From the Ricoh.co.jp website in Japan…

July 22 2013 – Chuo-ku, Tokyo, President and Chief Executive Officer: Zenji Miura, following Ricoh headquarters) and, SAP AG (NYSE: SAP, following SAP) is a solution that links a comprehensive technology and products with the two companies Ricoh Co., Ltd. We offer in collaboration. As a first step of collaboration, coordination solutions of both companies first of all offers for the domestic market.

<Background of collaboration>

Starting with digital MFPs core business product, RFID Ricoh, * 1 the strengths and solutions, we aim to strengthen service (thing) business in addition product (mono), is promoting a new business creation for the future You. On the other hand the core in-memory database “SAP HANA ® platform”, SAP, offers a wide range of products and solutions for corporate competitiveness by optimizing business processes and take advantage of big data. 
The combination of the strengths of these two companies, for example, SAP ® ERP and printers and MFP * 2business improvement and that links to, and efficiency of business processes utilizing the IC tag, we propose a new value for our customers You.

<Provide cooperation Solutions>

More specifically, it will continue to provide to be able to use and a short period of time, with confidence cooperation solutions that enable the business improvement of our customers in the field ordering, purchasing, accounting, human resources, manufacturing, and marketing. 
Collaboration solution is responsible for running verification SAP Global Cooperative Development Center at (COIL Tokyo = Co-Innovation Lab Tokyo). With customers and business partners of SAP, COIL Tokyo is a global facility to carry out research and development of solutions that incorporate the latest technology. 
The goal is to start later this year offer of cooperation solutions.

To deepen cooperation relationship in the future, both companies will strive to provide collaboration solutions in the broader field.

  • * 1 RFID: automatic recognition technology of non-contact type. It can be an exchange of information using a reader / writer for the IC chip attached to the person or thing, can be applied in various fields such as traceability and logistics management.
  • * 2 ERP: application to integrate the information about the line-of-business enterprise ordering, sales management, inventory management, production management, and accounting, to support the management