I.P.M. (International Project Management)
We offer the technical know-how to a foreign company who expands its business in Japan.
We offer a planning not only respecting each brand’s identifies or concept, but also taking Japanese own commercial customs and trend into account.
We have achieved many satisfactory results.
In addition to the service, we also offer the service to a Japanese company who wants to expand its business to abroad.
Our work experiences in abroad will be able to assist our clients.
I.P.M. (International Project Management) is a division within A Factory that supports overseas customers in the retail, restaurant and amusement industries who wish to establish themselves in Japan. Our services include business development, product development, facilities planning, location analysis and PR planning. Our extensive grasp of our market makes I.P.M. the best team to work with in Japan.
I.P.M. is staffed by professional employees who can help you bring your products and your ideas to the Japanese consumer. IPM does not cater exclusively to female consumers, the women on our staff are attuned to the needs and habits of the female segment of the market. Women typically exercise a good deal of discretion when it comes to household expenditures in Japan.
IPM offers integrated, A to Z support; from spotting trends, to creating a marketing campaign, to facilitating with government agencies, to building your store.
Our services include:
- Marketing information and strategies
- Coordinating
- Project management and budgeting
- Consulting
- Designing
- Construction
- Publicity
- Advertising
- Logistics
IPM staff profiles
Yuka Sakyo
International Project Manager
I left Japan for New York City in 1994 to expand my horizons personally and professionally. My time in New York taught me how to work with people from different backgrounds in a challenging, competitive environment. Now I am back in Tokyo to further refine my credentials as a cosmo-woman! My responsibility as International Project Manager at A-Factory is to connect our division, IPM, with clients around the world. In short, our job is to get your job done.
Miyuki Antatsu
Consultant
I have been working for A Factory Inc. for 15 years, helping foreign brands establish themselves in the Japanese market. My job is to spot emerging consumer trends and help our clients act on them.
Mariko Mori
International Project Coordinator
My carrier at A Factory Inc. started in 2005. My job is to coordinate and manage the projects for our foreign clients with our designers and staff in production team to open their stores in Japan. What I mainly do is to manage all necessary information from both clients and our staff sides such as planning regulations and production conditions, and then to make the projects work between countries.
As a member of IPM (International Project Management), it is also an important role to gather various kinds of information such as real estate and marketing trends in Japan to provide value added service for our foreign clients.
Takaaki Iio
International Project Coordinator & Architect
My mission is to enhance and create new ways for international brands to prosper in Japan. Also to welcome new brands or clients globally to land business in Japan for the first time and to expand from there on. With past experience consulting and project managing clients globally we are a strong group that can understand cultural values and traditional ways. With this we can combine international needs to fit into the Japanese trends.
