uSonar Ranked 6th Overall in ITreview Best Software in Japan 2023

uSonar Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo; Chairman: Nami Fukutomi; President: Katsuhito Nagatake; hereinafter "the Company"), which supports corporate sales DX through databases, is pleased to announce that it has ranked 6th in the "ITreview Best Software in Japan 2023" awards, hosted by ITreview, one of Japan's largest cloud service review sites.

This award recognizes the top 50 products that have received the highest user ratings over the past year. Our customer data integration solution, "uSonar," achieved 6th place out of approximately 7,300 products and services.

ITreview Best Software in Japan 2023 selects SaaS, software, and IT services supported by ITreview users.
This annual initiative recognizes the Top 50 products that have gained significant user appreciation over the past year, standing out among the most prominent SaaS and software solutions on the business front line for their exceptional customer satisfaction and brand awareness.
This year's ranking features products that collected a sufficient number of reviews between April 2022 and March 2023, reflecting high praise from customers.

uSonar is the definitive tool for achieving sales DX through data utilization. Here are the answers to three frequently asked questions.

Q1. What Departments and Challenges Is This Tool Designed For?
It is primarily implemented to address challenges in the following four business areas:
Marketing Department: Sales Target Selection and Market Share Analysis
• Gaining insights into market penetration at the office level and creating lists by group or office unit.
Sales Department: SFA/CRM Integration and Data Utilization
• Moving away from manual, time-consuming target list creation.
• Easily and accurately registering client information to reduce administrative tasks and focus on sales activities.
Information Systems Department: Data Infrastructure Construction and Operational Support
• Centralizing data across systems, resolving notation inconsistencies, and normalizing and updating information.
General Affairs and Finance Department: Secure Client Management
• Performing primary screening for companies requiring caution, such as anti-social forces, and ensuring invoice compliance.
Learn more here: https://usonar.co.jp/

Q2. Why Is It Capable of Supporting Such a Wide Range of Business Operations?
The secret lies in LBC, one of Japan's largest corporate databases.
uSonar is a cloud service that provides LBC, a proprietary corporate database covering the activities of most corporations and businesses in Japan. LBC manages data using unique codes, ranging from the branch and factory level to corporate groups and affiliations. It boasts a coverage rate of over 99% and includes more than 8.2 million locations. There are over 80 types of attribute items linked to each code.
Learn more here: https://usonar.co.jp/service/lbc/index.html

Q3. What Kind of Companies Are Using It?
It has been implemented by over 800 companies, primarily large enterprises, across various industries and sectors.
Learn more here: https://usonar.co.jp/news

We are honored that our uSonar was selected as the 6th ranked product in ITreview's Best Software in Japan 2023.
Our company also received high evaluations in a total of seven categories at the recent ITreview Grid Award 2023 Spring. We are delighted to be ranked 6th out of approximately 800 total categories, and to have received the highest recognition within the corporate database category to which our service belongs. At the same time, being recognized alongside such renowned services is a humbling experience.
On behalf of all our employees, I would like to thank the many business users who have provided such high praise over the past year. We remain committed to refining our products and services based on customer feedback.

You can view the SaaS and software products that have been highly rated by many business users during this period, regardless of the product genre.
Learn more here: https://www.itreview.jp/best-software/2023

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