Matsuyoshi & Co., Ltd: Laying the digital foundation for growth for the next 100 years
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A specialized manufacturer and distributor of medical equipment and scientific instruments, Matsuyoshi & Co., Ltd. has been supporting medical facilities and professionals worldwide for over 100 years. But with their years of expertise, they also inherited a legacy AS/400 system that was no longer capable of supporting their ambitions for business expansion.
Seeing an opportunity to refresh their core, the management team at Matsuyoshi decided to work with their partner, Freedom, to implement SAP Cloud ERP Using a fit-to-standard approach, this cloud-based scalable, agile ERP system connects their end-to-end business processes for improved productivity, while also providing real-time business insights for enhanced agility.
Industry
Wholesale distribution
Region
Tokyo, Japan
Company Size
187 (as of May 2025)
Working with Freedom and SAP, we now have a modern, scalable ERP that supports every core business process, from ecommerce to wholesale, so that we can continue to expand our business more quickly, and with greater flexibility.
Honda Tetsuya, Executive Officer, Matsuyoshi & Co., Ltd.
5-7 days
Expected reduction in time taken for product traceability.
Near Zero
Errors in shipping orders, down from tens of times a day.
From Disconnected Systems to Intelligent Enterprise with SAP Cloud ERP
Before: Challenges and opportunities
- Rapidly aging global populations mean that medical companies and institutions need to respond to diverse and changing healthcare needs
- Existing AS/400 core system was complex and could not be easily integrated with other SaaS applications, leading to inefficiencies and limitations in scalability
Why SAP and Freedom
- Freedom had a strong track record of implementation of SAP solutions in small and medium-sized enterprises
- With SAP Cloud ERP as the digital core, SAP Signavio Process Manager was used to visualize and identify areas of improvement in their business process
- Partner Freedom understood the SAP Activate methodology and adopted the fit-to-standard approach to complete the first phase of the implementation in 6 months while keeping costs low
After: Value-driven results
- A clean core architecture for easier updates and consumption of SAP’s latest innovations
- Phase 1 (completed): Standardization of import processes
- Phase 2: Standardization of sales and inventory management for the e-commerce business
- Phase 3: Standardization of finance and accounting processes for wholesale sales management
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