CNET Announces 2025 System Operational Center Count Survey Results

CNET Co., Ltd. (hereinafter "CNET," Headquarters: Chiba City, Chiba Prefecture, Representative Director and COO: Mitsuhiko Onozaki) announces the results of its survey on the number of operational centers for its proprietary systems, including cloud-based warehouse management systems (hereinafter "WMS").

According to this survey, CNET's systems are currently operating in 1,454 centers, an increase of approximately 11.2% from last year's 1,308 centers, setting a new record high.

【Overview】

This survey aims to ascertain the actual number of operational sites for CNET's WMS and other systems, and has been conducted continuously since fiscal year 2012. In recent years, as corporate digitalization progresses, the use of CNET's systems has rapidly expanded. In particular, CNET's flagship product, the cloud-based WMS "ci.Himalayas," boasts excellent standard functions and flexible customization, enabling low-cost and rapid implementation. For this reason, there has been an increase in migrations from old systems and new implementations across a wide range of industries and business types, from large corporations to small and medium-sized enterprises.

【Highlights of Survey Results】

Trends in Introduced Services: Stable Growth of Core WMS and Expansion of Image/Voice Systems

Cloud WMS steadily increased to 930 centers (approximately 7.1% increase year-on-year). Furthermore, against the backdrop of increasing willingness to invest in automation and labor-saving, image systems grew significantly by 25.3% year-on-year, and voice systems by 15%.

This indicates that digitalization at the operational site is progressing from "efficiency improvement" to "operational sophistication," not only in response to labor shortages but also from the perspective of visualizing work quality and standardizing work to eliminate reliance on specific individuals.

Industry-specific Trends: Significant Growth in Distribution/Consumer Goods and Manufacturing Industries

By industry, services (retail, wholesale, food service, etc.) accounted for the majority with 665 centers, and transportation/warehousing with 402 centers. On the other hand, the highest year-on-year growth rate was in "distribution/consumer goods (consumer goods/food manufacturers, etc.)" with approximately 48.8% increase (128 centers), followed by "manufacturing (electrical/electronics, machinery/heavy industry, etc.)" with approximately 18.3% increase (84 centers), indicating active movement towards logistics systemization among manufacturing-related companies.

Trends by Company Size: Penetration across a Wide Range of Company Sizes

By company size, large corporations (annual sales of 50 billion yen or more) accounted for the largest number of operational centers with 644. This was followed by medium-sized enterprises (annual sales of 500 million yen to less than 5 billion yen) with 388 centers, mid-sized companies (annual sales of 5 billion yen to less than 50 billion yen) with 357 centers, and small enterprises (annual sales of less than 500 million yen) with 44 centers. CNET's systems are adopted in various logistics sites regardless of company size.

【Future Outlook】

CNET will strengthen its role as a hub connecting data, operations, and systems in logistics sites, with its flagship WMS "ci.Himalayas" at its core. In recent years, the importance of "overall optimization," which utilizes data across warehouse operations, material handling, delivery, and even management decisions, has been increasing in logistics sites, not limited to the introduction of standalone systems. In this context, our company will promote the creation of a mechanism that consistently supports everything from on-site improvement to management decision-making by linking peripheral solutions such as voice, image, analysis, and dispatch, starting from WMS. Moving forward, we will continue to support the implementation of logistics DX and contribute to the sustainable growth of our customers, focusing on "on-site problem solving" and "creating mechanisms that continuously respond to change."

Survey Period Survey period: April 1-7, 2026 Survey target: CNET Co., Ltd. and its group affiliates Target period: Fiscal year 2025 (April 1, 2025 - March 31, 2026) system operational count Survey method: Independent survey

Collection of operational center counts within the period, survey of company size and industry, and response of service names.

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Company Profile

Company Name: CNET Co., Ltd. Location: Chiba City, Chiba Prefecture Representative: Mitsuhiko Onozaki, Representative Director and COO Address: Makuhari Techno Garden Building B, 11th Floor, 1-3 Nakase, Mihama-ku, Chiba City, Chiba Prefecture Business Activities: Logistics system research, development, and sales

Logistics system cloud service operations

Voice and image recognition system research, development, and sales

Mobile terminal sales

Telecommunications construction business (Construction business license number: Chiba Prefectural Governor (General-28) No. 50701)

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Since its establishment in 1992, CNET has been a pioneer in warehouse management systems, dedicated to improving operational efficiency and quality through systemization in logistics. With the corporate philosophy of "making the workplace comfortable with IT," all stakeholders involved in projects, from sales and development to support, are thoroughly familiar with the logistics site from their respective perspectives and provide optimal solutions to the challenges faced by logistics sites.