SmartHR Acquires Crossbit, Operator of Cloud Shift Management 'Rakushifu', Making it a Group Company
SmartHR has acquired all shares of Crossbit, the company behind the cloud shift management service 'Rakushifu', making it a group company. This integration aims to combine SmartHR's HR and labor management platform with Rakushifu's shift management capabilities to promote seamless labor management and employee data utilization.
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SmartHR Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Minato-ku, Tokyo; Representative Director CEO: Masato Serizawa) has acquired all shares of Crossbit Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo; Representative Director: Takasaki Kokubo), which operates the cloud shift management service 'Rakushifu', making it a group company.
Crossbit develops and operates 'Rakushifu', a cloud shift management system that combines high usability, including LINE support, with management functions that meet the complex operational requirements of large organizations. This product contributes to the DX promotion of many companies as a solution that realizes advanced labor management, especially in the food service, retail, and service industries with multiple locations.
Currently, many Japanese companies are simultaneously pursuing the acceptance of diverse work styles and productivity improvement. Particularly in industries where on-site workers play an active role, there is an increasing need for flexible shift management tailored to actual on-site conditions and integrated, precise HR and labor management based on it.
In Japan, where the working population is declining, supporting on-site workers to enable diverse work styles and utilizing employee data to support human capital management are indispensable. Through this group company formation, we will combine the HR and labor management platform, including the 'Attendance Management' function provided by 'SmartHR', with the on-site-led shift management capabilities of 'Rakushifu'. This will seamlessly connect shifts and attendance records on a single platform, realizing end-to-end labor management and more fundamental organizational operations based on employee data.
By integrating the knowledge and technology cultivated by both companies, the group will work together as one to achieve corporate and social growth as an integrated back-office solution, and realize 'well-working' in Japan.
■ Future Developments
SmartHR will promptly realize seamless product integration with 'Rakushifu' to provide a more value-added user experience with minimal burden on employees.
As a scale-up company aiming for further rapid growth, we will continue to consider business expansion through M&A, enhancing the value of services provided by the SmartHR Group. We will expand our business portfolio as an infrastructure company that supports 'well-working' in society through a multifaceted approach that is not limited to existing businesses.
■ Comments on this matter
Mr. Takasaki Kokubo, Representative Director, Crossbit Co., Ltd.
SmartHR has been a company we have admired since we started our business, in various aspects such as business growth, organizational development, and product philosophy. We have had deep respect for their uncompromising attitude towards products, sincerity towards customers, and their ambition to truly change the 'working' domain. We are very pleased to be able to walk together as a member of the same group this time.
For the past 10 years, Crossbit has continued to address the 'working' challenges of on-site staff and the issues of headquarters staff through the 'Rakushifu' series. The service, which started to solve the problems of individual companies, workplaces, and users, has now become a solution used by over 1.2 million people nationwide. However, we are still only at the entrance of the value we want to deliver. We would like to express our sincere gratitude to each and every employee who has run with us this far, and to our customers who have believed in us and continued to use our products, as well as to our investors, financial institutions, and other stakeholders who have supported our business. Thank you very much.
With this group integration, by seamlessly connecting shift management, attendance, payroll calculation, labor management, and talent management, we will further reduce operational burdens and create a world where people can spend more time in areas where they can truly create value because they are human. We want everything important to workers—work styles, salaries, workplace relationships—to become the best experience. We will continue to move forward together with the same passion to realize 'well-working'. Thank you for your continued support.
Masato Serizawa, SmartHR Co., Ltd.
I am truly honored to welcome Crossbit Co., Ltd. into the SmartHR Group.
For 10 years, SmartHR has strived to improve the productivity of all workers through the digitalization of HR and labor management. However, we keenly feel that we are still far from our ideal of 'true operational efficiency'.
Until now, SaaS has evolved as a 'point' solution that solves specific business challenges. However, to achieve true automation, an 'end-to-end experience' where these solutions connect as a 'surface' and data flows seamlessly is indispensable.
Attendance management and payroll calculation started last year.
Crossbit develops and operates 'Rakushifu', a cloud shift management system that combines high usability, including LINE support, with management functions that meet the complex operational requirements of large organizations. This product contributes to the DX promotion of many companies as a solution that realizes advanced labor management, especially in the food service, retail, and service industries with multiple locations.
Currently, many Japanese companies are simultaneously pursuing the acceptance of diverse work styles and productivity improvement. Particularly in industries where on-site workers play an active role, there is an increasing need for flexible shift management tailored to actual on-site conditions and integrated, precise HR and labor management based on it.
In Japan, where the working population is declining, supporting on-site workers to enable diverse work styles and utilizing employee data to support human capital management are indispensable. Through this group company formation, we will combine the HR and labor management platform, including the 'Attendance Management' function provided by 'SmartHR', with the on-site-led shift management capabilities of 'Rakushifu'. This will seamlessly connect shifts and attendance records on a single platform, realizing end-to-end labor management and more fundamental organizational operations based on employee data.
By integrating the knowledge and technology cultivated by both companies, the group will work together as one to achieve corporate and social growth as an integrated back-office solution, and realize 'well-working' in Japan.
■ Future Developments
SmartHR will promptly realize seamless product integration with 'Rakushifu' to provide a more value-added user experience with minimal burden on employees.
As a scale-up company aiming for further rapid growth, we will continue to consider business expansion through M&A, enhancing the value of services provided by the SmartHR Group. We will expand our business portfolio as an infrastructure company that supports 'well-working' in society through a multifaceted approach that is not limited to existing businesses.
■ Comments on this matter
Mr. Takasaki Kokubo, Representative Director, Crossbit Co., Ltd.
SmartHR has been a company we have admired since we started our business, in various aspects such as business growth, organizational development, and product philosophy. We have had deep respect for their uncompromising attitude towards products, sincerity towards customers, and their ambition to truly change the 'working' domain. We are very pleased to be able to walk together as a member of the same group this time.
For the past 10 years, Crossbit has continued to address the 'working' challenges of on-site staff and the issues of headquarters staff through the 'Rakushifu' series. The service, which started to solve the problems of individual companies, workplaces, and users, has now become a solution used by over 1.2 million people nationwide. However, we are still only at the entrance of the value we want to deliver. We would like to express our sincere gratitude to each and every employee who has run with us this far, and to our customers who have believed in us and continued to use our products, as well as to our investors, financial institutions, and other stakeholders who have supported our business. Thank you very much.
With this group integration, by seamlessly connecting shift management, attendance, payroll calculation, labor management, and talent management, we will further reduce operational burdens and create a world where people can spend more time in areas where they can truly create value because they are human. We want everything important to workers—work styles, salaries, workplace relationships—to become the best experience. We will continue to move forward together with the same passion to realize 'well-working'. Thank you for your continued support.
Masato Serizawa, SmartHR Co., Ltd.
I am truly honored to welcome Crossbit Co., Ltd. into the SmartHR Group.
For 10 years, SmartHR has strived to improve the productivity of all workers through the digitalization of HR and labor management. However, we keenly feel that we are still far from our ideal of 'true operational efficiency'.
Until now, SaaS has evolved as a 'point' solution that solves specific business challenges. However, to achieve true automation, an 'end-to-end experience' where these solutions connect as a 'surface' and data flows seamlessly is indispensable.
Attendance management and payroll calculation started last year.