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NTT Data Business Brains Unveils 'Slopebase'

On July 15, 2025, NTT Data Business Brains, a company dedicated to providing optimal IT solutions, announced the launch of its new cloud service, 'Slopebase.' This innovative spending management cloud aims to unify and manage internal business data on the cloud, thereby maximizing operational efficiency. The service is set to debut in October 2025.

What is Spending Management Cloud?

Spending management refers to the process through which businesses monitor and manage daily expenses and payments, striving to reduce unnecessary costs. Slopebase transcends this traditional framework by integrating and visualizing dispersed data and workflows across the enterprise. It enables real-time collaboration and decision-making across time zones, locations, and departments, providing insight into expenditure management with a focus on optimizing overall operations. Rather than merely managing costs, it supports a flexible and sustainable business transformation.

Introducing Slopebase

Slopebase consolidates internal business data into a cloud-based web database, enhancing operational efficiency. Effective management of such data results in numerous advantages, including cost reduction, streamlined operations, compliance adherence, and risk management. With its high flexibility, low cost, and the ability to easily integrate with other systems, Slopebase boasts superior scalability. Moreover, its no-code assembly allows teams to initiate its use without development, facilitating a small start and potential expansion for the entire organization.

Key Data Managed by Slopebase

• - Budget and asset management
• - Liability, sales, procurement, and contract management
• - Expense reimbursements
• - Sales and customer management
• - Inventory control
• - Production management

Development Background of Slopebase

In recent years, many companies have found themselves in a situation where digital advancements coexist with a multitude of package software, bespoke systems, and cloud services. This fragmentation in systems often leads to severe setbacks such as difficulty in assessing situations, time-consuming manual compilation, and mistakes that ultimately delay corporate decision-making. A survey performed by NTT Data Business Brains among finance professionals indicated that the most common wasteful practice in workflows was the redundant data entry across multiple systems.

In light of these challenges, Slopebase was developed as a service that does not require existing systems' replacement, making it easily deployable by companies of all sizes, from SMEs to large enterprises, while allowing for flexible adaptation post-implementation.

Strengths of Slopebase

Traditional ERP systems often suffer from extended changeover periods, limited operational scope, reliance on assistance from other products for external integrations, and prohibitively high licensing and setup costs. Slopebase addresses these shortcomings comprehensively, significantly lowering the barriers to integrated data management adoption.

Highlights of Slopebase:

• - No-Code Assembly: User-friendly operation for all.
• - Robust Standard Functions: Comprehensive features such as database management, workflow handling, knowledge management, and automation tools are available.
• - Ease of External System Integration: Through Web API, Slopebase allows easy integration with third-party services and systems, facilitating deployment without system changes.
• - Low-Cost Subscription: Starting at just ¥30,000 a month (excluding tax), its pricing structure adapts to operational volume, allowing for team-level initiation and gradual scaling.

Five Key Functionalities of Slopebase

1. No-Code Assembly – Start small and accommodate any operational needs by selecting data items relevant to your operations, avoiding rigid data item formats typical of traditional systems.
2. Approval Workflow – Streamlines requests for payment and invoices within teams, facilitating systematic internal operations and clear visibility of who initiated and approved each request.
3. Visualization – Turn data into graphs and figures for efficient management; create aggregated reports and visual dashboards that provide crucial insights at a glance to support executive decisions.
4. Automation – Drastically cut down on manual tasks, enhancing efficiency through automated workflows and task execution functions embedded in Slopebase.
5. Optimization – Enhances the utilization of company knowledge and foster seamless information sharing across teams through an easy-to-use knowledge management feature.

Slopebase Feature Overview

Slopebase incorporates various functionalities including data table management, approval flow functionalities, and dashboard capabilities to cater to diverse business needs, including:

• - Customer management
• - Procurement and sales management
• - Liability and debt oversight
• - Fixed asset and lease management
• - Expense reimbursement handling

Slopebase opens doors for enterprises with diverse operational segments, startups and ventures aiming for digital transformation, and companies within niche markets to connect their data, achieving cost savings, operational effectiveness, compliance, and risk management.

About NTT Data Business Brains

• - Company Name: NTT Data Business Brains Inc.
• - Established: September 1, 2003
• - Headquarters: 14th Floor, Shiba Park Building A, 2-4-1 Shiba-koen, Minato-ku, Tokyo
• - Capital: ¥70 million
• - Shareholders: NTT Data Corporation (70%), Nippon Sheet Glass Co., Ltd. (30%)
• - Business Activities:

- Planning, development, operation, education, and consulting for information systems.
- Sales and maintenance of hardware and software related to information systems.
- Research, investigation, and publication on technology and markets related to information systems.