BELLSYSTEM24, Inc. (Head Office: Minato-ku, Tokyo; President, CEO: Hiroshi Kajiwara; hereinafter "BELLSYSTEM24"), which has 40 years of experience in designing and operating contact centers and BPO (business process outsourcing) in a wide range of industries, and Blueship Co., Ltd. (Head Office: Shibuya-ku, Tokyo; President & CEO: Keigo Sugizaki; hereinafter "Blueship"), which provides a wide range of support services for local governments such as DX for administrative service procedures, have concluded a business alliance agreement with the aim of developing and promoting sales of new resident contact point services that support local governments DX. Through this alliance, the two companies aim to further strengthen their collaborative relationship and solve issues unique to local governments, while developing and providing services tailored to themes common to local governments.
Based on the Municipal Digital Transformation (DX) Promotion Plan put forward by the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, individual local governments are acting to adopt standardized and common information systems and move administrative procedures online. Their aim is to improve convenience for residents and enhance administrative services by increasing the work efficiency of local government staff. However, with a sudden digitalization linked to national policy, such as of benefit payments, local governments often need to construct systems and prepare to run them in a short period of time, causing some to struggle with urgent launches or lack of time. BELLSYSTEM24 provides a range of services that include business reform support, having introduced the latest solutions such as AI and voice recognition, and DX human resource development support, which are based on the knowledge it has accumulated in its contact centers and back-office operations, to more than 250 local governments to date. We support municipal DX initiatives aimed at improving services for highly diverse residents and improving the work efficiency of local government staff. Blueship helps improve resident services and reduce the burden on local government staff by providing DX services geared to the issues faced by local governments. This includes, for instance, enabling speedy system construction when there is little time to implementation, such as with payments of special flat-rate benefits that make use of knowledge about local government work.
To date, the two companies have jointly promoted municipal DX and provided contact point services for residents, such as the "Fujisawa City Contact Center" to create a digital city hall in Fujisawa City and the "Wage Increase Promotion Project for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises" in Nara Prefecture, doing so by combining their knowledge and know-how with regard to each local government. Going forward, we have decided to collaborate to develop new services that are attuned to local governments' common needs ahead of time, so that we can smoothly respond to unexpected matters that require digitalization in the area of contact points for residents.
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The two companies aim to generate three billion yen sales in FY2026 through the development and provision of services by both companies as part of this collaboration. Going forward, we will continue to contribute to the municipal DX by developing and providing services that are relevant to the issues and concerns of local governments by combining the strengths of both companies. Moreover, we will utilize the knowledge we have cultivated in the area of local governments to consider approaches to solving problems and improving service convenience in other areas.
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In 1982, BELLSYSTEM24 launched its first full-fledged call center service in Japan. Since then, we have developed a wide range of outsourcing businesses centered on contact centers that serve as points of contact between businesses and consumers, creating an industry-standard model. Based on the operational expertise we have cultivated by combining the strengths of "people" and "technology," we will realize our "sustain the prosperity of society, through innovation and communication," which is our purpose, by developing and providing various solutions.
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