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About DAIS

Sumitomo Corporation’s digital and AI strategy is about
putting technology to work to transform industries through our deployment capability.

Digital technology and AI don’t transform society or industry on their own. They do so only when they’re put into practice.

That’s why Sumitomo Corporation goes beyond imagining what’s possible. We turn possibility into action.

By building digital and AI skills across our workforce and fostering agile collaboration across our 900 Group companies, we empower our people to apply technology where it can make a real difference.

Together with customers and partners around the world, we are addressing real business and societal challenges, developing solutions and creating new value for the future.

DAIS Introduction Movie Introducing Sumitomo Corporation’s “DAIS” (Digital & AI Strategy) & Related Businesses

Pillar Three pillars supporting the growth of DAIS

Business Initiatives Across
the Three Pillars Toward FY2030

  • Pillar 1

    Double Profits : Compared with FY2025

    Operating Profit Margin : 15% or Higher

  • Pillar 2

    Improving Group ROIC : Through Revenue Growth and Cost Reductions

  • Pillar 3

    Creating New Revenue Streams : Through Collaboration Between Sumitomo Corporation Group and SCSK

Quantifiable Impact of DAIS by FY2030 ROIC +1.0% (Compared with FY2025)

Driving Transformation Across Industries & Society

The Future of Society and Industry
Shaped by the Sumitomo Corporation Group

  • Building a Digital Ecosystem for Urban Development

    Enhancing energy efficiency, promoting residents’ health management, and strengthening disaster-prevention and mitigation through digital technologies.

  • Investment and Financing Lifecycle AI Platform

    Streamline information gathering and analysis during investment evaluation and improve the quality of decision-making.

  • Infrastructure Maintenance Using Next-Generation Communications and AI

    Addressing workforce shortages in social-infrastructure inspection by providing efficient, digital-powered solutions.

  • Transforming Supply Chains

    Optimizing industrial supply chains worldwide to improve efficiency and ensure stable delivery.

  • Enhancement of Supply-Demand Balancing for Renewable Energy

    Making frontline operations data-driven and optimizing earnings.

  • Advancement of Retail Businesses

    Integrating and analyzing customer data from supermarkets, drugstores, and other retail channels to develop services tailored to individual consumers.

  • Digital Infrastructure and Industrial Base Development & Expansion

    Data centers, telecommunications infrastructure, power systems and semiconductor-related facilities, etc.

Partners Key Sumitomo Corporation Group Partners Driving DAIS Forward

  • SCSK

    The Sumitomo Corporation Group’s IT services company, providing end-to-end solutions spanning consulting, development, operations, and business process outsourcing (BPO). SCSK supports the Group’s core IT systems and digital transformation infrastructure.

  • SC Digital

    The Sumitomo Corporation Group’s marketing DX specialist, providing comprehensive support from customer insights and customer experience (CX) design to data infrastructure implementation and marketing operations.

  • Insight Edge

    The Sumitomo Corporation Group’s DX technology specialist, leveraging AI and a wide range of digital technologies to drive business transformation, from initial concept development through to system implementation.

History The History of Digital Innovation at Sumitomo Corporation

Sumitomo Corporation’s journey in digital innovation began in 1969.
Over the years, we evolved with the times, expanding from IT to digital transformation & AI.

In the late 1960s, Sumitomo Corporation began computerizing its internal operations while sending employees to the United States to study advances in the computer industry. Based on their findings and input, we established Sumisho Computer Service (SCS) in 1969, marking the beginning of our digital business.

In 1975, we established Sumisho Electronics (SSE) to provide maintenance services. Following a series of reorganizations and mergers, these businesses eventually evolved into SCSK, which today offers a comprehensive range of IT services.

Over the years, we have expanded into new fields, including networking, cybersecurity, semiconductors, and data-driven marketing. The establishment of the DX Center in 2018 marked another milestone, further strengthening our capabilities across digital transformation and AI.

  • 1969

    Est. of Sumisho Computer Service Corporation

  • 1975

    Est. of Sumisho Electronics Co., Ltd.

  • 1992

    Company name changed from Sumisho Computer Services to Sumisho Computer Systems

  • 2005

    Sumisho Computer Systems and Sumisho Electronics merge

  • 2011

    SCSKSumisho Computer Systems and CSK merge, renamed SCSK

  • 2017

    Est. of Chief Information Officer (CIO)
    Est. of SC Digital Media (now SC Digital)

  • 2018

    Inauguration of DX Center at Sumitomo Corporation

  • 2019

    Est. of Chief Digital Officer (CDO)
    Est. of Insight Edge

  • 2024

    SCSKSubsidiarization of Net One Systems Co., Ltd.
    Est. of GX Concierge

  • 2025

    Formulated the Digital AI Strategy (DAIS)
    Made SCSK a wholly owned subsidiary

  • 2026

    Est. of Digital & AI Group