Guro-appu, the industry's first* DX Mark certified facility in Chuo-ku, Osaka City Guro-appu, a Type A Workplace for Continuous Employment Support, in Chuo-ku, Osaka City, Osaka, is the first company in the industry* to receive DX Mark certification. Successfully shifted about 50% of employees to telecommuting within 4 months of promoting DX operations

Grand Points Inc. (formerly G.K. Guroup), which provides welfare services for people with disabilities in Chuo-ku, Osaka City, as a Type A continuous employment support business, has always been improving the quality of its services and working environment under the management philosophy of "We contribute to human growth by providing work and a place where people can challenge themselves with their best efforts. We have been constantly improving the quality of our services and the working environment. Within four months of the initiative's launch, the company successfully shifted approximately 50% of its employees to telecommuting.

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In December 2023, through the acquisition of the "certification mark" under the "DX Mark Certification System" established by the Association for the Promotion of Personal Information Security of Small and Medium Enterprises in Japan*, the first in the industry in Japan, the company will comply with the information management and compliance requirements of the Information Processing Promotion Law, Personal Information Protection Law, and Unfair Competition Prevention Law established by the government. In addition, we have been working on the industry's challenge of moving away from paper media.

(The "first in the industry" is based on our own research.

We will continue to contribute to society through the growth of our users by providing services that combine analog operations, such as packing and shipping outsourced EC services, with services that utilize IT and digital technologies, such as typing survey forms into data, creating images and other digital content through telework, and distributing direct mail. We will continue to contribute to society through the growth of our users.

What is the DX Mark Certification System?

The Association for the Promotion of Personal Information Security of Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (JIPDEC) is an organization that must be equipped with the following evaluation items in addition to those required for the appropriate handling of personal information and sound organizational management, in order to promote digitalization and DX, which are necessary for businesses to reform in order to respond to changes in society aimed by Society 5.0 and the 4th Industrial Revolution. In addition to the evaluation items that are required for the operation of a business, the system also defines the organization and structure that must be in place for the promotion of digitalization and DX, which are necessary for the reform of businesses in order to respond to changes in society as envisioned by Society 5.0 and the 4th industrial revolution.

For more information, please visit https://www.sp2.or.jp/dxmark/

About the Small and Medium Business Personal Information Security Promotion Association (SP2)

Mainly, as an authorized personal information protection organization of the Personal Information Protection Commission, SP2 provides complaint handling services, information provision, consultation, training, and necessary guidance, recommendations, and other measures to ensure compliance with the guidelines, etc., based on the Personal Information Protection Law. The organization also provides necessary guidance, recommendations, and other measures to ensure compliance with the guidelines, etc.

*For more information: https://www.sp2.or.jp

Company Profile

Company name: Grand Points Inc.

Name of the business: Guro-appu (Type A support for continuous employment support)

Location: 2 Minami-Semba, Chuo-ku, Osaka City, Osaka 542-0081, Japan

　　　　　　　 Location: Room 404, Daiichi Sumiken Nagahori Ekimae Building, 2-3-6 Minami-Senba, Chuo-ku, Osaka City

Establishment : December 19, 2008

Capital ： 5 million yen

Business : Designated welfare service for persons with disabilities

Website : https://growup1.co.jp/