If Inc. Strengthens In-House Tool Development Support for Social Infrastructure and Manufacturing Industries through AI-Driven Development Courses - Individual Consultations Begin

If Inc. (Headquarters: Nakano-ku, Tokyo, Representative Director: Yasuyuki Ito) has announced a new initiative to support the digital transformation (DX) of non-IT departments in social infrastructure and manufacturing industries. The company offers an AI-driven development course that combines AI-driven development training with practical app development using Cursor and Claude Code, helping companies transition to a state where they can develop their own tools in-house.

Target: Personnel responsible for DX promotion in non-IT departments such as social infrastructure and manufacturing industries

Course Name: AI-Driven Development Course (3 months)

Format: Self-paced e-learning (video materials and LMS progress management) plus one hour of one-on-one mentoring per week and on-demand support via a dedicated Slack channel

Topics: AI-driven development basics to intermediate, and original app development (from planning and requirements definition to DB design and publication)

Technologies Used: Cursor, Claude Code, GitHub, Supabase, Next.js/TypeScript

Challenges Faced by DX Promotion Personnel in Social Infrastructure and Manufacturing Industries

In non-IT industries such as social infrastructure and manufacturing, personnel responsible for digital transformation and DX promotion are often not engineers. Establishing a system to address field issues independently has become a management challenge. However, the following structural barriers have hindered in-house development:

Mostly from non-IT departments: DX promotion personnel often have no development experience or have learned in environments vastly different from current AI-driven development.

No means to prototype before outsourcing: Even if they want to create and verify a working prototype before outsourcing to a vendor, they lack the necessary development skills and environment.

Need to coordinate with company-wide standard tools: Coordination is required between company-wide adopted tools/platforms and development environments suitable for AI-driven development, in terms of which to use and how to combine them.

Difficulty in translating field tacit knowledge into requirements: Translating field-specific business issues into system requirements tends to be personalized.

These are not simply about "not being able to develop in-house because there are no engineers," but rather a structural theme common to social infrastructure and manufacturing industries: whether field personnel who know the field best can acquire development skills and take action.

What If's Accompanying Support Can Do

If's support is not about putting participants on an existing curriculum. Instead, instructors join the side of the company that is already improving its existing tracks (existing operations, existing systems, field knowledge). For DX promotion personnel in social infrastructure and manufacturing industries, If provides the following three integrated services:

1. AI-Driven Development Course (3 months / Human Resource Development Support Subsidy and Business Expansion and Other Reskilling Support Course can be utilized)

In addition to self-paced e-learning (video materials and LMS progress management), If offers one hour of one-on-one mentoring per week and on-demand support via a dedicated Slack channel, tailoring the support to each individual's progress. The curriculum covers basic Git and Cursor operations, advanced Cursor usage, Claude Code, team development and governance at the intermediate level, and comprehensive original app development from planning and requirements definition to DB design and publication. The technology stack includes Next.js and Supabase, and participants learn by creating actual working web apps based on field business issues.

2. Technical Selection Support for Company-Wide Standard Tools

If provides technical explanations from the perspective of compatibility with AI-driven development when there are company-wide adopted tools and platforms. If proposes configurations that suit the company's environment. Coordinating existing standards with new development environments is a challenging area for non-IT department DX promotion personnel to decide alone, and If accompanies them from the technical selection stage.

3. Subsidy Utilization Support

If supports the utilization of the Human Resource Development Support Subsidy (Business Expansion and Other Reskilling Support Course) and fixed-price training (Human Investment Promotion Course) from requirements confirmation to document preparation. Companies can invest in human resource development while receiving wage subsidies.

If's strength lies in providing training as a business company with its own development field. If can share the latest knowledge and anti-patterns used in the field with participants during the training.

Expected In-House Development Themes in Social Infrastructure and Manufacturing Industries

In the field of social infrastructure and manufacturing, the following initiatives are likely to become starting points for in-house development. These are areas where field personnel know the business best, and by acquiring development skills using AI, they can continue to improve without relying on outsourcing:

In-house prototyping of field operation tools: First, create a working prototype of field-specific business issues and verify its effectiveness before outsourcing.

Technical selection coordination with existing company-wide standard tools: Examine the optimal combination and division of roles between company-wide adopted tools/platforms and development environments suitable for AI-driven development.

Gradual in-house development from small business apps: Develop web apps created as learning tasks in the training as a foundation and evolve them into applications tailored to in-house operations.

*Note: The above are examples of support themes, and the actual support content will be designed individually according to each company's operations and system.

Introduction to Individual Consultations

If offers individual consultations for companies in social infrastructure and manufacturing industries and others who want to "become an organization that can develop systems in-house without relying on outsourcing."

Based on your company's existing operations, existing systems, and field conditions, If will individually design a curriculum tailored to your company, including which operations to start in-house development with and which combination of training, technical selection, and subsidies is appropriate. If also responds to themes unique to social infrastructure and manufacturing industries, such as coexistence with company-wide standard tools and technical education for non-IT department personnel.

Please contact If Inc. via the inquiry form on the company's website (https://if-tech.co.jp/) for consultations and inquiries.

*Note: This does not guarantee the receipt of subsidies. Eligibility and amounts are determined by the competent labor bureau.

About If Inc.

Company Name: If Inc.

Representative: Representative Director Yasuyuki Ito

Established: January 2021

Headquarters: 2-17-1 Nogata, Nakano-ku, Tokyo

Business Description: Provision of "if AI Partner" total support service for generative AI, provision of corporate reskilling training "Tech Mentor Corporate Training," operation of programming school "Tech Mentor," operation of programming learning service "Code Lesson," and provision of outsourced development and AI-driven teams

URL: https://if-tech.co.jp/

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