introduction the japanese software market is part of information services as shown in figure 1 adoption technology increases japan particularly among leading companies high growth expected see and 2 for annual sales contract values by industry source survey selected service industries 2000 census division research statistics department economic industrial policy bureau ministry economy trade january 2002 prepared yano institute ltd this report examines enterprise application products easy order ready made business these comprise one packages main types are follows x erp resource planning crm customer relationship management scm supply chain e marketplace procurement pdm product data plm lifecycle focuses primarily on three above categories whose share large footprints growing rapidly
