Amagasaki City Adopts Talent Management System 'Talent Palette' to Maximize Organizational Performance by Building a Mechanism to Support Medium- to Long-Term HR Strategies

Plus Alpha Consulting Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Minato-ku, Tokyo; President & CEO: Katsuya Mimuro; Securities Code: 4071) announces that Amagasaki City, Hyogo Prefecture (Mayor: Makoto Matsumoto, hereinafter 'Amagasaki City') has adopted its talent management system 'Talent Palette' (*2). The system holds the No. 1 share (*1) and is increasingly being adopted by many major/enterprise companies, local governments, and other public agencies. The adoption aims at implementing data-driven talent utilization and human capital management, digital transformation (DX) of HR operations, and promoting reskilling.

(*1) Source: ITR 'ITR Market View: Human Resource Management Market 2025', Human Resource Management Market: Sales Value Share by Vendor (Forecast for FY2023-2024)
(*2) The system is scheduled to start operation in April 2027.

## Decision to adopt to maximize overall organizational performance by building a mechanism that supports medium- to long-term HR strategies
Amagasaki City has formulated the 'Working Guide,' a basic policy for human resource development aimed at ensuring each employee spends their days with 'job satisfaction' and maintaining/improving citizen services. As part of its HR development, it has built a 'Human Resource Management Cycle' that encourages spiral-up growth by repeating 'Goal Setting,' 'Skill Development,' 'Personnel Evaluation,' and 'Talent Utilization' every year from hiring to retirement.

As one of its initiatives, the city is promoting the creation of a system where the results of personnel evaluations are appropriately reflected in compensation such as diligence allowances and salary increases, rewarding employees who demonstrate their abilities and achieve results.

However, there was an issue with the conventional personnel evaluation system: its functionality to utilize HR data for talent placement and individual capability analysis—essential as a foundation for practicing strategic talent management—was insufficient.

Therefore, to build a system that supports medium- to long-term HR strategies such as optimal talent placement, development, and succession planning, in addition to conventional personnel evaluation management, and to maximize overall organizational performance, Amagasaki City decided to adopt 'Talent Palette.'

## Achieving employee 'job satisfaction' and improving overall organizational performance by utilizing HR data
With the introduction of 'Talent Palette,' a mechanism will be built to integrate and utilize previously scattered HR data, such as personnel evaluations, training history, and skill information. This will support evaluating employees' abilities and achievements appropriately and fairly, leading to convincing compensation, while realizing employee 'job satisfaction' and improved overall organizational performance. In addition, by enabling talent placement based on objective data rather than relying on experience or intuition, the city will promote the understanding of young employees' aptitudes and planned job rotations with a view toward promotion to managerial positions.

In the future, by combining AI and advanced analysis functions, the city will proceed more strategically with supporting the growth of young employees and formulating succession plans, leading to further improvements in the quality of citizen services.