Streamlining Production Processes and Reducing Manufacturing Costs
First written in FY2017-Q1. 15 of 34 entries say "Restated". Latest entry: FY2026.
39 other companies' latest entry also says "Advanced".
- FY2026AdvancedAnnual report
「Profit increased to ¥3,332 million, up 121.7% year on year, as we promoted operational efficiency and reductions in miscellaneous expenses, while fattening costs also declined.」
Food business segment profit increased 121.7% year on year as the company pursued operational efficiency and reductions in miscellaneous expenses, alongside lower fattening costs. - FY2026-H1AdvancedAnnual report
「Profit increased 258.9% year on year as we promoted operational efficiency and reductions in miscellaneous expenses, while fattening costs also declined.」
Food business segment profit increased 258.9% year on year as the company pursued operational efficiency and reductions in miscellaneous expenses, alongside lower fattening costs. - FY2025-H1RestatedAnnual report
「In the food business, we invested in renovating the chicken processing plants to increase future production capacity and improve efficiency and labor savings, and are progressively making capital investments to establish a higher-production framework. Against this backdrop, revenue increased 0.6% year on year as sales to major customers remained firm. However, in addition to continued increases in feed ingredient costs and labor costs, a rise in depreciation expenses from capital investments resulted in a 16.7% year-on-year decline in profit.」
Renovation investments in the chicken processing plants and capital investments to establish a higher-production framework are continuing. Higher depreciation expenses associated with capital investments, together with rising feed ingredient costs and labor costs, are factors behind the 16.7% decline in food business profit. - FY2024AdvancedAnnual report
「During the fiscal year under review, we made capital investments of ¥2,674 million. In the food business, we invested ¥2,559 million, primarily in renovating fattening facilities to increase production and in improving production efficiency in the manufacturing process.」
Capital investments increased from ¥2,309 million in the previous fiscal year to ¥2,674 million. In the food business, ¥2,559 million was invested in renovating fattening facilities and improving production efficiency in the manufacturing process. - FY2024-Q3RestatedAnnual report
「In the food business, we invested in renovating the chicken processing plants to increase future production capacity and improve efficiency and labor savings, and are progressively making capital investments to establish a higher-production framework.」
The company continues renovation investments in the chicken processing plants and capital investments aimed at expanding production capacity, improving efficiency and saving labor. Higher depreciation expenses associated with capital investments are cited as a factor behind the decline in food business profit. - FY2024-Q2RestatedAnnual report
「In the food business, we invested in renovating the chicken processing plants to increase future production capacity and improve efficiency and labor savings, and are progressively making capital investments to establish a higher-production framework.」
The company continues to progressively make renovation investments in the chicken processing plants and capital investments to establish a higher-production framework. No new equipment milestones have been indicated. - FY2024-Q1RestatedAnnual report
「In the food business, we invested in renovating the chicken processing plants to increase future production capacity and improve efficiency and labor savings, and are progressively making capital investments to establish a higher-production framework. Against this backdrop, revenue increased 10.3% year on year as chicken prices remained firm. However, in addition to the impact of higher feed ingredient prices, a major manufacturing cost, increased depreciation expenses resulting from capital investments led to a 40.2% year-on-year decline in profit.」
Renovation investments in the chicken processing plants and capital investments to establish a higher-production framework are continuing. Higher depreciation expenses from capital investments, together with soaring feed ingredient prices, are factors behind the 40.2% decline in food business profit. - FY2023AdvancedAnnual report
「During the fiscal year under review, we made capital investments of ¥2,309 million. In the food business, we invested ¥2,055 million, primarily in the construction and renovation of fattening facilities to increase production and in improving production efficiency in the manufacturing process.」
During the fiscal year under review, ¥2,309 million was actually invested, including ¥2,055 million in the food business, advancing the construction and renovation of fattening facilities and improving production efficiency in the manufacturing process. - FY2023-Q3Higher depreciation expenses due to capital investmentsAnnual report
「In the food business, we built new hatching facilities and invested in renovating the chicken processing plants to increase future production capacity and improve efficiency and labor savings, and are progressively making capital investments to establish a higher-production framework. Against this backdrop, revenue increased 7.4% year on year on stable chicken prices. However, in addition to the sharp rise in feed ingredient prices, increased depreciation expenses resulting from capital investments led to a 47.3% year-on-year decline in profit.」
The company explained that, while it continued building hatching facilities and renovating the processing plants, higher depreciation expenses from capital investments affected profit together with the sharp rise in feed ingredient prices. - FY2023-Q2AdvancedAnnual report
「In the food business, we built new hatching facilities and invested in renovating the chicken processing plants to increase future production capacity and improve efficiency and labor savings, and are progressively making capital investments to establish a higher-production framework.」
In addition to the previous renovation investments in the processing plants, the company built new hatching facilities and is progressively making capital investments to establish a higher-production framework. - FY2023-Q1AdvancedAnnual report
「In the food business, we invested in renovating the chicken processing plants to increase future production capacity and improve efficiency and labor savings, and are progressively making capital investments to establish a higher-production framework.」
The company has made renovation investments in the chicken processing plants and is making concrete progress with capital investments to establish a higher-production framework. - FY2022-Q3RestatedAnnual report
「In the food business, we worked to improve fattening efficiency and manufacturing yields, and shipment volumes to major customers increased, resulting in revenue growth of 3.9% year on year. However, due to a sharp rise in feed ingredient prices, profit declined 24.0% year on year.」
Efforts to improve fattening efficiency and manufacturing yields and increase shipment volumes continued, but a sharp rise in feed ingredient prices resulted in a 24.0% year-on-year decline in food business profit. - FY2022-Q2RestatedAnnual report
「In the food business, we worked to improve fattening efficiency and manufacturing yields, and shipment volumes to major customers increased, resulting in revenue growth of 6.8% year on year. However, due to a sharp rise in feed ingredient prices, profit growth was limited.」
Improved fattening efficiency and manufacturing yields and increased shipment volumes to major customers continued. Revenue rose 6.8% year on year, but profit growth was limited by a sharp rise in feed ingredient prices. - FY2022-Q1RestatedAnnual report
「In the food business, we worked to improve fattening efficiency and manufacturing yields, and shipment volumes to major customers increased, resulting in higher revenue and profit than in the previous fiscal year.」
The company continues to explain that improved fattening efficiency and manufacturing yields led to increased shipment volumes to major customers. No new equipment or quantitative targets have been indicated. - FY2021RestatedAnnual report
「We are working to mitigate the impact of market fluctuations by expanding our handling of processed products that are less affected by price volatility, strengthening sales of differentiated products, and reducing manufacturing costs through improved production efficiency.」
The company reaffirmed its efforts to contain cost burdens and the impact of market fluctuations by strengthening sales of processed and differentiated products and reducing manufacturing costs through improved production efficiency. - FY2021-Q3RestatedAnnual report
「In the food business, in addition to the start-up of a newly built, state-of-the-art large-scale fattening facility, we made substantial investments to repair fattening facilities. In the chicken processing operations, we also invested in renovating the processing plants to increase future production capacity and improve efficiency and labor savings, resulting in substantial increases in repair and depreciation expenses.」
The company continues to explain that substantial repairs to the fattening facilities and renovation investments in the processing plants led to significant increases in repair and depreciation expenses. - FY2021-Q2WorsenedAnnual report
「In the food business, we made substantial investments to repair fattening facilities in the fattening operations and also invested in renovations of the chicken processing plants to increase future production capacity and improve efficiency and labor savings. As a result, repair costs increased substantially. In addition, shipment volumes fell short of expectations because manufacturing yields declined.」
While repair investments were made in the fattening facilities and processing plants, repair costs increased substantially, and shipment volumes also fell short of expectations because manufacturing yields declined. - FY2020-Q3RestatedAnnual report
「However, the impact of the previously mentioned weakness in chicken prices and higher manufacturing costs was significant, and we will continue pursuing efficiency gains and labor savings.」
The company reaffirmed its policy of continuing to pursue efficiency gains and labor savings in response to weak chicken prices and higher manufacturing costs. - FY2020-Q2RestatedAnnual report
「In the food business, we worked to improve fattening efficiency and manufacturing yields, resulting in increased shipment volumes to major customers. However, the previously mentioned weakness in chicken prices and higher manufacturing costs continued to have a significant impact, and we will continue pursuing efficiency gains and labor savings.」
The company reaffirmed its policy of continuing to improve fattening efficiency and manufacturing yields and to pursue efficiency gains and labor savings. The impact of weak market prices and higher manufacturing costs remains significant. - FY2020-Q1MitigatedAnnual report
「In the food business, we worked to increase shipment volumes, but in addition to the previously mentioned weakness in chicken prices and higher manufacturing costs, fattening efficiency declined for a period, which had a significant adverse impact through the resulting deterioration in manufacturing yields. At present, both fattening efficiency and manufacturing yields have improved, but going forward we will pursue further efficiency gains and labor savings, while advancing the business with the aim of strengthening the long-term business structure.」
The company explained that a temporary decline in fattening efficiency and deterioration in manufacturing yields affected performance, while both have improved at present. Going forward, it plans to pursue greater efficiency and labor savings with the aim of strengthening its long-term business structure. - FY2019WorsenedAnnual report
「In the food business, we continued working to increase shipment volumes and improve efficiency. However, the impact of weak domestic chicken prices was significant, and production yields declined in both the fattening and chicken processing operations, among other factors,」
While efficiency initiatives continued, yields declined in both the fattening and chicken processing operations, depressing segment profit along with weak market prices. - FY2019-Q3AdvancedAnnual report
「In addition, in the fattening and chicken processing operations, we partially brought logistics activities in-house primarily to improve efficiency, resulting in higher costs due to initial investment, among other factors.」
While a new initiative was implemented to partially bring logistics activities in-house to improve efficiency, the resulting initial investment costs pushed up the cost ratio. - FY2019-Q2WorsenedAnnual report
「However, the impact of higher feed ingredient prices and lower production yields in the fattening operations was significant,」
The decline in production yields, together with higher feed ingredient prices, is cited as a factor depressing profit in the food business. - FY2019-Q1RestatedAnnual report
「To address higher production costs resulting from soaring feed ingredient prices, a major production cost, and rising labor costs and other expenses, further efficiency improvements and labor-saving measures are required in chicken production.」
Further efficiency improvements and labor-saving measures in chicken production continue to be required in response to higher production costs caused by rising feed and labor costs. - FY2018Lower yields and higher costsAnnual report
「In the chicken processing division, partly because some production yields declined, the company was unable to offset falling unit prices for chicken products and higher manufacturing costs, including labor costs,」
Regarding the theme of improving production process efficiency and yields, the disclosure notes that some production yields declined and manufacturing costs increased, indicating that the resulting conditions could not be offset by factors such as falling prices. - FY2018-Q3RestatedAnnual report
「To address higher production costs resulting from soaring feed prices, a major production cost, and rising labor costs and other expenses, further efficiency improvements and labor-saving measures are required in chicken production.」
The need for further efficiency improvements and labor-saving measures in chicken production continues to be cited as a response to higher production costs caused by rising feed prices and labor costs. - FY2018-Q2DroppedAnnual report
「In the food business, we continued to expand production capacity, resulting in increased shipment volumes to major customers.」
In the current quarter, there was no separate mention of the previous efforts to improve production process efficiency and yields or reduce manufacturing costs, with the focus instead on expanding production capacity and increasing shipment volumes. - FY2018-Q1AdvancedAnnual report
「In the breeding and chicken processing divisions, progress in improving production yields enabled us to increase shipment weight.」
Progress has been reported on the previous efforts to improve process efficiency and yields, leading to increased shipment weight. - FY2017-Q3RestatedAnnual report
「We also continued to focus on improving production yields and reducing costs in the chicken processing division.」
Process efficiency improvements in the chicken processing division are being made more concrete through higher yields and cost reductions, and have been reaffirmed as an ongoing initiative. - FY2017-Q2RestatedAnnual report
「In addition, as a result of efforts to improve production process efficiency and reduce manufacturing costs in the breeding and chicken processing divisions,」
Efforts to improve process efficiency and reduce manufacturing costs in the breeding and chicken processing divisions have continued. No new measures or deadlines have been indicated. - FY2017-Q1First statedAnnual report
「Profit increased as a result of progress in improving production process efficiency in the breeding and chicken processing divisions and efforts to reduce manufacturing costs.」
The company states that efforts to improve process efficiency and reduce costs in the breeding and chicken processing divisions led to higher profit.