Our Employee Selected as "100 Super SEs" at IT Excellence Awards Ceremony

On January 31, 2024, MISUMI Group Inc. (Headquarters: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Japan; Representative Director and President: Ryusei Ono) participated in the award ceremony of the 39th Comprehensive IT Strategy Conference hosted by the Japan Institute of Information Technology (“JIIT”) and received the "IT Excellence Award (in the area of Solving Social Issues)” ^*1. In addition, our employee was selected as one of the "100 Super SEs (Individual Award for IT Excellence)”.

“100 Super SEs” is awarded by JIIT to individuals from the 2023 IT Excellence Award recipient companies who are recognized for their outstanding achievements and contributions as IT professionals, with the ultimate goal of selecting 100 individuals. This year, nine individuals were selected from the winning companies. Takashi Michihiro, an employee of the company and president of DT Dynamics^*2 Corporation, was selected as the 62nd recipient.

Takashi Michihiro leads the development team of a machine parts procurement platform that provides value to customers in the global manufacturing industry by utilizing shape recognition technology from 3D CAD data and cloud computing technology.
As part of his efforts to ensure the stable operation of the system, he actively implemented advanced tools for autoscaling infrastructure, caching, and monitoring technologies. He also improved vulnerability assessment, data encryption, and firewalls to make security operations more robust.

A joint venture company established on September 1, 2022 by spinning off the development unit of meviy, an AI platform for machine parts procurement, with the aim of accelerating the development and global expansion of meviy.

With meviy, customers simply upload a 3D model of a mechanical component, the AI automatically provides an instant quote, and our unique Digital Manufacturing System enables an order to be shipped in one day at the earliest.
meviy is a platform that eliminates perceived inefficiencies in parts procurement by reducing the time customers traditionally spend procuring mechanical components by more than 90%.
meviy received the Prime Minister's Prize at the Ninth Monodzukuri Nippon Grand Awards, achieved the No. 1 market share in Japan for three consecutive years, and is highly regarded for its contributions to improving productivity in the manufacturing industry. For our global customers, the range of services on each meviy website is expanding. meviy delivers "time value" to customers worldwide through digital transformation in component procurement.

MISUMI sells mechanical components required on-site for factory automation, as well as tools, consumables, and other products to more than 320,000 companies* worldwide. We wear two hats: a manufacturer with manufacturing functions and a distributor of other company’s branded products. With this unique business model, supported by a solid business base, MISUMI achieves "globally reliable, quick delivery" for greater customer convenience. (* As of March 2023)