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The movement toward computer investment to sharpen the competitive
edge of businesses is still strong. Increasing focus is being placed on inno-
vation and improving efficiency of in-house activities, improving customer
service, and strengthening tie-ups with business partners through the use
of IT systems. The Open Systems Division provides services, from systems
consultation, design, and implementation to the introduction, installation,
operation, and maintainance of the systems, together with various kinds
of IT infrastructures.
Demand for PC server-centered client server (C/S) system services, such as providing sys-
tems infrastructures, introducing and installing the systems, and supplying system operation
and maintenance services, is growing.
In the systems consulting, designing, and constructing services, we established a business
group specializing in enterprise resources planning and computer telephony integration systems
in the second half of fiscal 1999 and acquired a large-scale project extending through fiscal 2000.
The Open Systems Division’s alliances with the Control Components and Systems Division
and the Social Systems Division are expanding steadily.
We sold OMRON Microcomputer Systems Co., Ltd. (OMS), of the Open Systems Division, to
Soft Bank Corporation. Consequently, OMS was excluded from OMRON’s consolidated finan-
cial accounts after August 1998. OMS’s main areas of business involve the wholesale of PC-
related hardware, various peripheral devices, and software.
Open Systems
5.7%
OMRON offers clients added value in IT systems by
combining the latest technology with comprehensive
services.
As Component
of Net Sales