Fujitsu Develops IT Infrastructure for Leading Seafood Wholesaler

Tokyo, September 25, 2009

Fujitsu today announced that it has won a contract from Daito Gyorui Co., Ltd., a major seafood wholesaler at the Tsukiji Fish Market in Tokyo, outsourcing their mission-critical IT functions for order processing, sales administration, and inventory management to ensure business continuity even in the event of natural disasters and public infrastructure shutdowns. Fujitsu recently began providing the outsourcing services from a datacenter in Japan.

Since its establishment in 1947 as a seafood wholesaler, Daito Gyorui has operated in a number of important fish markets in Tokyo, including Tsukiji, Senju, Ota, Narita, and Funabashi. The company has served as the intermediary between producers and consumers, earning a strong reputation for its fresh and frozen fish, and processed food products. Known for fast delivery of large volumes of marine products, the company has played a significant public role in supporting Japan’s culinary culture.

Recently, Daito Gyorui has also been facing a changing business landscape, with an increase in both international trade and client diversity, necessitating the need for a more robust IT system.

To respond to these changes and develop a robust business IT infrastructure, Daito Gyorui signed an outsourcing contract with Fujitsu, to convert their current in-house IT system in Tsukiji to Fujitsu’s datacenter based in Tatebayashi. Services under this agreement began in May.

The new system, which handles order processing for marine products, sales administration, and inventory management, is operated using the hosted on-demand IT service from Fujitsu’s Tatebayashi System Center and ensures effective system operations in the face of changing volumes of information. Additionally, by outsourcing its system operations to Fujitsu, the customer can devote its attention to planning and developing its core business. The on-demand IT service will further expand with the incorporation of cloud systems in the future.

This operational agreement provides Daito Gyorui with greater flexibility in its operations and helps to alleviate risks.

Daito Gyorui is committed to changing with the times as a wholesaler in order to continue providing a stable supply of marine products for tomorrow.