Improving Productivity Through Business Reform and Process Improvement
First written in FY2018. 17 of 27 entries say "Restated". Latest entry: 2026-10-30.
The whole theme swung hardest in 2023: 3 of 15 companies on the "Worse" side.
15 other companies' latest entry also says "Advanced".
- FY2026AdvancedAnnual report
「Improving productivity To address issues including the chronic shortage of site managers and work-style reforms to comply with the cap on overtime, the Company will enhance its engineering support structure and strengthen support for preparing construction drawings to reduce workloads. It will also work to improve productivity through digital transformation (DX), including business process reforms using generative AI and other technologies.」
The Company identified engineering support, assistance with preparing construction drawings and business process reforms using generative AI and other technologies as means of improving productivity. As risk measures, it also referred to creating a knowledge database and reducing staffing requirements and reliance on individual expertise through generative AI and AI agents. - FY2026-H1AdvancedAnnual report
「Operating profit increased year on year due to thorough cost control, improved construction efficiency, further company-wide cost reduction, and other factors.」
Further efforts to strengthen cost management, improve construction efficiency and reduce costs across the company are reflected in a 29.4% increase in operating profit for the interim period. - FY2025-H1AdvancedAnnual report
「Operating profit increased year on year as gross profit rose due to higher net sales, thorough cost control, efficient construction, and other factors.」
The thorough management of costs and improved productivity and profitability through efficient construction are reflected in a 452.5% year-on-year increase in operating profit. - FY2024-Q3AdvancedAnnual report
「Operating profit increased year on year as gross profit rose due to higher net sales, thorough cost control, efficient construction, and other factors.」
The thorough management of costs and improved productivity and profitability through efficient construction are reflected in a 68.0% year-on-year increase in operating profit. - FY2024-Q2AdvancedAnnual report
「Operating profit increased year on year as gross profit rose due to higher net sales, thorough cost control, efficient construction, and other factors.」
Productivity and profitability improvements through thorough cost management and efficient construction were reflected in a 36.5% year-on-year increase in operating profit. - FY2024-Q1RestatedAnnual report
「Against this backdrop, the Group is advancing measures under Medium-Term Management Plan 2024〔fiscal years 2021–2024〕, including strengthening its foundation in the Chugoku region, expanding its business in metropolitan areas, and promoting business reform.」
The company continues to promote business transformation as an initiative under Medium-Term Management Plan 2024. - FY2023-Q3RestatedAnnual report
「Against this backdrop, the Group is advancing measures under Medium-Term Management Plan 2024〔fiscal years 2021–2024〕, including strengthening its foundation in the Chugoku region, expanding its business in metropolitan areas, and promoting business reform.」
The company continues to promote business transformation as an initiative under Medium-Term Management Plan 2024. - FY2023-Q2RestatedAnnual report
「Against this backdrop, the Group is advancing measures under Medium-Term Management Plan 2024〔fiscal years 2021–2024〕, including strengthening its foundation in the Chugoku region, expanding its business in metropolitan areas, and promoting business reform.」
The company continues to promote business transformation as an initiative under Medium-Term Management Plan 2024. - FY2023-Q1RestatedAnnual report
「Against this backdrop, the Group is advancing measures under Medium-Term Management Plan 2024〔fiscal years 2021–2024〕, including strengthening its foundation in the Chugoku region, expanding its business in metropolitan areas, and promoting business reform.」
The company continues to promote business transformation as an initiative under Medium-Term Management Plan 2024. - FY2022AdvancedAnnual report
「In response, the company is pursuing initiatives such as “front-loading,” which advances work in the schedule to reduce construction peaks and secure labor steadily, and “distributed outsourcing orders,” which enables it to respond flexibly to shortened schedules.」
As measures to improve productivity and profit margins, the company specifically describes front-loading, distributed outsourcing orders, and the early identification of delays in construction progress. - FY2022-Q3RestatedAnnual report
「Against this backdrop, the Group is advancing measures under Medium-Term Management Plan 2024〔fiscal years 2021–2024〕, including strengthening its foundation in the Chugoku region, expanding its business in metropolitan areas, and promoting business reform.」
The company continues to promote business transformation as an initiative under Medium-Term Management Plan 2024. - FY2022-Q2RestatedAnnual report
「Against this backdrop, the Group is advancing measures under Medium-Term Management Plan 2024〔fiscal years 2021–2024〕, including strengthening its foundation in the Chugoku region, expanding its business in metropolitan areas, and promoting business reform.」
The company continues to promote business transformation as an initiative under Medium-Term Management Plan 2024. - FY2022-Q1RestatedAnnual report
「Against this backdrop, the Group is advancing measures under Medium-Term Management Plan 2024〔fiscal years 2021–2024〕, including strengthening its foundation in the Chugoku region, expanding its business in metropolitan areas, and promoting business reform.」
The company continues to promote business transformation as an initiative under Medium-Term Management Plan 2024. - FY2021RaisedAnnual report
「② Securing and expanding profit and strengthening competitiveness The company aims to secure and expand profit and strengthen competitiveness by improving construction efficiency through stronger on-site management, reducing costs across the company and Group, and improving productivity through DX. ◇ Improving construction efficiency through leveling construction workloads and front-loading ◇ Reducing costs in coordination with the company and Group companies ◇ Improving productivity through digital transformation (DX)」
The company has given concrete form to business transformation and process improvement through leveling construction workloads, front-loading, cost reductions through Group coordination, and productivity improvements through DX. - FY2021-Q3RestatedAnnual report
「Against this backdrop, the Group is advancing measures under its medium-term management plan〔fiscal years 2018–2020〕, including expanding its business in metropolitan areas, strengthening its sales and construction capabilities, and promoting business reform.」
The company continues to promote business transformation as an initiative based on its medium-term management plan for FY2018–FY2020. - FY2021-Q2RestatedAnnual report
「Operating profit increased year on year due to higher net sales, thorough cost management, productivity improvements from efficiency initiatives and other factors.」
The company continues to pursue thorough cost management and productivity improvements through efficiency initiatives. It explains that the promotion of business transformation, including these measures, resulted in operating profit exceeding the same period of the previous year. - FY2021-Q1RestatedAnnual report
「Operating profit increased year on year due to higher net sales, thorough cost management, productivity improvements from efficiency initiatives and other factors.」
The company continues to pursue thorough cost management and productivity improvements through efficiency initiatives related to business transformation and process improvement. As a result, operating profit improved from an operating loss in the same period of the previous year to ¥913 million. - FY2020-Q3RestatedAnnual report
「Operating profit increased year on year due to higher net sales, thorough cost management, productivity improvements from efficiency initiatives and other factors.」
The company continues to implement thorough cost management and productivity improvements through efficiency initiatives. There have been no material changes to the business transformation and process improvement initiatives themselves. - FY2020-Q2RestatedAnnual report
「Operating profit increased year on year as gross profit rose due to higher net sales, thorough cost management, productivity improvements from efficiency initiatives and other factors.」
The company continues to pursue thorough cost management and productivity improvements through efficiency initiatives. It explains that the promotion of business transformation, including these measures, resulted in gross profit and operating profit exceeding the same period of the previous year. - FY2020-Q1RestatedAnnual report
「Against this backdrop, the Group is advancing measures under its medium-term management plan〔fiscal years 2018–2020〕, including expanding its business in metropolitan areas, strengthening its sales and construction capabilities, and promoting business reform.」
The company continues to promote business transformation as an initiative based on its medium-term management plan for FY2018–FY2020. - FY2019RestatedAnnual report
「Operating profit declined from the previous fiscal year despite continued efforts to reduce costs and improve efficiency through operational reforms, due to a decline in gross profit resulting from lower revenue from distribution line work and higher outsourcing costs in the general division, as well as an increase in SG&A expenses, including amortization of goodwill related to M&A.」
The company continues to improve efficiency through business transformation and process improvement, but operating profit declined in the current fiscal year due to increased outsourcing costs, M&A-related expenses and other factors. - FY2019-Q3RestatedAnnual report
「Against this backdrop, the Group is advancing measures under its medium-term management plan〔fiscal years 2018–2020〕, including expanding its business in metropolitan areas, strengthening its sales and construction capabilities, and promoting business reform.」
The company continues to promote business transformation as an initiative based on its medium-term management plan for FY2018–FY2020. - FY2019-Q2RestatedAnnual report
「Against this backdrop, the Group is advancing measures under its medium-term management plan〔fiscal years 2018–2020〕, including expanding its business in metropolitan areas, strengthening its construction and sales capabilities, and promoting business reform.」
The company continues to promote business transformation as an initiative based on its medium-term management plan for FY2018–FY2020. - FY2019-Q1RestatedAnnual report
「The company pursued initiatives under its medium-term management plan for fiscal 2018–2020 covering “① securing and expanding orders, ② securing and expanding profits, ③ improving productivity through business reform and operational improvements, ④ developing people who create vitality and ⑤ improving quality.”」
The company continues to pursue productivity improvements through business transformation and process improvement as an initiative under its new medium-term management plan. - FY2018First statedAnnual report
「③ Improving productivity through business transformation and process improvement ・Fundamental review of on-site operations ・Promoting the outsourcing of operations and the use of new technologies, including IT」
Under the medium-term management plan for FY2018–FY2020, the company newly established productivity improvement as a standalone initiative, using fundamental reviews of on-site operations, outsourcing of operations, and the use of new technologies including IT as its means.