For SMEs Suffering from Labor Shortages and Price Hikes: Web Apps to Streamline Operations, Starting from 300,000 Yen.

<Realizing 'Labor Savings' in an Era of Labor Shortages with AI-Powered Web App Development Service for SMEs>

**Ohashi Souken Co., Ltd. (Tanba City, Hyogo Prefecture, CEO: Katsutaka Nishigaki) offers a web application development service to streamline operations for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) struggling with labor shortages and price hikes. Development costs start from 300,000 yen. Furthermore, by utilizing IT implementation and digitalization grants offered by many local governments (with subsidy rates up to 3/4), a 300,000 yen plan can be introduced for a net cost starting from 75,000 yen. 'If you can't hire more people, solve it with a system' — Ohashi Souken helps SMEs achieve such labor savings.**

<Worsening Labor Shortages and Price Hikes — The Harsh Business Environment for SMEs>

**The business environment surrounding SMEs has become tougher than ever before.**

**■ Labor Shortage: Approximately 70% of SMEs report 'a shortage of personnel' (Japan Chamber of Commerce and Industry 'Survey on Labor Shortage Conditions,' 2025). The shortage is particularly severe in manufacturing, construction, and service industries, creating a vicious cycle where new hires do not stay.

Price Hikes: Rising costs of raw materials, energy, and labor are squeezing profit margins. Many voices are heard saying, 'We want to cut costs, but there's nothing left to cut.'

The DX Wall: Only about 43% of SMEs (with 100 or fewer employees) are working on DX, and a mere 7.2% have secured sufficient digital talent. The reality is 'they want to do it but can't' (Gron Survey 2026 / Tokyo Chamber of Commerce and Industry Survey 2025).

Amidst this triple threat, the choice to 'streamline with a system' rather than 'hiring more people' is what SMEs need now.

<'If you can't hire more people, solve it with a system' — Start Streamlining Operations from 300,000 Yen>

**Ohashi Souken's web app development service incorporates AI technology into the development process, realizing system development that traditionally took several million yen and several months, for a starting price of 300,000 yen and in as little as one week.**

**For example, you can achieve the following 'labor savings':**

**● Streamlining Shift Management: Send a photo of your Excel shift schedule via LINE → Everyone can check it in real-time on their smartphones. The 2-3 hours spent weekly on creating, sharing, and handling changes are reduced to almost zero.

● Streamlining Invoice Creation: Opening Excel at the end of the month for manual entry → Automatically generate all invoices with a single button click. End-of-month overtime is eliminated, and mistakes are drastically reduced.

● Streamlining Project Management: Instead of asking 'What's the status of that project?' every time → Check the progress of all projects at a glance, allowing anyone to know the latest status. Significantly reduces manager's confirmation work and waiting time for reports.**