- Full Name
- PLANET,INC.
- Address
- Bunka Hoso (Nippon Cultural Broadcasting) Media Plus Building,
3rd Floor1-31 Hamamatsucho, Minato-ku, Tokyo 105-0013 - Date of establishment
- August 1, 1985
- Capital
- ¥ 436,100,000
- Listing
- The Standard Market of the Tokyo Stock Exchange
(Securities code：2391) - Main financing banks
- MUFG Bank, Mizuho Bank
- URL
- https://www.planet-van.co.jp/english/
- Major shareholders
- ・Lion Corporation
・The Master Trust Bank of Japan, Ltd.(Retirement Benefit Trust Account, INTEC Inc. Account )
・Unicharm Corporation
・Johnson Company, Limited
・S. T. Corporation
・Nippon Paper Crecia Co., Ltd.
・Cow Brand Soap Kyoshinsha Co., Ltd.
・individual
・individual
・Kobayashi Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd
・Unilever Japan Customer Marketing K.K.
・Kracie,Ltd.
(as of July 31,2024)
Directors
- Representative Director and President
- Masakazu Sakata
- Representative Director and Vice President
- Toshio Matsumoto
- Directors
- Wataru Kawamura
Masayuki Takemori
Takayuki Kitaoka
Tetsuro Yoshimatsu
Ayako Takano - Directors(Audit and Supervisory Committee Members)
- Hiroshi Yamamoto
Shinichi Iwanari
Tatsuhiko Kamata
(as of October 24,2024)
Exective Officers
- President and Chief Executive Officer
- Masakazu Sakata
- Vice President and Exective Officer
- Toshio Matsumoto
- Exective Officers
- Wataru kawamura
Shigeharu Takiyama
Hidetomo Uehara
Yoshitsugu Imamura
(as of October 24,2024)
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Company History
- 1985 .
- PLANET founded; capital: ¥ 240 million
Shareholders at that time: Lion Corporation, Unicharm Corporation, Shiseido Co., Ltd., Sunstar Inc., Johnson Company, Limited, Jujo Kimberly (current name: Nippon Paper Crecia Co., Ltd.), S.T. Chemicals (current name: S.T. Corporation),
Cow Brand Soap Kyoshinsha Co., Ltd., Intec Inc. - 1986 .
- Purchasing data, sales data go online
Order data, invoice verification data go online - 1987 .
- Awarded “Nikkei Marketing Journal Prize” at annual Nikkei MJ Superior Products Awards
- 1988 .
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FAX ordering system goes online
Publication of “PLANET van van” newsletter - 1991 .
- Inventory data goes online
- 1994 .
- Item tracking data goes online
- 1995 .
- Issuance of “Total EDI Summary Report,” Announcement of “100% Online Order Placement/Receipt Concept”
Contracted by All Japan (Home Products) Wholesalers’ Network - 1996 .
- Introduction of Comprehensive Business Interface Form (beginning of switch to new form transmission format)
- 1997 .
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EDI for Procurement goes online
CPG product database service goes online - 1998 .
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Announcement of “Vision for Optimal and Effective Supply chain management (VOES)
“Retailer-Wholesaler EDI Summary Report (“WES,” new edition)” published in cooperation with the All Japan Cosmetics and Daily Necessities Wholesalers’ Association.
Launch of location database service - 1999 .
- Downsizing of EDI for Enterprise Systems (in response to TCP/ＩP)
- 2000 .
- Pet industry begins using the product database
- 2001 .
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Launch of Web-based order placement/receipt service
Launch of Web-based EDI service for procurement
Launch of single-portal “Buyers’ Net ® ” service - 2002 .
- Personal care industry announces use of EDI services
- 2003 .
- Pet industry introduces Comprehensive Business Interface Form
- 2004 .
- IPO on JASDAQ
Acquisition of ISMS Conformity Assessment Scheme accreditation - 2005 .
- Launch of Internet EDI” SMOOTHEDI ® ”
- 2006 .
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Launch of Product master registration support services
Launch of sales report services
Publication of “How To Succeed As A PLANET-type IT Business” book, and the “EDI Explained” pamphlet - 2007 .
- Acquisition of ISMS International Standard (ＩＳＯ27001) certification
- 2008 .
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Customer Communications, Ltd., becomes an affiliate
Received transfer of Japan self-medication database operations - 2009 .
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Launch of the OTC medicine instruction database service
Converted communication protocol for all EDI services to “Zengin TCP/IP” and “AS2” - 2010 .
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Offices moved to Bunka Hoso Media Plus Building, 1-31 Hamamatsucho, Minato-ku, Tokyo
Connected product database with FDB, the data pool for the liquor and processed food industry. - 2012 .
- In our first change of president in 19 years, Hiromasa Tamanyu became the Company’s chairman, and Masakatsu Tagami was appointed President and Chief Executive Officer
- 2013 .
- Launch of "MITEOS", the web-based EDI service
- 2015 .
- Issuance of survey report “Mindset and activities that enhance inbound consumption of CPGs and OTCs”
- 2016 .
- Reached agreement to establish joint venture that will conduct the cross-border distribution platform business in China
- 2019 .
- Renewal of Web-based order placement system
- 2020 .
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Formulation of ”The summary of logistics EDI”
Advanced shipping notice data goes online - 2022 .
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Masakazu Sakata was appointed President and Chief Executive Officer
Receipt inspection data goes online - 2023 .
- Launch of POS data cleansing services
