Mr. Okura: To tell the truth, the direct trigger was that the maintenance period of the accounting software we were using then was about to expire. In addition, no further services were going to be provided because of the software company's policy, we were forced to replace it with a new accounting software product. The maintenance period was expiring in April 2012 and so we desperately needed to establish a business environment to make new accounting software up and running without trouble by that time. After wide-ranging examination, we finally decided to introduce TRANS-Account.

Mr. Okura: There are many merits. Among them, the greatest merit is that TRANS-Account enables to digitize any report that it outputs, which makes secondary processing of such data easier -- The feature is a material difference from the existing system. Previously, it was impossible to extract certain data immediately when necessary. Suppose you wanted to know profit and loss by ship, you had to output relevant data set from the accounting software in a PDF file, and then an accountant picked up data and computed with a calculator and/or spreadsheet software.
In TRANS-Account, however, with management items already established, you can take out necessary data easily such as profit and loss by ship or by route, or expenses incurred at each port. Extraction by currency type is also possible. Compatible with very popular spreadsheet software, it performs calculation and processing operation smoothly.

Mr. Okura: First of all, it is very useful in financialstatements audit. For example, when a question such as "Why did the cost of this part increase compared with the last year?" arises, our accountant has to do a search each time.
TRANS-Account, however, has the data in its system and we can take necessary data out of it right away. Now we don't need to have the certified public accountants wait for a long time in audits till we finish preparing for requested material. Responding to financial statements audit previously required engagement of all the staff in our accounting department, but now, with TRANS-Account, two staff members are enough.
As for details, TRANS-Account has a "drill-down" function, which is one of our accountant's favorites. Starting with the highest-level number in a trial balance, the function lets you find general ledgers and slips as you double-click on numbers. You don't need to search for slips to know which slips make up certain figures -- all you have to do is click. Moreover, as I said earlier, it has made sales analysis easier -- analysis of which route made more money, or where the costs increased, and what's the factor of it – and so on.
Now that we have every data in the system, the work efficiency has been improved greatly thanks to that human errors do not happen. Frank opinion from those who work at the job site is that they can spend more time in performing sales analysis, not number crunching with a calculator. It's very commendable that TRANS-Account has enabled our accountants to work more productively and creatively, not just chase figures.