May 21, 2018
KAGA ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
8154 Tokyo Stock Exchange, First Section
To the press and whom it may concern

KAGA ELECTRONICS Introduces SAP S/4HANA® toKey Operations System
Strengthening Global Corporate Management Infrastructure with an Eye on
Development and Expansion of EMS Business Overseas
KAGA ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. (Head Office: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, President & COO:Ryouichi Kado, hereafter “Kaga Electronics”) today announced that it has decided tointroduce the key operations system “SAP S/4HANA®” and corresponding
infrastructure base ”SAP HANA® Enterprise Cloud” provided by SAP Japan Co., Ltd.
(Head Office: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, President: Yuzuru Fukuda, hereafter “SAP Japan”)
in order to strengthen the company’s global corporate management infrastructure inaccordance with the overseas development and expansion of its EMS business.
System construction and project management will be performed by TIS Inc. (HeadOffice: Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, President: Toru Kuwano, hereafter “TIS”).
■Purpose of Introduction and Reason for Selecting SAP S/4HANA
Kaga Electronics has thus far performed on-premises operations of original systems
developed and built from scratch for procurement, production, sales, project
management, and other business operations.
However, in conjunction with the company’s future growth strategy that includes
overseas business expansion and M&A centering on the EMS business, KagaElectronics has determined that a review of its IT infrastructure is needed to promote
cost reduction through business reform, such as by standardizing and enhancing theefficiency of operations.
To achieve this, Kaga Electronics has decided to adopt SAP S/4HANA as a means ofstrengthening its global corporate management infrastructure in view of the highdegree of package completion, including a feature-rich basic functionality and solid
results of introduction by global companies.

－ 1 －The key points in selecting TIS as our partner for this introduction project are theexpectation of project promotion know-how based on abundant business knowledge
related to specialized trading companies, and TIS’s high enterprise consulting
capability means that total support can be anticipated, including not just system
introduction but also operations design. Additional factors affecting the decision werepast results introducing SAP S/4HANA EM and SAP HANA® Enterprise Cloud, andtechnical ability enabling to reflect SAP’s latest technology to the project.
■Future schedule
Kaga Electronics initiated this introduction project from April 2018, and operation by
Kaga Electronics Co., Ltd. and some group companies in Japan is planned for April
2020. The system will then be developed successively for group companies both inJapan and overseas to promote global integration of our IT infrastructure using theSAP S/4HANA platform.
About TIS Inc.
TIS is a member of the TIS INTEC Group, and provides a variety of service type IT
solutions such as system integration, outsourced development, data centers, andcloud services. TIS has also established a global support system centering on Chinaand the ASEAN region, and contributes to the growth of clients’ businesses as abusiness partner to more than three thousand companies in diverse sectors such as
finance,manufacturing,distributionandservice,publicworks,andtelecommunications. For more information, please visit the TIS website.
URL: http://www.tis.co.jp/
About SAP JapanSAP Japan was established in 1992 as the Japanese subsidiary of SAP SE (HeadOffice: Germany), which supports enterprises of all scales in every industry as amarket leader in the field of enterprise application software. SAP provides varioussolutions that let companies collaborate more efficiently and make more accurate
business decisions in areas ranging from back offices to boardrooms, fromwarehouses to storefronts, and from desktop to mobile environments, in order to help
companies maintain their advantage in the market.
URL: http://www.sap.com/japan■Contact person:
Kaga Electronics, Co., Ltd.
Takeshi Tsukamoto, Senior General Manager, Corporate Strategy Office
20 Kandamatsunagacho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 101-8629
TEL: 03-5657-0101

FAX: 03-3254-7133－ 2 －