Unifa's "Lukumi" has been renewed. Improved data linkage reduces workload and improves quality of childcare

Unifa, who recently raised a massive 4 billion yen in funding, has been announcing a series of initiatives. The company has recently announced a series of initiatives to enhance the data integration of its existing Lukumi series of applications, making it easier to provide childcare documentation, further reducing workload and creating more time to focus on the children. Find out more from the release.

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Unifa Corporation (HQ: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo; CEO: Yasuyuki Toki; hereinafter "Unifa"), which solves social issues related to childcare and child rearing through the power of technology, has renewed its childcare support service "Lucumi" to strengthen data collaboration and accelerate DX (digital transformation) of childcare-related operations. The service aims to reduce the workload of childcare providers and improve the quality of childcare, while further accelerating digital transformation (DX) of childcare-related operations.
Through the provision of new products and training services, Lukumi will continue to evolve as a comprehensive ICT/training service that contributes to the enhancement of added value in the childcare industry.

About the new "Lukumi" range

First in the industry*1 to provide a total solution from reducing the workload of childcare providers to improving the quality of childcare

As a result of the increase in the female employment rate and the number of dual-earner households, the rate of use of nursery schools for children aged 1-2 years has exceeded 50%*2, and childcare facilities are playing an important role in the social infrastructure for those who work and raise children.

In such a situation, the effective ratio of job offers for childcare workers nationwide is approximately 3.9 times, which is more than twice the average for all jobs (approximately 1.6 times)*3. In addition, due to long working hours and heavy workloads, there are approximately one million "potential nursery workers" who are qualified but not working as nursery teachers, accounting for approximately 60%*4 of all qualified nursery teachers.

THE DUTIES OF CHILDCARE WORKERS INCLUDE A VERY WIDE RANGE OF TASKS, SUCH AS MANAGING THE CHILDREN'S ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE FROM SCHOOL, LOOKING AFTER THE CHILDREN DURING NAPS (NAP TIME), PREPARING CHILDCARE DIARIES AND PLANS, PREPARING DOCUMENTS TO BE SUBMITTED TO PARENTS AND THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT, AND MANAGING THE SHIFTS OF CHILDCARE WORKERS. IN ADDITION, IT HAS BEEN POINTED OUT THAT THE LARGE NUMBER OF DOCUMENTS THAT CAREGIVERS HAVE TO PREPARE AND THE LACK OF ICT IN THE PERIPHERAL AND AUXILIARY TASKS OF CHILDCARE ARE FACTORS THAT KEEP CAREGIVERS BUSY*5.