Top 10 Companies in the Japanese Wholesale and Distribution Industry: IT Spending Predictor 2010

Introduction
This databook provides estimates of IT spending for the top 10 companies in the Japanese Wholesale and distribution industry. The databook is a comprehensive source of IT spending by company, including assessment by technology and channel. The databook also provides information on the IT contracts of these companies where available.

Scope of the report

* Datamonitor's view of the top 10 companies in the Japanese Wholesale and distribution sector in terms of IT spending
* A breakdown of the estimated IT budget by technology for each of the top 10 companies
* A breakdown of the estimated IT budget by channel for each of the top 10 companies
* Details of IT services contracts by company where available

Highlights

The top 10 companies in the Japanese wholesale & distribution industry in terms of estimated IT spending spent the largest portion of their IT budgets on services, a segment that accounted for about 27% of the IT budgets among these firms. This was followed by spending on hardware and software.

Among the top 10 companies, a major portion of IT spending is allocated to internal IT. Internal IT alone accounted for approximately 33% of the total estimated IT spending by these companies. Sojitz Corporation remained the leading company in terms of IT spending, followed by Marubeni Corporation and Sumitomo Corporation.

Reasons to Purchase

* Gain insight into IT budget breakdown of top10 companies in Japanese wholesale and distribution industry and identify notable areas of allocation
* Identify organizations with top IT expenditures in your target markets
* Leverage IT spending pattern information to tailor account targeting based on company demographics
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TABLE OF CONTENTS

OVERVIEW 1
Catalyst 1
Summary 1
TABLE OF CONTENTS 2
LIST OF FIGURES 5
LIST OF TABLES 7
INTRODUCTION 10
Reasons to purchase 10
Definitions 10
JAPANESE WHOLESALE AND DISTRIBUTION INDUSTRY: ESTIMATED SPENDING ON IT 13
Overview 13
Estimated spending by technology segment 15
Estimated IT spending by channel 17
SOJITZ CORPORATION 19
Budget overview 19
Sojitz Corporation, estimated spending on IT 20
Sojitz Corporation, estimated IT spending by channel 24
MARUBENI CORPORATION 26
Budget overview 26
Marubeni Corporation, estimated spending on IT 27
Marubeni Corporation, estimated IT spending by channel 31
SUMITOMO CORPORATION 33
Budget overview 33
Sumitomo Corporation, estimated spending on IT 34
Sumitomo Corporation, estimated IT spending by channel 38
ITOCHU CORPORATION 40
Budget overview 40
Itochu Corporation, estimated spending on IT 41
Itochu Corporation, estimated IT spending by channel 45
MARUBENI-ITOCHU STEEL INC. 47
Budget overview 47
Marubeni-Itochu Steel Inc., estimated spending on IT 48
Marubeni-Itochu Steel Inc., estimated IT spending by channel 52
JFE SHOJI TRADE CORPORATION 54
Budget overview 54
Jfe Shoji Trade Corporation, estimated spending on IT 55
Jfe Shoji Trade Corporation, estimated IT spending by channel 59
METAL ONE CORP. 61
Budget overview 61
Metal one corp., estimated spending on IT 62
Metal one corp., estimated IT spending by channel 66
RYOSHOKU LTD 68
Budget overview 68
Ryoshoku Ltd, estimated spending on IT 69
Ryoshoku Ltd, estimated IT spending by channel 73
HANWA CO., LTD. 75
Budget overview 75
Hanwa Co., Ltd., estimated spending on IT 76
Hanwa Co., Ltd., estimated IT spending by channel 80
KOKUBU & CO.,LTD. 82
Budget overview 82
Kokubu & Co.,Ltd., estimated spending on IT 83
Kokubu & Co.,Ltd., estimated IT spending by channel 87
APPENDIX 89
Methodology 89
Further reading 90

LIST OF FIGURES

Figure 1: Top ten companies in the Japanese wholesale & distribution industry, estimated
spending on IT ($m), 2009 and 2010 13
Figure 2: Top ten companies in the Japanese wholesale & distribution industry, estimated
spending by technology segment ($m), 2009 15
Figure 3: Top ten companies in the Japanese wholesale & distribution industry, estimated
spending on IT by channel ($m), 2009 17
Figure 4: Sojitz Corporation, estimated spending by IT segment ($m), 2009 20
Figure 5: Sojitz Corporation, estimated spending by IT sub-segment ($m), 2009 22
Figure 6: Sojitz Corporation, estimated spending on IT by channel (%), 2009 24
Figure 7: Marubeni Corporation, estimated spending by IT segment (%), 2009 27
Figure 8: Marubeni Corporation, estimated spending by IT sub-segment ($m), 2009 29
Figure 9: Marubeni Corporation, estimated spending on IT by channel (%), 2009 31
Figure 10: Sumitomo Corporation, estimated spending by IT segment (%), 2009 34
Figure 11: Sumitomo Corporation, estimated spending by IT sub-segment ($m), 2009 36
Figure 12: Sumitomo Corporation, estimated spending on IT by channel (%), 2009 38
Figure 13: Itochu Corporation, estimated spending by IT segment (%), 2009 41
Figure 14: Itochu Corporation, estimated spending by IT sub-segment ($m), 2009 43
Figure 15: Itochu Corporation, estimated spending on IT by channel (%), 2009 45
Figure 16: Marubeni-Itochu Steel Inc., estimated spending by IT segment, 2009 48
Figure 17: Marubeni-Itochu Steel Inc., estimated spending by IT sub-segment ($m), 2009 50
Figure 18: Marubeni-Itochu Steel Inc., estimated spending on IT by channel (%), 2009 52
Figure 19: Jfe Shoji Trade Corporation, estimated spending by IT segment (%), 2009 55
Figure 20: Jfe Shoji Trade Corporation, estimated spending by IT sub-segment ($m), 2009 57
Figure 21: Jfe Shoji Trade Corporation, estimated spending on IT by channel (%), 2009 59
Figure 22: Metal one corp., estimated spending by IT segment (%), 2009 62
Figure 23: Metal one corp., estimated spending by IT sub-segment ($m), 2009 64
Figure 24: Metal one corp., estimated spending on IT by channel (%), 2009 66
Figure 25: Ryoshoku Ltd, estimated spending by IT segment (%), 2009 69
Figure 26: Ryoshoku Ltd, estimated spending by IT sub-segment ($m), 2009 71
Figure 27: Ryoshoku Ltd, estimated spending on IT by channel (%), 2009 73
Figure 28: Hanwa Co., Ltd., estimated spending by IT segment (%), 2009 76
Figure 29: Hanwa Co., Ltd., estimated spending by IT sub-segment ($m), 2009 78
Figure 30: Hanwa Co., Ltd., estimated spending on IT by channel (%), 2009 80
Figure 31: Kokubu & Co.,Ltd., estimated spending by IT segment, 2009 83
Figure 32: Kokubu & Co.,Ltd., estimated spending by IT sub-segment ($m), 2009 85
Figure 33: Kokubu & Co.,Ltd., estimated spending on IT by channel (%), 2009 87

LIST OF TABLES

Table 1: Definitions: IT segments and sub segments 11
Table 2: Definitions: channels 12
Table 3: Top ten companies in the Japanese wholesale & distribution industry, estimated spending
on IT ($m), 2009 and 2010 14
Table 4: Top ten companies in the Japanese wholesale & distribution industry, estimated spending
by technology segment ($m), 2009 16
Table 5: Top ten companies in the Japanese wholesale & distribution industry, estimated spending
on IT by channel ($m), 2009 18
Table 6: Sojitz Corporation, IT budget estimates (%), 2009–10 19
Table 7: Sojitz Corporation, IT budget by estimated entity (as % of overall IT budget), 2009 19
Table 8: Sojitz Corporation, estimated spending by IT segment ($m), 2009 21
Table 9: Sojitz Corporation, estimated spending by IT sub-segment ($m), 2009 23
Table 10: Sojitz Corporation, estimated spending on IT by channel ($m), 2009 25
Table 11: Marubeni Corporation, IT budget estimates (%), 2009–10 26
Table 12: Marubeni Corporation, estimated IT budget by entity (as % of overall IT budget), 2009 26
Table 13: Marubeni Corporation, estimated spending by IT segment ($m), 2009 28
Table 14: Marubeni Corporation, estimated spending by IT sub-segment ($m), 2009 30
Table 15: Marubeni Corporation, estimated spending on IT by channel ($m), 2009 32
Table 16: Sumitomo Corporation, IT budget estimates (%), 2009–10 33
Table 17: Sumitomo Corporation, estimated IT budget by entity (as % of overall IT budget), 2009 33
Table 18: Sumitomo Corporation, estimated spending by IT segment ($m), 2009 35
Table 19: Sumitomo Corporation, estimated spending by IT sub-segment ($m), 2009 37
Table 20: Sumitomo Corporation, estimated spending on IT by channel ($m), 2009 39
Table 21: Itochu Corporation, IT budget estimates (%), 2009–10 40
Table 22: Itochu Corporation, estimated IT budget by entity (as % of overall IT budget), 2009 40
Table 23: Itochu Corporation, estimated spending by IT segment ($m), 2009 42
Table 24: Itochu Corporation, estimated spending by IT sub-segment ($m), 2009 44
Table 25: Itochu Corporation, estimated spending on IT by channel ($m), 2009 46
Table 26: Marubeni-Itochu Steel Inc., IT budget estimates (%), 2009–10 47
Table 27: Marubeni-Itochu Steel Inc., estimated IT budget by entity (as % of overall IT budget),
2009 47
Table 28: Marubeni-Itochu Steel Inc., estimated spending by IT segment (%), 2009 49
Table 29: Marubeni-Itochu Steel Inc., estimated spending by IT sub-segment ($m), 2009 51
Table 30: Marubeni-Itochu Steel Inc., estimated spending on IT by channel ($m), 2009 53
Table 31: Jfe Shoji Trade Corporation, IT budget estimates (%), 2009–10 54
Table 32: Jfe Shoji Trade Corporation, estimated IT budget by entity (as % of overall IT budget),
2009 54
Table 33: Jfe Shoji Trade Corporation, estimated spending by IT segment ($m), 2009 56
Table 34: Jfe Shoji Trade Corporation, estimated spending by IT sub-segment ($m), 2009 58
Table 35: Jfe Shoji Trade Corporation, estimated spending on IT by channel ($m), 2009 60
Table 36: Metal one corp., IT budget estimates (%), 2009–10 61
Table 37: Metal one corp., estimated IT budget by entity (as % of overall IT budget), 2009 61
Table 38: Metal one corp., estimated spending by IT segment ($m), 2009 63
Table 39: Metal one corp., estimated spending by IT sub-segment ($m), 2009 65
Table 40: Metal one corp., estimated spending on IT by channel ($m), 2009 67
Table 41: Ryoshoku Ltd, IT budget estimates (%), 2009–10 68
Table 42: Ryoshoku Ltd, estimated IT budget by entity (as % of overall IT budget), 2009 68
Table 43: Ryoshoku Ltd, estimated spending by IT segment ($m), 2009 70
Table 44: Ryoshoku Ltd, estimated spending by IT sub-segment ($m), 2009 72
Table 45: Ryoshoku Ltd, estimated spending on IT by channel ($m), 2009 74
Table 46: Hanwa Co., Ltd., IT budget estimates (%), 2009–10 75
Table 47: Hanwa Co., Ltd., estimated IT budget by entity (as % of overall IT budget), 2009 75
Table 48: Hanwa Co., Ltd., estimated spending by IT segment ($m), 2009 77
Table 49: Hanwa Co., Ltd., estimated spending by IT sub-segment ($m), 2009 79
Table 50: Hanwa Co., Ltd., estimated spending on IT by channel ($m), 2009 81
Table 51: Kokubu & Co.,Ltd., IT budget estimates (%), 2009–10 82
Table 52: Kokubu & Co.,Ltd., estimated IT budget by entity (as % of overall IT budget), 2009 82
Table 53: Kokubu & Co.,Ltd., estimated spending by IT segment ($m), 2009 84
Table 54: Kokubu & Co.,Ltd., estimated spending by IT sub-segment ($m), 2009 86
Table 55: Kokubu & Co.,Ltd., estimated spending on IT by channel ($m), 2009 88

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