What Takeda Printing does

Takeda Printing Co., Ltd. (竹田印刷株式会社) is the operating subsidiary of Takeda iP Holdings Co., Ltd., a Japan-listed holding company (TSE Standard Market and NSE Main Market following the April 2022 TSE segment revisions) headquartered in Nagoya, Aichi. Founded in 1924 as the printing division of Takeda Shoten and incorporated as Takeda Printing in 1950, the company operated for decades as a commercial printing firm before diversifying into semiconductor mask production (1987), logistics and warehousing (Komaki centers launched 2013), and ultimately a proprietary B2B cloud SaaS platform. Following the April 2023 transition to a holding company structure, Takeda Printing Co., Ltd. now houses the printing, software, and logistics businesses under parent Takeda iP Holdings.

The company's flagship digital product is TS-BASE Order Management (TS-BASE 受発注), a B2B-specific cloud SaaS platform that unifies order intake (受注), supplier purchasing (仕入), warehouse/inventory management (在庫/倉庫), and shipping (出荷) into a single configurable system. The platform comprises four interlocking subsystems — a buyer-facing order site, a supplier system (仕入先システム), a warehouse/WMS (倉庫システム), and an admin/management system — offered via three base plans and more than 50 selectable add-on features including per-customer-group display differentiation (up to 99,999 patterns), expiration-date and manufacturing-lot inventory tracking, multi-tier approval workflows, and native CSV-based integration with all six major Japanese parcel carriers (Sagawa, Yamato, Japan Post, Seino, Meitetsu, Fukuyama) plus customer ERP/core systems via EDI.

Revenue derives from three streams: (1) TS-BASE SaaS subscriptions combining a one-time setup fee (¥500,000–¥1,500,000) with monthly recurring fees (¥140,000–¥400,000), (2) optional master-data registration services, and (3) adjacent managed-logistics BPO operated from the company's owned Komaki and Kasugai warehouses under the TS-BASE Logistics sub-brand. Go-to-market is sales-led B2B, combining direct inside sales (phone 050-3734-9535 plus structured inquiry/quote/trial forms), a free 2-month trial, content marketing (blog plus ~20 downloadable resources), and trade-show presence (construction, medical devices, logistics). The buyer-side of the order site is free of charge; only the recipient-side business is billed, a pricing structure designed to reduce downstream adoption friction.

Name

Takeda Printing

Legal name

竹田印刷株式会社

Website

https://ts-base.jp

Company type

Public

Founded year

1924

Operating status

Operating

Short description

Takeda Printing, a 100-year-old Nagoya-based printing and logistics firm, sells TS-BASE — a B2B SaaS unifying order management, inventory, supplier procurement, and shipping for Japanese manufacturers, wholesalers, and trading firms.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

B2B Order Management Software

NAICS

Custom Computer Programming Services (541511), Computer Systems Design and Related Services (54151)

SIC

Services-Computer Programming, Data Processing, Etc. (7370), Services-Facilities Support Management Services (8744)

akta.pro primary industry

Process & Case Management Low-Code Platforms (HDAEAKAE)

akta.pro secondary industries

Configuration Management Database (CMDB) Platforms (HDAEALAE), Data App Builders (Forms, Portals & Internal Tools) (HDAEAKAK)

Keywords

• B2B order management
• Inventory management SaaS
• Warehouse management system
• Supplier order automation
• B2B cloud platform

Headquarters

HQ city

Nagoya

HQ country

Japan

HQ region

Asia

Offices5 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. TS-BASE 受発注 SaaS Subscription: B2B SaaS subscription combining one-time initial setup fee (¥500,000–¥1,500,000) with recurring monthly fee (¥140,000–¥400,000) per published pricing examples. Customers select from 3 base plans (受注＋出荷プラン / 受注プラン / 出荷プラン) plus modular add-on options. Minimum 1-year contract (per FAQ). Includes onboarding, customer success, and customization services. Order-placing buyers (発注者) are free; only the 受注 business pays.
2. Master Data Registration Service (optional): Optional paid service where Takeda Printing handles product/user master registration on the customer's behalf (quotation-based).
3. TS-BASE Logistics BPO Service: Adjacent managed logistics/BPO service operated from TS-BASE Komaki 1 & 2 warehouses (Komaki/Kasugai, Aichi) — order fulfillment, warehousing, and distribution handling for promotional materials and B2B goods. Sold as an add-on / bundled service.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Takeda Printing's core offering is TS-BASE 受発注 (TS-BASE Order Management), a B2B-specific cloud-based SaaS platform that unifies order intake, supplier purchasing, warehouse/inventory control, and shipping into a single configurable system. The platform is built from four interlocking subsystems — a user-facing order site, a supplier system, a warehouse management system (WMS), and an admin/management system — offered via three base plans and 50+ selectable add-on functions. Adjacent TS-BASE Series services extend the offering into logistics BPO, back-office support, and B2C mail-order operations.

Product overview

Takeda Printing's flagship digital offering is the TS-BASE (ティーエス・ベース) platform, anchored by TS-BASE 受発注 — a single SaaS product for BtoB order management that unifies order intake, supplier purchasing, warehouse/inventory control, and shipping. The architecture is a platform-plus-modules design: TS-BASE 受発注 is built from four interlocking subsystems (the user-facing 注文サイト order site, the 仕入先システム supplier system, the 倉庫システム warehouse/WMS, and the 管理者向け 管理システム management system), sold via three basic pricing plans (受注プラン, 出荷プラン, and the combined 受注＋出荷プラン) and a menu of more than 50 selectable add-on functions. Adjacent services in the TS-BASE Series — TS-BASE 物流 (logistics BPO), TS-BASE 事務局 (back-office), and TS-BASE 通販 (ToC mail-order/EC) — extend the platform so customers can cover order management, logistics, and peripheral operations through a single vendor relationship. The platform also integrates natively with major Japanese delivery carriers (Sagawa Express e飛伝Ⅲ, Yamato B2クラウド, Japan Post ゆうパックプリントR, Seino カンガルー・マジック, Meitetsu Webこぐまくん, Fukuyama iSTAR-X) and supports EDI/CSV-based core-system integration.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• TS-BASE Order Management (TS-BASE 受発注): Cloud-based B2B order management and inventory management system, the flagship SaaS offering of the TS-BASE Series.
• TS-BASE Logistics (TS-BASE 物流)
• TS-BASE Mail Order (TS-BASE 通販)
• TS-BASE Series (TS-BASEシリーズ)

Products and services

• TS-BASE 受発注 (TS-BASE Order Management) A B2B-focused cloud-based order management and inventory management system that unifies order intake, supplier purchasing, shipping, and warehouse operations. Composed of four combined subsystems — order site, supplier system, warehouse system, and management system — offering 50+ selectable functions and B2B-specific configurations for manufacturers, trading companies, wholesalers, and multi-location service chains.
• TS-BASE 物流 (TS-BASE Logistics) Adjacent BPO logistics service operated from Komaki (TS-BASE Komaki 1 and Komaki 2) and Kasugai, Aichi Prefecture, offering one-stop B2B/B2C logistics including storage, cargo handling, distribution processing, and shipping. Combinable with TS-BASE 受発注 for outsourced fulfillment, including promotional-goods and small-lot high-SKU logistics.
• TS-BASE 事務局 (TS-BASE Office / Secretariat)

Quantifiable outcome

• ~80% workload reduction in promotional-goods ordering (Moririn case)
• +7 more outcomes

Named customers15 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration10 records

Feature10 records

Partnerships

Ten partnerships are on record, tiered core integration partner, minor and major.

• 佐川急便 (Sagawa Express — e飛伝Ⅲ)core integration partnerTechnology or IntegrationPre-built CSV-based integration with Sagawa Express's waybill issuance system (e飛伝Ⅲ). TS-BASE 倉庫システム generates shipping CSV in e飛伝Ⅲ-compatible format for one-click upload; issued waybill data is read back into TS-BASE to update shipment status and trigger shipping-complete notifications to orderers.
• ヤマト運輸 (Yamato Transport — B2クラウド)core integration partnerTechnology or IntegrationPre-built CSV-based integration with Yamato Transport's B2クラウド waybill system. Same two-way data exchange pattern: shipping CSV → B2クラウド → waybill number → TS-BASE → orderer notification.
• 日本郵便 (Japan Post — ゆうパックプリントR)core integration partnerTechnology or IntegrationCSV-based integration with Japan Post's ゆうパックプリントR waybill system. Supports standard parcel-shipping label generation flow with auto-update of shipment status into TS-BASE.
• 西濃運輸 (Seino Transport — カンガルー・マジック)core integration partnerTechnology or IntegrationCSV-based integration with Seino Transport's カンガルー・マジック waybill system. Part of the six-carrier coverage enabling nationwide Japanese parcel shipping.
• 名鉄運輸 (Meitetsu Transport — Webこぐまくん)core integration partnerTechnology or IntegrationCSV-based integration with Meitetsu Transport's Webこぐまくん waybill system. Provides central-Japan region coverage complementing the major nationwide carriers.
• 福山通運 (Fukuyama Transport — iSTAR-X)core integration partnerTechnology or IntegrationCSV-based integration with Fukuyama Transport's iSTAR-X waybill system. Part of the six-carrier coverage.
• 株式会社ウキヨ (Ukiyo Co., Ltd.)minorGTM or Marketing PartnerCo-hosted webinar announced 2025-09-03. Specific topic and depth of partnership not detailed beyond joint seminar announcement.
• 株式会社凡美社 (Bonbi Inc.)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCustomer-cooperation on white-label order site — 凡美社 originally-designed branded TS-BASE order site 'B-logistics注文システム' co-developed with TS-BASE team for promotional-goods ordering workflow.
• 安藤ハザマ興業株式会社 (Ad Hazama Kogyo Co., Ltd.)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerJoint development project for 仕入先連携機能 (supplier-linkage module). TS-BASE team and Ad Hazama's office-support division co-developed functionality to extend order data downstream to suppliers (via FAX / email / dedicated supplier portal) and surface supplier shipment status back into the order site.
• 象印マホービン株式会社 (Zojirushi Corporation)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCustomer-driven co-development: TS-BASE CS team conducted on-site warehouse visits to identify optimization opportunities, resulting in custom features such as auto-grouping of same-product orders for picking efficiency and streamlined waybill-data output.

Scale indicators12 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• LOGILESS (Yuisin Inc.): LOGILESS is a Japan-focused SaaS WMS + order management platform for EC and B2B shippers, with built-in integrations to major Japanese carriers and marketplace platforms. Closely comparable product architecture to TS-BASE's WMS + order-site modules and targets a similar SMB/mid-market B2B EC shipper base.
• Infomart: Infomart (TYO: 2492) operates 'B2B\u30d7\u30e9\u30c3\u30c8\u30d5\u30a9\u30fc\u30e0', a leading Japan-domestic B2B ordering/EC platform connecting wholesalers and buyers. Direct competitor in the same core B2B-ordering SaaS category with overlapping target customers (wholesalers, manufacturers, trading companies) and similar FAX-replacement / digital ordering value proposition.
• Logizard Co., Ltd. Logizard provides cloud-based WMS (LOGIZARD) for 3PL and B2B fulfillment operators in Japan. Direct peer in the warehouse-management layer of TS-BASE, addressing similar small-lot, high-SKU B2B/B2C fulfillment needs and competing for the same logistics-center buyer.

Broad incumbents

• BIPROGY Inc. (formerly Nihon Unisys): BIPROGY is a major Japanese IT services vendor with logistics/SCM and order-management solutions for large enterprises and 3PLs. Broad incumbent competing for the same B2B ordering / warehouse IT wallet, particularly with mid-market and enterprise Japanese manufacturers and trading companies that TS-BASE also serves.
• ECbeing (Mitsui & Co. group):

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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