UPWARD X NEC SIGNED A SALES PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT.　

(LOCATION: CHIYODA-KU, TOKYO; PRESIDENT AND CEO: RYUSUKE KANEKI), WHICH PROVIDES "UPWARD," APP SUPPORTS CREATIVE WORK STYLES OF OUTSIDE AND VISITING SALES REPRESENTATIVES, AND NEC CORPORATION (HEADQUARTERS: MINATO-KU, TOKYO; DIRECTOR, REPRESENTATIVE EXECUTIVE OFFICER, PRESIDENT AND CEO: TAKAYUKI MORITA; HEREINAFTER "NEC"), WHICH OPERATES IT SERVICES AND SOCIAL INFRASTRUCTURE BUSINESSES, HAVE SIGNED A SALES PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT. (NEC), A PROVIDER OF IT SERVICES AND SOCIAL INFRASTRUCTURE, HAVE SIGNED A SALES PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT, AND NEC WILL BEGIN SELLING UPWARD IN FEBRUARY 2025.

Background and Significance of the Sales Agreement 

FIELD SALES IS A DIRECT CUSTOMER TOUCHPOINT AND SALES CHANNEL, AND IS ALSO THE FINAL DIFFERENTIATING FACTOR OF A COMPANY. AS THE CUSTOMER TOUCHPOINT IS FURTHER REDEFINED AFTER THE CORONA DISASTER, MANAGEMENT AND BEHAVIORAL REFORMS THROUGH DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION ARE URGENTLY NEEDED, BUT THIS IS ALSO AN AREA WHERE MANY COMPANIES ARE BEHIND OR UNABLE TO PROMOTE DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION. HOWEVER, THIS IS ALSO AN AREA IN WHICH MANY COMPANIES ARE LATE IN PROMOTING DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION OR HAVE YET TO DO SO.

IN THIS CONTEXT, UPWARD CORPORATION, A PROVIDER OF FIELD WORKER-SPECIFIC DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION SOLUTIONS, AND UPWARD CORPORATION, A PROVIDER OF FIELD WORKER-SPECIFIC DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION SOLUTIONS, IN ORDER TO PROVIDE DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION SUBSEQUENT ESSENTIAL SUCCESS IN FIELD SALES, REGARDLESS OF GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION, NEC, A SOLUTION PARTNER TO MANY COMPANIES, HAS ENTERED INTO A SALES PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT WITH UPWARD, INC.

WITH THE CONCLUSION OF THIS AGREEMENT, NEC WILL PROMOTE THE INTRODUCTION OF UPWARD, WHICH REALIZES THE DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION FIELD SALES, TO COMPANIES NATIONWIDE THAT ARE SEEKING TO IMPROVE SALES EFFICIENCY. UPWARD WILL CONTRIBUTE TO THE IMPROVEMENT OF PRODUCTIVITY OF MORE COMPANIES BY SUPPORTING SALES OPERATIONS, INCLUDING THE EFFICIENT CREATION AND AGGREGATION OF DAILY SALES REPORTS.

 UPWARD will be linked with EXPLANNER/Ax, an ERP system provided by NEC, to combine information based on sales activities, such as the number of visits by customer and the amount of activity by salesperson, with information based on product management, such as sales results by product and inventory information. Through this linkage, NEC will contribute to the efficiency and optimization of business operations, including the planning of optimal sales strategies and product development, the improvement of customer service quality, and the visualization of management indicators.

https://jpn.nec.com/upward/index.html

Masaoki Tomizawa, Executive Manager, Industrial digital transformation Division, NEC Corporation comments 

WE ARE VERY PLEASED TO ENTER INTO A DISTRIBUTION PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT WITH UPWARD CORPORATION AND TO BEGIN OFFERING UPWARD TO OUR CUSTOMERS. 

WE SUPPORT COMPANIES THAT PROMOTE DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION ORDER TO ACHIEVE FURTHER GROWTH EVEN IN THE FACE OF A SHRINKING WORKFORCE. WE WILL CONTRIBUTE TO SOLVING MANAGEMENT AND SALES ISSUES THROUGH SYNERGY EFFECTS WITH OUR SOLUTIONS.

Masaki Ishida, Executive Officer, COO, Business Group General Manager, UPWARD K.K. Comment 

WE ARE VERY HONORED TO BE WORKING WITH NEC. BY COMBINING NEC'S KNOWLEDGE AND NETWORK, WHICH HAS A NATIONWIDE SALES NETWORK AND HAS SUPPORTED MANY COMPANIES IN THEIR IT IMPLEMENTATION, WITH UPWARD, WHICH INNOVATES THE LAST MILE OF FIELDWORKERS, WE WILL CONTRIBUTE TO THE DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION OF SMALL AND MIDSIZE COMPANIES NATIONWIDE THAT ARE STRUGGLING TO TAKE THE FIRST STEP, ESPECIALLY IN THE FIELD SALES AREA, WHERE CHANGE IS URGENTLY NEEDED. WE WILL CONTRIBUTE TO THE DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION SMALL AND MIDSIZE COMPANIES NATIONWIDE THAT ARE STRUGGLING TO DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION THE FIRST STEP IN THE FIELD OF FIELD SALES.

About NEC 

FOR MORE THAN 120 YEARS, NEC HAS BEEN WORKING TO SOLVE SOCIAL ISSUES BY UTILIZING CUTTING-EDGE TECHNOLOGIES AND ABUNDANT KNOWLEDGE. TO CREATE SOCIAL VALUES OF "SAFETY, SECURITY, FAIRNESS, AND EFFICIENCY" THROUGH INNOVATION, NEC IMPLEMENTS INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGIES AND PROVIDES NEW VALUE TO SOCIETY WHILE COLLABORATING AND CO-CREATING WITH PARTNERS IN VARIOUS FIELDS. WE AIM TO REALIZE A SUSTAINABLE SOCIETY IN WHICH EVERYONE CAN FULLY REALIZE THEIR HUMANITY. 

NEC Official Website: https://jpn.nec.com/index.html

ABOUT UPWARD

 UPWARD IS A SALES ENGAGEMENT SERVICE THAT OPTIMIZES FIELD SALES REPRESENTATIVES SALES ACTIVITIES BY UTILIZING ADVANCED LOCATION-BASED TECHNOLOGY TO SEMI-AUTOMATICALLY DETECT AND LOG SALES ACTIVITY DATA TO CRM. BY STREAMLINING THE WORK OF FIELD WORKERS, UPWARD DRAWS OUT THEIR CREATIVITY AND ENCOURAGES THE GROWTH OF COMPANIES AND SOCIETY.

Today, many large and growing companies are adopting the system, especially in industries where door-to-door activities are important. The contract retention rate is as high as 99%.

Click here for service introduction materials: https://upward.jp/downloads/servicematerial/

PR Team, Corporate Group Division, UPWARD Corporation
E-mail: pr@upward.jp

NEC Industrial digital transformation Division
E-mail: upward@idx.jp.nec.com