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Aiming to create a good cycle in the IT industry and local industries |
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There are plans to utilize the network of industrial clusters for restructuring Hokkaido's IT industry, while accelerating innovations in local industries by using IT and proceeding with strategic efforts to realize a good circle that ensures the development of Hokkaido's IT industry, which has already captured a growing IT market.
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Software development; development of embedded software, products, and technical seeds; Internet information service, and related services |
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Entire region of Hokkaido |
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Hokkaido IT Cluster Forum
URL: http://www.itcf.jp/
Hokkaido Information and Communication Technology Association
TEL: +81-11-590-1380 FAX:+81-11-207-1367 |
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Sapporo Electronics and Industries
Cultivation Foundation |
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| A network has been formed with about 340 IT companies and related entities, universities and other research institutes, IT industrial associations in Hokkaido, financial institutions, local governments, and other organizations to support the IT industry. This network will be extended to local industrial organizations related to IT use and other IT-related organizations outside Hokkaido and overseas as well. |
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| The implementation of the "Six Supporting Projects" as the basic framework to create a good cycle for the IT industry and local industries has achieved specific business results in those industries. A network of industrial clusters will be built to develop self-reliance and achieve ¥450 billion in IT sales by FY 2010. |
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The network will be used to implement the following "Six Supporting Projects" to create 4,000 new enterprises by 2010.
| I. | Company structure improvement project |
| II. | New technology and service development capability improvement project |
| III. | Cluster achievement sales network expansion project |
| IV. | Regional industry tie-up promotion project |
| V. | Overseas business development project |
| VI. | Personnel foundation project |
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As epitomized by its Sapporo Valley, Hokkaido teems with an ongoing accumulation of IT companies, centering on Sapporo City and its surroundings. There are great expectations and much pubic attention regarding the information industry becoming a leader in making Hokkaido's economy more independent. In order to capitalize on this accumulation of companies and economic opportunity, we will step up the network of forum-participating companies through closer cooperation among universities and public examination and research institutes possessing world-class expertise and know-how, along with the agricultural, food-related sectors, tourism, and other industries in an attempt to form a solid, internationally competitive cluster. |
| Tomoyasu Shimizu |
Cluster Manager, Hokkaido IT Cluster Forum
(Director and General Manager of the Survey & Research Department, HVC Strategic Research Institute, Inc.) |
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| Hokkaido IT industry sales: |
¥416.1 billion
(In FY 2008 projections)
67% up from before the launch of the "Hokkaido Supercluster Promotion Strategy" (¥248.1 billion in FY 2000) |
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[plan period: FY 2007 - 2010] |
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Number of new businesses launched:
4,000 businesses in 4 years
(Of which 1,000 projects involved local enterprises in 4 years) |
| Sales(In FY 2010): ¥450 billion |
| Number of new tie-ups overseas:80 businesses in 4 years |
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Main Participants of the Project
Private companies (about 340 companies): SiU Co.,Ltd., Softfront, INFORNET Co.,Ltd., SEC Corporation Ltd., Kitami Information Technology Co.,Ltd., KC's Co.,Ltd., SanEsu Management Systems Inc., SystemK Corporation, System Design Development Co.,Ltd., Fukido Usac Co.,Ltd., etc.
Related administrative organizations: Information and Communication Dept., Hokkaido Bureau of Telecommunications, Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications / Department of Economic Affairs, Hokkaido Government / Economic Bureau, City of Sapporo
Universities and public examination and research institutes: Hokkaido University, Sapporo University, Hokkaido Industrial Research Center
Financial institutions: Chair of Industrial Cluster Support Financial Committee in Hokkaido area (North Pacific Bank)
Others: Hokkaido Economic Federation, Sapporo Electronics and Industries Cultivation Foundation, Northern Advancement Center for Science and Technology, Development Organization for software Hokkaido, NPO Sapporo Biz Cafe |
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| ACHIEVEMENT EXAMPLE 1 |
Information Grand Voyage Project participation |
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The View Search Hokkaido service created by Hokkaido IT Cluster
Forum member companies (including Datacraft Co., Ltd. and
Softfront) was selected by the national Information Grand Voyage
Project, which aims to foster development of next-generation
search and analysis technology.
The service is running on a trial basis on the Rakuten Ichiba website,
while Panasonic Corporation has funded the establishment of a
venture company, and discussions are underway for a tie-up with
projects in the EU, as the developmental technology is being applied
in numerous business areas. |
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Online tourism navigation service
View Search Hokkaido |
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| ACHIEVEMENT EXAMPLE 2 |
Leveraging IT to build a high value-added business model for agricultural products |
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Hokkaido IT Cluster Forum member company System Design Development has formed partnerships with groups related to the Niseko Viewplaza Farmers Market and developed traceability systems, internet information distribution systems, ordering systems, and shipment systems for the agricultural products that are the main resources of the Niseko region, building upon its business model of boosting the value-added of the regions agricultural products. |
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Niseko Viewplaza Farmers Market related systems |
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| ACHIEVEMENT EXAMPLE 3 |
Developing a locally customized tourism product packaging support system |
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The Hokkaido Travel Business Cooperative has partnered with the Hokkaido IT Cluster Forum member company AGENDA Co., Ltd. to develop a system that can efficiently create attractive locally customized packages that meet customer demands by procuring merchandise in real time from many different suppliers, such as by arranging reservations at Hokkaido inns, hotels, and car rental companies, purchasing regional guides, and reserving with green tourism operators.
The Cooperative collects information on lodging, tourism facilities, and restaurants, and since its full-scale launch in July, Association-member SME travel operators have made use of the system to sell tourism products. |
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Locally customized tourism product packaging support system, JITABI System |
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