Takafumi Endo

Last year saw significant changes in economic and social assumptions, with signs of improvement in economic activity, including the normalization of global supply chains and an increase in inbound demand, driven by infection control measures like COVID-19 vaccination and efforts to ensure continuity of life and business amidst the ongoing pandemic.

Apollo GraphQL and SaaS are transforming modern data processing, enabling efficient API integration, real-time responses, and scalable solutions for web and mobile applications.

As remote work and online lessons have become more common due to COVID-19, the demand for audio devices such as earphones has expanded alongside the increased use of online conferencing platforms like Zoom.

Over the past few years, the keyword "digital transformation" has rapidly increased in prominence in both media coverage and documentation. As all companies, regardless of industry size, promote a variety of DX initiatives, the discussion is increasingly focusing on the use of digital technology not only to improve operational efficiency but also to create new business models and revenue streams.

In recent years, Kotlin has been attracting attention as a server-side development language, and while it is most commonly recognized for its use in Android app development, more and more startups and major tech companies (Adobe, AWS, Expedia, etc.) are actively adopting Kotlin for server-side development as well.

In recent years, the term "design engineering" has become increasingly common in software development. In the past, design engineering was discussed as an industrial design field that involved many people involved in the manufacturing and construction of the target product, and as an approach to both pursuing convenience and utility for the user and reducing lead time and maximizing loss efficiency in the manufacturing process in the manufacturing process, which involves a wide range of processes. Recently, this approach has been expanding into the realm of software development.

The use of new digital technologies has become a prerequisite for many new businesses of major companies across all industry sectors. These technologies, such as SaaS tools, enable companies to build operations quickly and cost-effectively.

The development of the Internet network and the proliferation of personal computers, smartphones, and other IoT devices have led to the emergence of numerous digital platform companies.

ROUTE06 began migrating all company workspaces to GitHub in January 2022. All employees have GitHub accounts, and in corporate and marketing operations, documents such as minutes and business guidelines are created and tasks are managed on GitHub on a daily basis.

Today's press conference and press release announced the launch of MEX, an e-scrap trading platform operated by Mitsubishi Materials Corporation. As a partner company of MMC, I had the opportunity to attend the press conference and explain MMC's digitalization strategy, MMDX (Mitsubishi Materials Digital Business Transformation), and the potential of MEX.

Sogo & Seibu and ROUTE06 jointly issued a press release on the development of OMO store. )," in collaboration with AWL, HEY, Logikura and other partners to provide OMO (Online Merges with Offline) structure and services.