Ending the Era of Choosing by 'Years of Experience'! We are Realizing a 'Skill & Assignment Infrastructure' to Unleash the Talent of Young Engineers and Solve Japan's IT Talent Shortage!

We support 'April Dream,' a project that encourages companies to share their dreams on April 1st. This press release represents the dream of our 'Skill and Assignment Management Support Tool, fapi.'

System and software development company FDC Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo; Representative Director: Takanori Wada) declares its dream to reshape the future of the SES (System Engineering Service) industry and Japan's IT sector through the 'Skill and Assignment Management Support Tool, fapi.'

Currently, the SES industry is facing an unprecedented level of 'polarization.'

While projects are concentrated among the top-tier, technically proficient workers—driving up their unit prices—younger professionals with significant potential, as well as employees whose skills do not perfectly match current project requirements, are missing out on opportunities because objective proof of their skills is difficult to provide.

Through 'fapi,' we will visualize individual skills as objective data and break down the information silos between companies. We are building a 'Skill & Assignment Infrastructure' where everyone is evaluated based on their actual ability and can take on the most suitable projects.

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■ The Social Issue of the 'Invisible Wall' Facing the SES Industry

There are three serious, unavoidable challenges in the current IT industry.

### An Inaccurate Yardstick: 'Years of Experience'

As demand concentrates on experienced SEs, driving up costs, young people are denied even the chance to participate due to the label of 'lack of experience,' causing the development cycle to stall.

What should be evaluated is not 'how many years one has been in the field,' but 'what one can do now.' However, because there is no objective means of proof, many potential talents are turned away at the door.

### Talent Monopolization by Large Corporations and the Plight of SMEs

Amidst skyrocketing hiring competition, only large companies with significant capital can secure top-tier talent, accelerating the shortage of engineers at the small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) that support Japan's system development.

If this continues, excellent SMEs that possess high technical capabilities but cannot win the hiring war will decline one by one, creating a risk that the very multi-layered structure supporting Japan's IT industry will become unsustainable.

### The 'Black Box' of Assignments

Because it is unclear 'who can do what,' companies resort to conservative assignments out of fear of mismatch, which hinders innovation.

Failing to place the right talent in challenging projects and repeatedly relying on ad-hoc assignments—simply placing whoever is 'available'—not only blocks the career development of engineers but also leads to a decline in productivity for society as a whole.

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■ The Solution: 'Infrastructure' Realized by fapi

By making fapi the 'standard for skill management,' we will solve these issues from the ground up.

### A Shift from 'Years of Experience' to 'Concrete Skills'

fapi proves skills through granular data rather than ambiguous resumes. Even for young professionals, we can realize assignments at appropriate rates by providing evidence that 'in this technology, they are on par with veterans.'

### Leveraging the 'Development Power' of SMEs

We visualize the growth logs of in-house engineers using fapi. If SMEs can prove with data 'how quickly they turned young staff into productive assets,' their competitiveness in the hiring market will increase dramatically.

### An Industry-Wide 'Assignment Ecosystem'

We are building an infrastructure where skill data can be correctly circulated across companies. We are creating a world where, regardless of company size, the right talent with the necessary skills can be connected instantly when needed.

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■ Our Wish

The phrase 'the right person for the right job' has existed for a long time, but even with the evolution of technology, it has remained difficult to achieve. Through the 'Skill and Assignment Management Support Tool, fapi,' we want to create a society where 'fair opportunities based on data' reach everyone.

Just like water or electricity, we want to create a future where organizations can confidently take on new challenges because fapi is working in the background.

* 'April Dream' is a project by PR TIMES where companies share the dreams they hope to achieve in the future on April 1st. We are seriously aiming to realize this dream.

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■ What is the 'Skill and Assignment Management Support Tool, fapi'?

It contributes to operational efficiency by managing employee skills and considering/managing project assignments.

'fapi' is a service equipped with the necessary functions for managing employee skills and considering or managing project assignments, contributing to the streamlining of operations.

The greatest feature of fapi is the flexibility of its management items. All items can be set freely to match the data that the adopting company wishes to manage.

Furthermore, by creating a database of employee skills and project assignment status, it can be efficiently utilized in various situations, such as skill management tasks and assignment operations.

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### ■ Recommended for companies struggling with Excel management

- You are managing engineer skill sheets using Excel. - Information on engineer skills and work history has become siloed to individuals. - Analyzing areas of expertise and project trends is difficult and rarely done.

'Skill and Assignment Management Support Tool, fapi': https://www.fdc-inc.co.jp/fapi/

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■ Company Overview

**FDC Co., Ltd.**

Company Name: FDC Co., Ltd. Representative Director: Takanori Wada Headquarters: Crystal Building 5F, 2-17-18 Kanda Suda-cho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo Established: February 7, 1997

Business Description: System development, consulting services, information processing services, network services, sales and implementation of system products Company Website: https://www.fdc-inc.co.jp