For 3 months from August 1998 to October 1998, the system development and management department of The Tokai Bank, Ltd. ran a test and evaluated the e-mail, bulletin board system, schedule manager, and document manager. The departments concluded that Groupmax was an effective tool for improving business operations.
The e-mail and bulletin board systems were introduced to company officials and directors at their headquarters in January 1996, and to all offices starting in May 1996. The e-mail and bulletin board systems were labeled "TT-mail (Tokai Top management E-mail)".
The number of projects that use Groupmax are increasing month by month, and use of Groupmax for business is becoming popular (now evaluating the effects).