Securing Growth and Profitability Through Cost Control and Service Improvements
First written in FY2016. 14 of 32 entries say "Advanced", first in FY2018-Q1. Latest entry: 2026-08-07.
The whole theme swung hardest in 2022: 1 of 6 companies on the "Worse" side.
5 other companies' latest entry also says "Advanced".
- FY2026AdvancedAnnual report
「Operating profit increased because a review of recruitment methods and negotiations on dispatch unit prices proved effective and improved the gross profit margin, while selling, general and administrative expenses were controlled.」
Despite a 14.3% decline in revenue, operating profit increased 31.5% through a review of recruitment methods, negotiations on staffing unit prices and control of selling, general and administrative expenses. - FY2026-H1Higher recruitment costs alongside improved utilization and unit pricesAnnual report
「During the interim consolidated accounting period, the employee turnover rate showed a tendency to improve across the domestic business as a whole, but the number of technical employees declined as hiring failed to grow. Meanwhile, utilization improved, and revenue per employee increased as unit-price negotiations progressed in each business.」
While hiring growth stalled and the number of technical employees declined, revenue per employee increased through improved utilization and unit-price negotiations. Recruitment-related costs increased from ¥2,402 million in the same period of the previous year to ¥2,662 million. - FY2025Higher recruitment expenses and lower profit due to declining recruitment efficiencyAnnual report
「Operating profit and EBITDA fell below the levels of the same period of the previous year due to higher recruitment expenses resulting from deteriorating recruitment efficiency caused by delays in responding to increasingly diverse needs, the expansion of low-profitability projects in the Vietnam business, and the impact of selling the Engineering business, which had a high operating margin.」
Recruitment-related costs increased from ¥5,058 million in the same period of the previous year to ¥5,550 million. The deterioration in recruitment efficiency caused by delays in responding to increasingly diverse needs was cited as a factor behind the declines in operating profit and EBITDA. - FY2025-H1Profit decline while recruitment investment continuedAnnual report
「As investment in recruitment expenses and other selling, general and administrative expenses for establishing a hiring structure capable of recruiting 2,000 people per month will continue at the level of the original plan, forecasts for each stage of profit have also been revised downward.」
While investment in recruitment expenses and other costs continued to establish a hiring structure capable of recruiting 2,000 people per month, profit forecasts were revised downward, partly due to the decline in the gross profit margin. - FY2024Lower costs due to continued recruitment investment and restraints on personnel expensesAnnual report
「Although investment costs for establishing a hiring structure capable of recruiting 2,000 people per month for further business growth increased, and recruitment-related costs rose to meet higher orders accompanying demand recovery among existing customers and the acquisition of new customers, costs declined year on year due to restraints on personnel expenses resulting from a review of the personnel plan and the absence of share-based compensation expenses recorded in the third quarter of the previous fiscal year.」
While investment in a hiring structure capable of recruiting 2,000 people per month and recruitment-related costs continued to increase, costs declined year on year due to a review of the personnel plan and restraints on personnel expenses. - FY2024-Q3AdvancedAnnual report
「Although investment costs for establishing a hiring structure capable of recruiting 2,000 people per month for further business growth increased, and recruitment-related costs rose to meet higher orders accompanying demand recovery among existing customers and the acquisition of new customers, costs declined year on year due to restraints on personnel expenses resulting from a review of the personnel plan and the absence of share-based compensation expenses recorded in the third quarter of the previous fiscal year.」
While investment in a hiring structure capable of recruiting 2,000 people per month and recruitment-related costs increased, total costs declined year on year due to restraints on personnel expenses following a review of the personnel plan and the absence of share-based compensation expenses recorded in the same period of the previous year. - FY2024-Q2Cost controls failed to offset the decline in revenueAnnual report
「On the profit side, although strategic investments continued, including investment to establish a hiring structure capable of recruiting 2,000 people per month for further business growth, and costs such as recruitment-related expenses and personnel expenses were controlled through a review of the personnel plan, this was insufficient to offset the decline in gross profit caused by lower revenue.」
Although recruitment-related costs and personnel expenses were controlled while strategic investment continued, the decline in gross profit caused by lower revenue could not be offset. - FY2023AdvancedAnnual report
「On the cost side, initiatives to reduce selling, general and administrative expenses, including greater efficiency in recruitment-related costs, proved effective and resulted in a substantial increase in profit.」
Reductions in selling, general and administrative expenses, including greater efficiency in recruitment-related costs, proved effective, and segment profit in the Manufacturing business increased 73.2% year on year. - FY2023-Q3AdvancedAnnual report
「On the cost side, initiatives to reduce selling, general and administrative expenses, including greater efficiency in recruitment-related costs, proved effective and resulted in higher profit. As a result, revenue was ¥62,274 million (¥55,666 million in the same period of the previous year, up 11.9%) and segment profit was ¥8,528 million (¥4,491 million, up 89.9%).」
Measures to reduce selling, general and administrative expenses, including greater efficiency in recruitment-related costs, proved effective, and segment profit in the Manufacturing business increased 89.9%. - FY2023-Q2AdvancedAnnual report
「On the cost side, initiatives to reduce selling, general and administrative expenses, including greater efficiency in recruitment-related costs, proved effective and resulted in higher profit.」
The company states that measures to reduce selling, general and administrative expenses, including greater efficiency in recruitment-related costs, proved effective and led to higher profit. - FY2023-Q1AdvancedAnnual report
「On the cost side, initiatives to reduce selling, general and administrative expenses, including greater efficiency in recruitment-related costs, proved effective and resulted in higher profit.」
The company states that greater efficiency in recruitment-related costs and reductions in selling, general and administrative expenses contributed to the actual increase in profit. - FY2022Higher recruitment-related costs alongside efficiency measuresAnnual report
「Profit declined because recruitment-related costs temporarily increased as hiring was strengthened to accelerate revenue growth. In addition, to build a leaner and stronger business foundation over the medium to long term in preparation for profit growth from the fiscal year ending March 2023, the Group steadily advanced initiatives to improve operational and cost efficiency, including the integration of the Group recruitment database in April 2022 and a large-scale reorganization within the Group.」
Recruitment-related costs increased from ¥2,406 million to ¥6,116 million, with revenue growth and lower profit occurring alongside each other, while the Group advanced future efficiency improvements through the integration of its recruitment database and organizational restructuring. - FY2022-Q3Continued profit decline due to higher recruitment-related costsAnnual report
「Profit declined because recruitment-related costs temporarily increased as hiring was strengthened to accelerate revenue growth.」
As hiring was strengthened to accelerate revenue growth, recruitment-related costs temporarily increased, resulting in declines in operating profit, ordinary profit and profit attributable to owners of the parent for the quarter. - FY2022-Q2Continued profit decline due to higher recruitment-related costsAnnual report
「Profit declined because recruitment-related costs temporarily increased as hiring was strengthened to accelerate revenue growth.」
As hiring was strengthened with priority given to revenue growth, recruitment-related costs increased. Operating profit fell 35.4% year on year and ordinary profit fell 36.6%. - FY2022-Q1Profit decline due to higher recruitment-related costsAnnual report
「Profit declined because recruitment-related costs temporarily increased as hiring was strengthened to accelerate revenue growth.」
As hiring was strengthened with priority given to revenue growth, recruitment-related costs temporarily increased. Operating profit fell 28.7% year on year and ordinary profit fell 29.0%. - FY2021-Q2Revenue and profit decline due to delayed demand recoveryAnnual report
「However, overall production activity has not yet fully recovered, and the number of technical employees declined because hiring was restrained. The automotive-related field was a major factor, as demand for personnel shifted sharply from the strong growth seen in the same period of the previous year ahead of the consumption tax increase, resulting in lower revenue.」
In the Manufacturing business, hiring was restrained, resulting in revenue of ¥31,152 million and segment profit of ¥1,741 million. Revenue was down 14.2% year on year and segment profit was down 44.0%. - FY2021-Q1Profit decline due to leave compensation and other factorsAnnual report
「Recruitment expenses declined as hiring was temporarily restrained amid uncertainty over customers' future demand for personnel. However, profit declined due to leave compensation and other payments to employees placed on leave following the suspension of operations at customer factories.」
Recruitment expenses declined as hiring was temporarily restrained, but leave compensation and other costs arose due to factory shutdowns, causing segment profit in the Manufacturing business to fall 41.4% year on year. - FY2020-Q3AdvancedAnnual report
「Profit increased, driven by a higher proportion of the relatively high-priced automotive-related field and thorough cost management. As a result, revenue was ¥53,814 million (¥56,228 million in the same period of the previous year, down 4.3%), segment profit was ¥4,697 million (¥4,516 million, up 4.0%), and the number of technical employees was 14,409 (16,245, down 1,836).」
In the Manufacturing business, segment profit increased 4.0% despite declines in revenue and the number of technical employees, owing to the higher proportion of the high-priced automotive-related field and cost management. - FY2020-Q2AdvancedAnnual report
「Profit increased substantially due to a higher proportion of the relatively high-priced automotive-related field and thorough cost management. As a result, revenue was ¥36,309 million (¥36,141 million in the same period of the previous year, up 0.5%), segment profit was ¥3,111 million (¥2,369 million, up 31.3%), and the number of technical employees was 14,674 (16,098 in the same period of the previous year, a decrease of 1,424).」
Despite the decline in the number of technical employees, segment profit in the Manufacturing Business increased by 31.3% due to a higher proportion of the high-priced automotive-related field and cost management. - FY2019AdvancedAnnual report
「The EBITDA growth rate, a management KPI, was 52.0% for the current consolidated fiscal year, owing to improved management efficiency through concentration on higher-priced, large-lot projects and greater profitability in the Engineering Business, among other factors.」
In addition to cost controls and improved services, it identified concentration on higher-priced, large-lot projects and greater profitability in the Engineering Business as means of improving profitability, and reported an EBITDA growth rate of 52.0%. - FY2019-Q3RestatedAnnual report
「The company also worked to improve profitability, including by increasing its share within customer factories to enhance management efficiency.」
It continued to increase its share within customer factories to improve management efficiency and profitability. - FY2019-Q2RestatedAnnual report
「The company also worked to improve profitability, including by increasing its share within customer factories to enhance management efficiency.」
It continued to increase its share within customer factories to improve management efficiency and profitability. - FY2019-Q1RestatedAnnual report
「The company also worked to improve profitability, including by increasing its share within customer factories to enhance management efficiency.」
It describes increasing the company's share within customer factories to improve management efficiency as a new specific measure to improve profitability. - FY2018RestatedAnnual report
「The company also implemented thorough cost controls, including reductions in selling, general and administrative expenses, and worked to improve services for existing customers, thereby seeking to secure growth and profitability.」
It reaffirms reductions in selling, general and administrative expenses and improved services for existing customers as measures to secure growth and profitability. - FY2018-Q3RestatedAnnual report
「The gross profit margin improved as a result of higher productivity in contract operations in the battery manufacturing field.」
It continues to describe higher productivity in contract operations in the battery manufacturing field and the resulting improvement in the gross profit margin. - FY2018-Q2RestatedAnnual report
「The gross profit margin improved as a result of higher productivity in contract operations in the battery manufacturing field.」
It continues to describe higher productivity in contract operations in the battery manufacturing field and the resulting improvement in the gross profit margin. - FY2018-Q1AdvancedAnnual report
「The gross profit margin improved as a result of higher productivity in contract operations in the battery manufacturing field.」
It states that higher productivity in contract operations in the battery manufacturing field led to an improvement in the gross profit margin. - FY2016First statedAnnual report
「The company also implemented thorough cost controls, including reductions in selling, general and administrative expenses, and worked to improve services for existing customers, thereby seeking to secure growth and profitability.」
It describes cost reductions and improved services for existing customers as means of securing growth and profitability.