Name

ivy system

Legal name

アイビー・システム株式会社

Website

https://ivysystem.co.jp

Company type

Private

Founded year

1989

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Custom Software Development

NAICS

Custom Computer Programming Services (541511), Computer Systems Design and Related Services (54151), Software Publishers (5132), Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services (518210)

SIC

Services-Computer Programming Services (7371), Services-Computer Programming, Data Processing, Etc. (7370), Services-Computer Integrated Systems Design (7373)

akta.pro primary industry

iBPMS (Intelligent BPM Suites) & Process Automation Suites (HDAEAHAG)

Keywords

• Custom software development
• ASP cloud services
• Document comparison software
• AI-OCR solutions
• Business system development

Headquarters

HQ city

Sapporo

HQ country

Japan

HQ region

Asia

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Custom Application Development (受託開発): Bespoke development of business and information system applications for enterprise clients in Hokkaido and beyond. Includes consulting, requirements definition, development, and maintenance services. This is the company's primary revenue stream, established since founding in 1989.
2. ASP Service Hosting and Subscription: Company develops and operates multiple ASP services under the ivyware and ivy STAR Scope brands. Services include Web Pay Slips, Web Schedule, Web Time Card, and docomo Logistics Support. Revenue generated through subscription and usage fees.
3. Office Equipment Sales: Sales of servers, PCs, laser printers (centered on NEC products), digital tachographs, business phones, POS systems, multifunction devices, and security products. Margin-based resale of hardware.
4. Software License Sales (やまと歌): One-time perpetual license sale of the Yamato Uta document comparison and proofreading software suite. Price is fixed at 100,000 JPY (excluding tax) per installation.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Ivy System develops, sells, and operates custom business information systems and ASP cloud applications for enterprise and government clients primarily in Hokkaido, Japan. Its portfolio includes proprietary ASP products under the "ivy ware" and "ivy STAR Scope" brands (sales CRM, pay slips, scheduling, time card, logistics, AI-OCR drawing recognition), the Yamato Uta Japanese document comparison and proofreading software suite, and resale of NEC-branded office equipment. Custom application development on Oracle-based open systems has been the company's primary revenue stream since founding in 1989.

Product overview

Ivy System offers a dual-track product strategy combining ASP cloud services under the 'ivy ware' brand with on-premises document processing software. The ASP portfolio includes ivy STAR Scope (sales CRM), Web給与明細 (payroll slips), Web行動予定表 (scheduling), Webタイムカード (attendance), and docomo配送支援 (logistics) — all accessible via PC and mobile. The company also provides AI-OCR drawing recognition (HSS) and a Japanese document processing suite called やまと歌, which bundles text comparison (歌詠), proofreading (鶯), and optional legal text generation and image search modules. Custom development and office equipment sales complete the offering.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Custom Business Application Development (業務系アプリケーション受託開発) End-to-end custom application development and consulting service for enterprise business systems on Oracle-based open systems. Includes DX promotion, workstyle reform support, IT investment planning, RFP creation, and project management assistance. Covers database systems, chain store operations, financial/accounting, sales, HR/payroll, and XML/SGML documentation. Primary revenue stream since founding in 1989, serving Hokkaido-based and national enterprise clients.
• ivy STAR Scope Sales Activity Management System (営業活動支援システム) ASP-delivered sales CRM that visualizes team-wide sales information, enables knowledge sharing through blog-style daily reporting, manages customer and case information centrally, and provides analysis graph functions. Supports process-based activity tracking and analytics dashboards. Priced at 200,000 JPY initial setup + 50,000 JPY monthly for up to 20 users.
• Web Pay Slips (Web給与明細) Web-based paperless salary statement distribution system delivered via email, PDF, or browser. Supports CSV data import for integration with existing payroll systems. Targets payroll/HR functions for organizations seeking to eliminate paper payslip distribution and reduce administrative and postal costs.
• Web Schedule (Web行動予定表) Web-based activity schedule management system for team-wide schedule sharing. Accessible from PCs and mobile phones and functions as a simplified meeting room and equipment reservation tool for distributed teams.
• Web Time Card (Webタイムカード) Web-based time card / attendance recording system accessible via internet using only ID and password (no IC or magnetic cards required). Supports attendance management, daily confirmation, CSV export for payroll system integration, and employee information maintenance. Deployed across organizations with up to 200+ facilities and 1,200+ part-time employees.
• docomo Logistics Support System (docomo配送支援システム) Mobile-based delivery management system using QR code scanning to prevent misdeliveries and enable real-time delivery reporting from delivery centers. Works with standard mobile phones — no special terminal required. Implemented across approximately 1,500 stores in 5 regions covering 530 users for distribution logistics.
• HSS Drawing Recognition Solution (図面認識ソリューション) AI-OCR drawing recognition solution that reads illustrations and parts catalogs to automatically detect hot spots (symbol positions) and extract coordinate data for HTML conversion of paper parts catalogs. Includes server-based hot spot extraction and web-based verification tools. Reduces manual data entry for drawing catalogs.
• Yamato Uta (やまと歌) Document Comparison and Japanese Proofreading Software Suite Document comparison and Japanese proofreading software suite comprising UTAYOMi (歌詠) for multi-perspective document diff analysis using Levenshtein distance and similarity scoring, UGUHiSU (鸙) for Japanese text proofreading via pattern matching and MeCab morphological analysis, plus optional modules KASEN (歌仙) for legal text generation and WAKANA (若菜) for similar image search via Average Hash. Distributed and implemented by Ivy System on behalf of Crestec Co., Ltd. Perpetual license priced at 100,000 JPY excluding tax per installation.
• Office Equipment Sales (オフィス機器販売) Resale of NEC servers, PCs, and laser printers with maintenance support, plus specialized equipment including YAZAKI digital tachographs, OBC奉行 series business software, multifunction copiers, ticket machines, business phones, POS systems, UTM security devices, digital signage, and security cameras. Margin-based resale model.

Quantifiable outcome

• Paper cost and distribution cost reduction via Web Pay Slip (ペーバーレス化)
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers12 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability5 records

Feature6 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Crestec Co., Ltd. (株式会社クレステック)coreTechnology or IntegrationCrestec provides the core document comparison and text processing engine used in the Yamato Uta (YAMATO・UTA) software suite, which Ivy System distributes and implements. Ivy System uses Crestec's engines for the UTAYOMi, UGUHiSU, KASEN, and WAKANA modules. The trademark rights for the Yamato Uta product family are owned by Crestec.
• Confec Co., Ltd. (株式会社コンリック)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerIvy System co-developed with Confec to deliver the Yamato Uta document comparison function within the e-LAWS legal affairs support system used by the Cabinet Office's Central Government Ministries.
• HLC Co., Ltd. (株式会社エイチ・エル・シー)minorOthersListed as a related company in Ivy System's corporate overview. Nature of relationship appears to be affiliate/sister company within the same corporate group.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves1 record

Expansion highlights4 records

Emerging players

• Sansan: Business contact and sales intelligence platform (Eight / Sansan). Partial overlap with Ivy's ivy STAR Scope sales activity management CRM, particularly for companies digitizing field sales workflows.
• Confec Co., Ltd. Co-development partner with Ivy on the Cabinet Office e-LAWS legal document system. Operates in Japanese government digital workflow space and shares customer base with Ivy for central government document digitization.

Direct peers

• Money Forward: Cloud accounting, HR, and payroll SaaS suite serving Japanese SMBs and enterprises. Overlaps with Ivy's Web Pay Slips, scheduling, and time card products as well as broader back-office digital workflows.
• SmartHR: Cloud HR and payroll SaaS platform focused on employee data management and attendance. Competes head-on with Ivy's Web Time Card and payroll integration products for Japanese enterprises.
• freee K.K. Cloud HR, payroll, and finance SaaS provider in Japan. Directly competes with Ivy's Web Pay Slips and Web Time Card ASP offerings for SMB and mid-market customers seeking paperless HR workflows.
• Crestec Co., Ltd. Provider of document comparison and Japanese text processing technology underlying Ivy's Yamato Uta suite. Strategic technology partner and effectively the upstream technology owner for Ivy's document processing product line.

Broad incumbents

• Core Corporation: Mid-sized Japanese system integrator offering custom enterprise application development and IT services. Operates at larger scale than Ivy with similar Oracle-based systems development heritage.
• NTT Data Group: Largest Japanese system integrator offering end-to-end enterprise IT services, cloud, and government digital transformation. Represents the scaled incumbent that Ivy competes against for large national government and enterprise contracts.
• Fujitsu Limited: Global Japanese IT services and hardware provider with broad enterprise and government offerings. Overlaps with Ivy across custom development, government DX projects, and office hardware sales channels.
• Future Corporation: Japanese IT services and consulting firm providing custom enterprise systems, including HR/payroll and financial systems. Overlaps with Ivy's custom development and ASP service portfolio at larger scale.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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