Support for Univapaycast's Quality Management System Enhancement
Needswell Inc. has launched a PoC to bolster the quality management system of Univapaycast, a provider of diverse payment services, supporting their efforts to enhance stability and security amidst market expansion.
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Needswell Inc. (Headquarters: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo; President and CEO: Gen Matsuoka) announces that it has commenced a PoC (Proof of Concept) to support the construction of a quality management system for Univapaycast Inc. (Headquarters: Minato-ku, Tokyo; President and CEO: Shuhei Nakao), hereinafter referred to as "Univapaycast".
### 1. Background of PoC Commencement
Since its establishment in 2001, Univapaycast Inc. has provided a wide range of payment services, including credit card payments, electronic money payments, convenience store payments, and overseas currency payments.
In recent years, in addition to the expansion of the EC market, the rise in inbound demand due to the increase in foreign visitors to Japan has led to ever higher demands for stability and security in payment systems.
In response to these environmental changes, which have brought about increased complexity in operations due to system migration and a growing number of considerations for ensuring higher levels of quality, Univapaycast and our company have jointly commenced a PoC as an initiative to advance the quality management system.
*PoC: Proof of Concept - A step to verify the feasibility and effectiveness of new ideas and technologies.
### 2. Challenges Faced by the Field
Ms. Tamura, who is in charge of product management at Univapaycast, returned to the quality management team about a year ago. She felt the necessity to further strengthen the quality management system as daily operations became more sophisticated with service expansion.
At that time, testing processes were primarily manual, and there was a demand to shift to more efficient and reproducible test processes in line with faster releases. Furthermore, to stabilize quality at a higher level, standardizing test judgment criteria and optimizing the entire system were themes to be considered for the next step. With the thought, "If we continue like this, it will be difficult to achieve both development speed and quality in the future," the initiative to advance the quality management system began, aiming for more stable operations and an environment that customers can use with peace of mind.
### 3. Deciding Factor for Commencing PoC
When considering countermeasures, emphasis was placed on a quality management mechanism based on a convincing de facto standard. Our company's stance, which went beyond mere formal proposals and leveraged know-how in test automation and IT outsourcing to flexibly support the site's situation, became a major deciding factor.
### 4. PoC Initiatives
In the PoC, we are advancing the following initiatives to strengthen the quality management system for payment systems:
* Organizing and systematizing test perspectives
* Clarifying test design rules
* Standardizing quality management processes
* Reviewing test scenarios based on user perspective
Currently, active discussions are taking place between the teams of both companies regarding test processes and quality management concepts, and issues and improvement points regarding past test processes and quality standards are being identified.
### 5. Future Outlook
Univapaycast aims not just for test efficiency, but for further strengthening of the quality management system that supports payment services. This PoC is the first step towards that realization.
Our company will continue to support the construction of a quality foundation that underpins mission-critical payment services.
### 1. Background of PoC Commencement
Since its establishment in 2001, Univapaycast Inc. has provided a wide range of payment services, including credit card payments, electronic money payments, convenience store payments, and overseas currency payments.
In recent years, in addition to the expansion of the EC market, the rise in inbound demand due to the increase in foreign visitors to Japan has led to ever higher demands for stability and security in payment systems.
In response to these environmental changes, which have brought about increased complexity in operations due to system migration and a growing number of considerations for ensuring higher levels of quality, Univapaycast and our company have jointly commenced a PoC as an initiative to advance the quality management system.
*PoC: Proof of Concept - A step to verify the feasibility and effectiveness of new ideas and technologies.
### 2. Challenges Faced by the Field
Ms. Tamura, who is in charge of product management at Univapaycast, returned to the quality management team about a year ago. She felt the necessity to further strengthen the quality management system as daily operations became more sophisticated with service expansion.
At that time, testing processes were primarily manual, and there was a demand to shift to more efficient and reproducible test processes in line with faster releases. Furthermore, to stabilize quality at a higher level, standardizing test judgment criteria and optimizing the entire system were themes to be considered for the next step. With the thought, "If we continue like this, it will be difficult to achieve both development speed and quality in the future," the initiative to advance the quality management system began, aiming for more stable operations and an environment that customers can use with peace of mind.
### 3. Deciding Factor for Commencing PoC
When considering countermeasures, emphasis was placed on a quality management mechanism based on a convincing de facto standard. Our company's stance, which went beyond mere formal proposals and leveraged know-how in test automation and IT outsourcing to flexibly support the site's situation, became a major deciding factor.
### 4. PoC Initiatives
In the PoC, we are advancing the following initiatives to strengthen the quality management system for payment systems:
* Organizing and systematizing test perspectives
* Clarifying test design rules
* Standardizing quality management processes
* Reviewing test scenarios based on user perspective
Currently, active discussions are taking place between the teams of both companies regarding test processes and quality management concepts, and issues and improvement points regarding past test processes and quality standards are being identified.
### 5. Future Outlook
Univapaycast aims not just for test efficiency, but for further strengthening of the quality management system that supports payment services. This PoC is the first step towards that realization.
Our company will continue to support the construction of a quality foundation that underpins mission-critical payment services.