Tomoshia Holdings and Fujitsu launch "TO-One" core system refresh project

The food wholesale industry plays a crucial role as a vital social infrastructure, connecting numerous manufacturers and retailers and supporting high-frequency distribution of diverse products. However, the industry faces common challenges such as a declining population, a severe labor shortage, and the increasing complexity and reliance on individual expertise in business foundations like product master data management and inter-company data collaboration, leading to increased system maintenance and operational burdens. Therefore, there is a growing demand for operational standardization and productivity improvement through data utilization.

Tomoshia Holdings was established in 2013 through the business integration of Asahi Shokuhin, Kanakan, and Marudai Horiuchi. Since the integration, the group has utilized a core system built over 20 years ago as a common group-wide platform. However, the aging system and the unique operational practices of the three companies posed challenges, necessitating group-wide operational standardization and strengthening of the management foundation. Tomoshia Holdings aims to achieve 1 trillion yen in sales by fiscal year 2027 as part of its medium-term management plan, with digital transformation being one of its key initiatives. To this end, the company launched the "TO-One" core system refresh project, which aims to migrate its sales management and other core systems, previously operated in an on-premise environment for many years, to a cloud environment. This move is intended to unify business operations, optimize system and operational costs, and create further group synergies.

Fujitsu offers Fujitsu Food Distribution Sync Service, developed based on over 30 years of experience, knowledge, and system implementation achievements in the food wholesale industry. By providing a comprehensive set of standard patterns for business processes and system functions, Fujitsu aims to establish a de facto standard for the food wholesale industry.

This project will refresh a wide range of business areas, including Tomoshia Holdings' sales management-centric core systems, as well as logistics-related systems and information systems, to standardize group-wide operations and strengthen the management foundation.

By integrating individually operated business processes and systems from each group company into Fujitsu Food Distribution Sync Service, a common business foundation will be established, aiming to improve management efficiency and business continuity. Furthermore, by modernizing existing systems and migrating them to a cloud infrastructure, the project will enhance system flexibility and scalability, creating an environment that can flexibly adapt to future functional expansions, data utilization, and AI integration, thereby enabling the system to respond rapidly to changes in the business environment.

As the first user of Fujitsu Food Distribution Sync Service, Tomoshia Holdings will work on building a common group-wide business foundation. This solution systematizes essential functions for the food wholesale industry, such as sales and purchase management, accounts receivable and payable, common master data, inter-company collaboration, and data integration. Through the standardization of business processes and functions that can be commonly used across the industry, it will support the reduction of system development and operational costs and promote sustainable business operations.