About Us

Shinji KatoPresident

 Softes Co., Ltd. was established in 1997 when Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) was just beginning to take hold in Japan, and for more than two decades since, we have established a strong track record as SAP specialists. Before, business systems were thought of as something that the IT department developed for the business departments, and that the business departments would simply operate these systems. But even back when this was the norm, we re-examined the methodology and felt that the business side should gain a deeper understanding of the systems and help build the best suited solution to move the business forward. This led to the establishment of our exclusive User-Direct Methodology® for system implementation. In light of fiercer market competition based on the use of IT in recent years, we took our Business Design approach that incorporates business aims and objectives and built it into our upstream development processes, thereby making our system implementation methods better contribute to management.
 Since our establishment we have adhered to a strong mission. Based on the firm belief that SAP ERP offers the very best solutions, we aim to be professionals always in possession of the latest skills and expertise; to be user-oriented in any and every situation to provide the best possible services for our customer systems. In addition to this mission, we created the SAP User Summit in 2009 to form a community among our customers, and in 2013 we expanded our services to new technical fields like cloud computing and in-memory databases. Since 2016, we have entered into tie-ups with new SAP system partners in the ASEAN region and Europe to form a global service structure, and in recent years, we have begun services for newly implementing or migrating to SAP S/4HANA and expanded the various types of complementary solutions we offer. This will make us grow and be fully prepared to meet the needs of the next generation businesses.
 Not being bound to common norms and always asking ourselves, “What is truly right?” in our quest to get to the bottom of each issue is a long-held tradition and spirit at Softes. We get to the core of an issue and address it with rational, practical solutions pursued with unflagging sincerity. With this spirit as our guide, Softes is committed to the challenge of offering ever-higher quality services and expanding into a growing range of fields and businesses.