Provide consistent support from DX diagnosis and strategy formulation to human resource training in an accompanying manner, DX consulting services with a menu that includes "Digital Strategy Chart" and "DX Boot Camp" are now available. DX consulting services with "Digital Strategy Chart" and "DX Boot Camp" are now being offered.

CNS Corporation (Headquarters: Shibuya-ku, Tokyo; President: Masahide Sekine) will begin offering a new "DX Consulting Service" that provides consistent support from DX diagnosis and strategy formulation to human resource training in a run-along manner, making maximum use of the knowledge it has accumulated over 40 years of contributing to the development of client companies and society through the advanced use of information technology. The new "DX Consulting Service" will provide consistent support from DX diagnosis and strategy formulation to human resource training.

Overview of the four menu items of this service

(1) Digital Strategy Chart (DX Diagnostic Support):

We will comprehensively and quantitatively assess your company's DX promotion status, visualize the current situation, and identify activities that are lacking.

(2) Digital strategy guidance (DX strategy formulation support):

For the issues identified in (1) above, we will formulate the optimal DX strategy in line with the management policy and concretize the necessary actions and plans, based on a survey of the latest DX technologies and a comprehensive evaluation of the return on investment.

(3) Digital Transformation Promotion (DX Promotion Support):

We help clients build an organization for DX promotion and materialize their plans so that they can utilize digital technology themselves, develop services, and continuously improve their operations by combining external expertise and resources.

(4) DX Boot Camp (DX education support):

We define the DX human resources needed for your company and support the development of digital human resources in a training format tailored to your issues, such as AI/DX literacy education.

These services can be provided individually or in combination to strengthen DX initiatives that will contribute to the enhancement of corporate value.

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Background of Launch

Many Japanese companies have reported that their efforts to improve corporate value through DX have not yielded sufficient results and are still in the middle of the road. In particular, according to DX Trends 2024 by IPA (Information-technology Promotion Agency, Japan), less than 40% of companies in the manufacturing and construction, distribution, information and telecommunications, and service industries responded that they are "implementing company-wide DX initiatives based on company-wide strategies" (*1), indicating that DX initiatives are facing many challenges. (*1), indicating that there are many issues to be addressed in DX initiatives.

The situation in Japan is not good even from an international perspective, with the IMD (International Institute for Management Development) ranking Japan 31st in its 2024 edition of the "Global Digital Competitiveness Ranking," a further decline from last year's ranking, and the lowest among advanced economies. In particular, Japan ranks 53rd in "Talent," which is part of "Knowledge," and 67th out of 67 countries in "Digital/Technological skills," which is a detailed item, placing Japan at the bottom of the list (*2).

1 Exhibit: DX Trends 2024 (IPA)

https://www.ipa.go.jp/digital/chousa/dx-trend/dx-trend-2024.html

2. Exhibit: Global Digital Competitiveness Ranking

https://www.imd.org/entity-profile/japan-digital/

The chart below shows the results of an analysis of the status of DX adoption in Japan, organized by CNS, and it is clear that "lack of human resources" and "lack of skills/know-how" are already the biggest issues as of 2022, and this trend is becoming even more pronounced.

Therefore, as a comprehensive solution to this issue, we have come to offer a consulting service that consistently supports (1) DX diagnosis, (2) DX strategy formulation, (3) DX promotion, and (4) DX education.

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Three features of CNS's DX Consulting Service

1. comprehensive and quantitative visualization of DX promotion status using DX diagnostic tools

Are you troubled by company demands for "DX results"?

Through surveys of management, IT, and business departments, we identify the objective status and issues for starting DX, and propose the ideal management style and structure for DX promotion, as well as the ideal business operation foundation. 2.

(2) Support for DX strategy formulation and plan implementation, including consistency with company policy and recognition with related departments

Are there any differences in DX initiatives within the company between departments?

We will draw up a DX vision and concrete roadmap that is consistent within the company, based on the DX theme, target business, and hypothesized technologies to be applied. 3.

(3) Support for creating a mechanism to make DX operations run on their own, including technical promotion and DX human resource development and training.

Do you feel that your company has limitations in utilizing DX and other digital technologies?

We support specific ways to proceed by combining external expertise, resources, and education and training, and then improve the employee experience (EX) by streamlining and automating operations with digital technology. Furthermore, we aim to improve customer experience (CX) by realizing data-driven service development and operational improvements.

CNS provides consistent DX consulting services to clients in the manufacturing, construction, and distribution industries who are troubled by the use of digital technology, and we also utilize our accumulated knowledge and expertise in the IT field to provide hands-on support for initiatives to use digital technology to enhance corporate value. We will also expand our support for the use of digital technology to enhance corporate value by providing hands-on support.