OREANDA-NEWS. Kaga Electronics Co., Ltd. and Fujitsu Limited today announced that 14 Kaga Electronics' locations in Japan have commenced use of an upgraded communications platform built by Fujitsu for the company when it transferred its headquarters in March 2014.

The new platform enables employees at Kaga Electronics to use a web-based telephone directory to confirm the presence of their colleagues (such as whether they are at their desks, in a meeting, or out of the office) and, accordingly, select the best communication method. Also, besides being able to call the office from outside just by dialing an extension number, it is now possible to transfer incoming calls to personnel who are out of office. In these ways, Kaga Electronics seeks to improve the efficiency of communications at the company.

Also, because Kaga Electronics implemented an open device environment that is not dependent on any particular type of mobile phone or smartphone, the company was able to reduce the number of its fixed line phones by approximately 20%, to about 900 phones, reducing operational costs.

Kaga Electronics plans to deploy this system globally to its locations outside Japan as a unified platform. By transforming the way its employees work, the company seeks to promote more seamless sharing of information and more active communication, thereby improving operational efficiency.