Japan’s Fuji Xerox, 4 others set up product database
TOKYO – Fuji Xerox Co and four other companies have established an application service provider (ASP) joint venture to lease product traceability database software to businesses, the Nihon Keizai Shimbun reported.
Capitalized at 15 mln yen, the joint venture is 51 pct owned by eBASE Co, an Osaka software developer, while other shareholders include NEC Corp and Toppan Printing Co , Nikkei said in a weekend edition.
This joint venture leases the software online to manufacturers and suppliers, as well as wholesalers and retailers, it said.
Users on the supply side are charged 5,000 yen per month, excluding taxes. The monthly charge for users on the sales side is set at 50,000 yen per month, excluding taxes, it said.
The paper added that because the development of a new product traceability database could cost as much as several hundred million yen, the joint venture hopes to tap demand among small businesses.