Works Applications Co., Ltd. is an ERP system manufacturer in Japan, headquartered in Minato, Tokyo. It has business in the development, sales and support package system. Its product AI Works is a cloud-based ERP system based on machine learning technologies (AI) to automate tasks and improve processes.
Overview
Works Applications was founded on July 24, 1996, and is headquartered in Tokyo, Minato-ku, Japan. According to Bloomberg, the company is the "biggest Japanese vendor of business software for payroll and human resources" in 2015. Its customers include government agencies, major trading companies, manufacturers and other big companies from Japan and outside Japan. According to the company, it had more than 7,000 customers as of 2016.
Its product AI Works operates by offering every employee a personal assistant. AI Works studies and analyzes operational log data generated from daily operations and makes predictions based on the task at hand and user’s position.
History
1996 July - establishment September - "COMPANY" HR Series officially launched 2001 April - "COMPANY Web Service" officially launched December - JASDAQ (OTC) market listing 2002 September - "COMPANY Assignment & Project Management" officially launched 2003 April - "COMPANY Knowledge Information Portal" officially launched May - HR product accounts for largest market share in Japan 2004 May - "COMPANY" AC series officially shipped June - "COMPANY Learning Management" officially launched 2008 Established a technology research department by the name of Advanced Technology & Engineering Division (ATE) 2009 April - "COMPANY" SCM series officially shipped 2010 May - "COMPANY" EC series officially shipped 2014 February - industry, academia and government joint research project / COMPANY Innovation Academy "Economic analysis of companies in the human resources allocation mechanism" announced October - AI-based ERP system announced by the name of AI Works November - "LaKeel Messenger" by Works Applications officially shipped 2015 India based IVTL (Infoview Technologies Pvt Ltd) consolidated with Works Applications My number management platform "My Number Keeping System Powered by Works Applications (MKS)" provided free of charge announcement 2016 July - Subsidiary, Ariel Networks, Inc., consolidated with Works Applications 2017 February - Established "WAP Tokushima Laboratory of AI and NLP"
Awards and rankings "Think Big AWS Leadership Award", by Amazon Web Service in 2014 "Good Design Award" for AI Works, by the Japan Institute of Design Promotion in 2015 Ranked "Best Workplace in Asia" by the Great Place to Work Institute in 2017 Received “Best Company” award for 3 consecutive years from "Best Workplaces in Asia" in April 2017
See also Enterprise resource planning
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