@sei-info.co.jp

URL: https://www.sei-info.co.jp