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Reduce the burden on caregivers and parents in cash collections
(Location: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo; CEO: Yasuyuki Toki; hereinafter "Unifa"), a company that transforms childcare and society through technology, has released "Lukumi En Mall" to reduce the burden on childcare providers related to collecting payments from parents at childcare facilities, including sales of supplies and educational materials and collection of event fees. By completing the entire process from ordering to sales and payment online and accelerating the cashless system, the company aims to alleviate the issue of cash collections at childcare facilities and reduce the burden on parents.
Current status and issues of cash collection at childcare facilities
Childcare facilities often need to handle cash for purchases of goods and collection of event fees at times such as new enrollment, graduation season, seasonal events, and other occasions. Each time this happens, childcare workers are required to prepare order forms, collect and confirm payments from parents, manage cash, and handle other complicated and detailed tasks, placing a heavy burden on them. In addition, many parents are accustomed to cashless shopping, but they also have to prepare cash to avoid having to make change, making cash collection at childcare facilities a challenge for both parents and caregivers.
Features of the Lukmie Garden Mall
- Provides a one-stop service from park-specific order sales to payment functions
Childcare facilities can freely register supplies and items they wish to sell to parents, just like an e-commerce site, and parents can make cashless payments. - Eases the burden on childcare providers by greatly reducing the time and effort incurred in ordering and collecting money.
All order management, tallying, cash collection, and confirmation responses to parents who have not yet purchased or not paid, which were previously done in analog form, are now done digitally. In addition, the system reduces the physical and psychological burden on childcare providers by providing a full range of functions that meet the needs of childcare facilities, including unique functions to prevent ordering errors by parents, such as setting sales periods and mandatory purchase functions, and automatic notification functions at the start of sales and for those who have not yet purchased. - Cashless System Reduces Cash Handling at Childcare Facilities to Zero
Parents can choose between credit card and convenience store payment, and order forms and receipts can be easily issued in the system.
Service Overview
Name of service: "Lukmie Sono Mall".
Sales start: July 2022- (Available from October 2022)
Cost: 0 yen initial cost, 8,800 yen/month (tax included)
Service site URL:https://lookmee.jp/mall/
Campaign Overview
We are running a campaign to celebrate the release of the Lucumee Garden Mall. Customers who meet the following conditions will receive one year of free monthly usage of the Lukmiewen Mall.
For details, see the campaign page (https://info.unifa-e.com/mall-campaign-info.html(see below).
▼ Terms and Conditions: Applies when all of the following are met
1：First-time users of Luxembourg Parks and Facilities
2: For preschools and facilities that have applied to use Lukumi by September 30, 2022
3: For preschools and facilities that start using the service from October 1, 2022 to December 16, 2022
▼ Notes:
Lukmie SonoMall is an optional feature of Lukmie. A basic monthly Lukmie fee of 5,000 yen (excluding tax) and a settlement fee of 3.41 TP7T will be charged separately.
The contract period is 12 months. The basic fee and option fees will not be reduced in the event of mid-term cancellation.
Monthly fee will be waived for 12 months including the first month of use. 8,000 yen (excluding tax) will be automatically charged from the 13th month.
About Unifa
Unifa is a startup in the "Childcare-Tech" domain that aims to solve social issues related to childcare and childcare. With the company's purpose of "creating new social infrastructures that create happiness for families around the world," Unifa develops and provides "Rukumi," a childcare support service that utilizes IoT and AI. Through the concept of "Smart Nursery Schools, Smart Kindergartens, and Smart Childcare Centers," we are contributing to the creation of an affluent society in which it is easy to work while raising children. Smart Nursery School" received the Good Design Best 100 Award in 2021 and the Good Focus Award (New Business Design), a special award, and "Rukumi" won the ASPIC IoT, AI, Cloud Award 2021, which is given to cloud services that are beneficial to society, in the social industry-specific In addition, "Lukumi" received the Advanced Technology Award in the social industry-specific ASP/SaaS category of the "ASPIC IoT, AI and Cloud Award 2021," which is given to cloud services beneficial to society. Unifa" was also selected as a J-Startup.
Company Profile
Company name: Unifa Corporation
Representative Director and CEO: Yasuyuki Toki
Established: 2013
Location: Sumitomo Fudosan Chiyoda Fujimi Building 2F, 1-8-19 Fujimi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo
Business Description:
Planning, development, sales and operation of the "Rukumi" series of childcare support services. Development and promotion of "Smart Nursery School, Smart Kindergarten, and Smart Childcare Center".
Company URL:https://unifa-e.com/
Unifa has released "Lukumi Enmall," which reduces the burden on both childcare facilities and parents by completing online collection of fees and purchases related to events at preschools.
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