System Consultants

What System Consultants does

System Consultants Co., Ltd. (システム・コンサルタンツ株式会社) is a privately-held Japanese engineering services firm founded in April 1978 and headquartered in Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo. With approximately 60 employees as of January 2022 and ¥65 million in registered capital, the company generates revenue through two professional-services streams: contracted system development and engineer dispatch (both specified and general dispatch under Japanese labor law). Its GTM is direct enterprise sales into major Japanese electronics, aerospace, defense, semiconductor, and manufacturing customers, supported by development centers in Toyama and Kofu in addition to the Tokyo headquarters.

The firm's core technology combines hardware development (circuit design, FPGA logic), embedded firmware, and software application development into an integrated offering spanning planning (requirements definition, specification), realization (hardware/firmware/software integration), and ongoing support (version upgrades, replacement, mass production). Productized offerings extend beyond pure services: a Cloud AI Service uses crawler robots with image-processing AI for plant inspection (anomaly detection for meters, rust, cracks, heat); an FA Inspection System targets food, pharmaceutical, cosmetic, and baby-product factories; and a Health Insurance Association Support System (健保組合支援システム) provides a paperless DX workflow with two-factor authentication for health-insurance unions. Notable named customers include Canon, Sony, NEC, NEC Aerospace Systems, Sharp NEC Display Solutions, and IHI Aerospace.

Commercially, the company operates as a domestic Japan-only provider (Kanto, Hokuriku, Chubu regions) with no disclosed overseas footprint, no institutional or venture funding, and no M&A activity. Long-standing certifications include ISO9001 quality management (held from 2000 to 2016, now replaced with an in-house quality system) and an ISMS program currently in progress. The leadership team is led by Representative Director, President and CEO Hikaru Yokobori (横堀 光). Pricing for contracted development is not publicly disclosed and is structured on a project-scope, multi-year contract basis; only employee salary scales are published.

Name

System Consultants

Legal name

システム・コンサルタンツ株式会社

Website

https://scc-net.jp

Company type

Private

Founded year

1978

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

System Consultants is a Tokyo-based Japanese engineering services firm (founded 1978, ~60 employees) providing integrated hardware-software contract development—embedded firmware, FPGA, AI-powered inspection, and dispatch services—to major Japanese electronics, aerospace, and manufacturing enterprises.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Embedded Systems Contract Development Services

NAICS

Computer Systems Design Services (541512), Custom Computer Programming Services (541511)

SIC

Services-Computer Integrated Systems Design (7373)

akta.pro primary industry

Systems Engineering & Technical Program Management (BPAHAIAI)

akta.pro secondary industries

Electrical/Electronics & Embedded Systems Staffing (BPACADAF), Industrial & Process Engineering Consulting (BPAHAIAF)

Keywords

• Embedded systems development
• FPGA logic design
• Factory automation inspection
• Contract software engineering
• Engineer dispatch services

Headquarters

HQ city

Tokyo

HQ country

Japan

HQ region

Asia

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. System Contracted Development: Custom software and hardware development services for major electronics, aerospace, defense, semiconductor, and railway manufacturers. Services span from single prototypes to mass production, including application software, embedded firmware, embedded hardware (circuit design, FPGA design), FA inspection systems, and cloud software development.
2. Technical Staffing / Engineer Dispatch: Dispatch of engineers to customer sites for software and hardware development support. Registered as both specific派遣 (special dispatch) and general派遣 (general dispatch) provider under Japanese labor law.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

System Consultants performs contracted development of hardware and software systems for major Japanese enterprises, spanning application software, embedded firmware, embedded hardware (circuit design and FPGA design), FA inspection systems, and cloud software from requirements definition through mass production support. The firm also dispatches engineers to customer sites and offers packaged solutions including a Cloud AI Inspection system, an FA Inspection System for manufacturing, and a Health Insurance Association DX Support System.

Product overview

System Consultants is a technology services company offering a portfolio of products and services centered on system development and AI-powered solutions. The core offerings consist of: (1) System Development Services providing end-to-end software, hardware, embedded firmware, and FPGA design for industries including video/broadcast, aerospace, defense, semiconductor, measurement, and railway; (2) Cloud AI Services delivering automated plant inspection using crawler robots with AI image processing, plus health data services; (3) FA Inspection Systems for factory quality control across food, pharmaceutical, cosmetics, and baby product industries; and (4) Health Insurance Association Support System, a DX solution enabling online registration and real-time status tracking for health insurance organizations.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• System Development Services End-to-end contracted system development covering application software, embedded control firmware, embedded hardware (circuit design and FPGA design), and integration, delivered from requirements definition and specification through prototype, mass production, version upgrades, and replacement. Serves industries including video/broadcasting, aerospace, defense, semiconductor, measurement, and railway.
• Cloud AI Services Cloud-based AI services providing automated plant inspection using crawler robots (AXIR) with AI image processing to detect meter readings, rust, cracks, and heat anomalies, plus health data services powered by AI processing of structured wellness/health metrics.
• FA Inspection System Factory automation inspection systems for manufacturing quality control, covering requirements definition, design, development, installation, and maintenance. Supports automated detection of foreign objects, position misalignment, count, size, shape, leaks, and text defects in food, pharmaceutical, cosmetic, and baby product filling, packaging, and alignment lines.
• Health Insurance Association Support System (健康食品組合支援システム) Digital transformation (DX) solution for Japanese health insurance associations, enabling online registration, real-time status tracking, paperless administrative workflows, two-factor authentication, and encrypted API integration with core systems to replace manual paper-based registration and distributed reception processes.
• Engineer Dispatch Services Dispatch of System Consultants engineers to customer sites for software and hardware development support, registered under Japanese labor law as both a specific dispatch (特定派遣) and general dispatch (一般派遣) provider.

Quantifiable outcome

• Reduction in paper-based registration workflows for health insurance associations
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers6 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability6 records

Feature5 records

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves9 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Fixstars Corporation: Japanese engineering firm specializing in FPGA design, GPU/embedded software, and high-performance computing with comparable niche expertise in FPGA logic development and similar Japanese enterprise customer base.
• Cognex Corporation: Global leader in machine vision and industrial inspection systems; directly comparable product-side peer for System Consultants' FA Inspection System offering for food, pharmaceutical, and cosmetics manufacturing.
• TechMatrix Corporation: Japanese IT services and embedded engineering firm with similar mix of contracted software development, embedded systems work, and enterprise B2B sales motion in the Japan market.

Broad incumbents

• Keyence Corporation: Global factory automation leader including machine vision inspection systems; broader product portfolio but directly comparable in the FA inspection space targeted by System Consultants' FA Inspection System.
• SCSK Corporation: Major Japanese system integrator with embedded systems, contracted development, and enterprise IT services; overlaps with System Consultants' services business but at much larger scale and broader portfolio.
• NTT Data Group: Largest Japanese SI providing enterprise system integration, embedded systems, and DX consulting; competes for the same major electronics and manufacturing accounts but at significantly greater scale and with broader service portfolio.
• Yokogawa Electric Corporation: Japanese industrial automation and control systems provider with comparable focus on instrumentation, control systems, and factory solutions; much larger and broader portfolio but overlaps on embedded control and industrial systems work.
• Omron Corporation: Japanese factory automation and industrial component manufacturer with vision inspection and embedded control offerings; broader portfolio but competes in the same factory automation and inspection market as System Consultants.
• ITOCHU Techno-Solutions Corporation: Japanese IT services and system integration firm serving enterprise customers with similar B2B motion and contracted development offerings, though at significantly larger scale and across broader IT domains.
• TIS Inc. Large Japanese IT services firm with system integration and contracted development offerings, comparable enterprise B2B GTM but operating across many verticals at greater scale than System Consultants.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses3 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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