Yachiyo Solutions Co., Ltd. (Head Office: Taito-ku, Tokyo, President and Representative Director: Takashi Mizuno, hereinafter "Yachiyo Solutions") will begin offering a new pricing plan, the "Basic Plan," for its factory management system "MENTENA" starting July 6, 2026. This plan is designed for sites that want to start digitizing their maintenance operations, with a simple configuration focused on digitizing work records. Details of the New Plan The DX of maintenance operations in the manufacturing industry is increasing in importance from the perspectives of suppressing unexpected downtime and transferring technical skills. However, many sites still manage maintenance operations using paper or Excel and have not yet started digitization. A survey conducted by Yachiyo Solutions in May 2026 targeting 500 employees in post-production processes (maintenance, production engineering, assembly/processing, quality) at manufacturing companies nationwide revealed many issues such as "inefficiency due to reliance on paper and Excel for record and data management" (32.2%), "veteran know-how is not being passed down" (39.4%), and "personalization of tasks that only specific individuals can handle" (37.8%). This clearly indicates that digitizing and standardizing records at the site level remains a significant challenge. Survey Report: https://yachiyo-sol.com/20260625/ Many of these sites have the mindset of "cannot utilize due to our company's size and structure," "too many functions, don't know where to start," and "want to start gradually," highlighting a lack of low-burden options that serve as the first step towards digitization. MENTENA is launching the "Basic Plan," which specializes in digitizing work records, for sites that want to "start with records." Aimed at supporting the first step in maintenance DX, the plan focuses on "digitizing work records" and "managing work plans," with a configuration that allows sites to start operations without confusion. The design ai