Stamp costs of more than 230 million yen per year were saved and the time required for contract procedures was reduced from 45 minutes to 10 minutes.
	Using electronic documents for contract documents saved total stamp costs of more than 230 million yen per year at the subcontractors. Also, concluding contracts is more efficiently handled, and the total working hours were reduced by 13, 800 hours per year.
	For more details of the above, visit the web site at http://www.construction-ec.com/ Service Name: CECTRUST Electronic Contract Service For further information on the service contact Construction-ec.com Co., Ltd. Note that electronic signatures and certificates from a certificate authority were used in the above case.
	Introducing electronic documents into group businesses con- tributed to reducing overall costs in consolidated accounting.
	Using electronic documents for contracts with group businesses reduced stamp costs by more than 14 million yen per year and, consequently, contributed to reducing overall costs in consolidated accounting. Also, working hours for contracts were reduced by 5000 hours per year. Using electronic documents for signed acknowledgements of debt in the future is being considered.
	Minutes of board meetings As the number of board members outside the company increases, it is difficult to convene a board meeting with all the members present because of problems with scheduling and travel costs. In a situation like this, resolutions by document using electromagnetic records can reduce administrative costs.

	Greater than 500 million yen and less than or equal to 1 billion yen=
	Greater than 1 billion yen and less than or equal to 50 billion yen=
	Greater than 50 billion yen=
	The table above shows instances of Number 2; contract document on unit contracts where the amount of the contract is greater than or equal to 5 million yen. For more details, visit the National Tax Agency Web site (http://www.nta.go.jp/shiraberu/ippanjoho/pamph/inshi/pdf/5020-18.pdf/)

	Using electronic documents reduced storage space by 300 square meters and cut the time for searching and browsing medical records.
	Making about 1700 medical records per day electronically available as image data reduced storage space by about 300 square meters. Also, it is no longer required to carry medical records of patients who are examined by a number of departments and this leads to a reduction in the time required to search and browse information. This computerization of data was also applied to insurance card data and reports on examinations of subcontracts. Any documents on medical examinations, such as insurance card data, reports on examinations of subcontracts, reports on the interpretation of radiograms for images, and questionnaires from the first visits, were made electronically available as image data. This led to further improvements in operational efficiency.
	For more details, visit the Web site at http://www.karteviewer.com/ System Name: Medical Records Viewer System For further information on the service contact Keiyo Electronic Industries. Note that electronic signatures and certificates from a certificate authority were used in the above case.
	Operations requiring a final decision were streamlined, and the safety of stored drawings were ensured. Instead of stamping drawings created by CAD, electronic signatures are attached. As a result, printing and stamping large drawings are no longer required. Also, search time can be cut down because drawings are managed using electronic data. Furthermore, concerns about defacing, and losing drawings when reusing have been eliminated.