Objectives of the Foundation

In Japan, the utilization of IT in the economy and society has contributed to improvements in efficiency at production sites, as well as in mission-critical distribution systems and internal business processing within companies and corporate groups. In addition, with the growth of broadband and EDI (Electronic Data Interchange), the rationalization of businesses such as the increased speed of transactions, reductions in clerical costs, and reductions of inventory in corporate groups and industries has been achieved.

With the Japanese economy and society as a whole facing a falling birthrate and aging population, productivity reforms throughout industries need to be achieved, and there are pressing issues with regard to safety, security, and the environment including the strengthening of management of chemical substances, requirements for product safety management, environmentally-friendly measures such as recycling, etc.

New economic and social issues cannot be addressed by the independent activities of individual companies. Chemical substance information and product safety information must be relayed to material manufacturers, parts manufacturers, finished products manufacturers, logistics service providers, dealers/distributors, maintenance service providers, recycling manufacturers, and waste disposal companies, and a system to share necessary information among all industries needs to be developed.

To realize these infrastructures for the information economy and society, it is necessary to have discussions from a cross-sectoral point of view about solutions for cross-industry issues that require common responses across individual sectors, in order construct an information-sharing system that goes beyond the boundaries of industries and business relationships, while realizing total optimization and assuring interoperability as well as avoiding overlapping investment.

Furthermore, in the development and promotion of infrastructure for the information economy and society, the relaunched Japan Electronic Data Interchange Council (JEDIC) will be established as a forum to gain commitment and consensus from corporate top management to broadly promote activities related to infrastructure for industries relied upon by citizens and consumers.

We would like to ask all those concerned for their understanding regarding the above objectives and their participation in the Japan Electronic Data Interchange Council (JEDIC).

December 21, 2007
Founders of the Japan Electronic Data Interchange Council (JEDIC)

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