Sekisui Kasei's SmartDB Adoption Case Study Published - IP Department Staff Build 14 Workflows Themselves, Transforming Operations

DreamArts Corporation (Tokyo Headquarters: Shibuya-ku, Tokyo; Hiroshima Headquarters: Hiroshima City, Hiroshima; President & CEO: Takaaki Yamamoto; hereinafter DreamArts), a provider of cloud services for large enterprises, announced today the publication of an interview article detailing the implementation effects of its enterprise digital workflow cloud "SmartDB(R)" at Sekisui Kasei Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Osaka City, Osaka; President: Ikuo Kurabayashi; hereinafter Sekisui Kasei). ■ Summary of the Case Study Interview Sekisui Kasei consistently handles everything from the manufacturing to the sale of foam resins, with polystyrene foam packaging as its main product. Amidst the urgent need to break away from paper-based operations, partly due to the impact of the novel coronavirus, a lack of resources in the Information Systems Department became a challenge. To promote digitalization in front-line departments even in this situation, they introduced the no-code tool SmartDB(R). They are now advancing front-line-led operational digitalization across multiple departments, including Human Resources, Sales Management, and Intellectual Property. In the Intellectual Property Department specifically, starting with no prior app development experience, they built 14 workflows related to IP management. As a result, they achieved unified input formats and visualized progress status, greatly reducing the time and effort required for IP management tasks. - IT Department resource shortage due to managing internal systems and supporting factory DX. - Urgent need to eliminate front-line paper operations in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. - Risk of missed deadlines and delayed operations surfaced due to analog IP management. - Viability as a citizen development platform capable of driving front-line-led digitalization. - Versatility to be used across a wide range of departments and tasks, from back-office to front-office. - Flexible framework that allows delegation of app development and operation authority to the front lines while maintaining governance. - Developed 14 necessary apps for IP management from a state of no app development experience. - Drastically reduced IP management effort by unifying input formats and visualizing progress. - Promoted citizen development across multiple departments including HR and Sales Management; 33 employees obtained SmartDB(R) certification (*1). *1 SmartDB(R) Certification System (SmartDB Certified Specialist) https://hibiki.dreamarts.co.jp/smartdb/scs/ In this interview, we spoke with Mr. Miura of the Information Systems Department, who acts as the SmartDB(R) Promotion Secretariat, and Mr. Okamoto of the Intellectual Property Department, who developed the 14 workflows related to IP management tasks. Details on how Sekisui Kasei overcame its challenges, the outcomes achieved through the implementation, and future prospects are introduced comprehensively in the published case study interview article. ▼ Dive deep into the utilization details: Read the full article here https://hibiki.dreamarts.co.jp/smartdb/case/sekisuikasei/sekisuikasei/ DreamArts will continue to provide comprehensive solutions that contribute to "strengthening front-line capabilities" and "improving corporate competitiveness" under the philosophy of "co-creation." About SmartDB(R) https://hibiki.dreamarts.co.jp/smartdb/ SmartDB(R) is the No. 1 market share (*2) digital workflow cloud for large enterprises. It allows no-code development for everything from individual front-line tasks to company-wide cross-departmental operations. Centered on workflows and Web databases, it possesses versatile functions, supports flexible external system integration, fine-grained permission controls, and high security requirements. It is used by customers across all industries, primarily large enterprises, including MUFG Bank, Daiwa House Industry, and Ritsumeikan University. It adopts Microsoft's cloud platform "Microsoft Azure" as its service foundation, realizing an environment that can flexibly adapt to changes in usage scale and content growth. *2 From Techno Systems Research's "2024 SaaS Workflow Market Manufacturer Share Survey" About DreamArts Corporation https://www.dreamarts.co.jp/ With the corporate mission of "Contributing to the development of people, organizations, and society full of the joy of co-creation," DreamArts assists in comprehensive problem-solving as a true solution partner for its customers by embodying "co-creation" itself. Its main services include the enterprise digital workflow cloud "SmartDB(R)" and multi-store operation reform.