Improving Margins through Budget Management, Project Management and Reuse of Expertise
First written in FY2017. 12 of 20 entries say "Advanced", first in FY2018. Latest entry: 2026-10-14.
The whole theme swung hardest in 2022: 1 of 8 companies on the "Worse" side.
10 other companies' latest entry also says "Advanced".
- 2026-10-14AdvancedEarnings
「当中間連結会計期間においては、期初に受注・売上を見込んでいた一括受託案件の一部での計画変更により売上高の通期内での前倒しが多かったこと、AI活用による生産性向上などにより増収増益となりました。」
一括受託案件とAI活用による生産性向上が増収増益につながった実績を記載している。 - FY2027-H1AdvancedAnnual report
「Operating profit increased, exceeding the significant decline recorded in the same period of the previous year, due to the resolution of large-scale unprofitable projects in the previous fiscal year and productivity improvements from the use of AI, including AI-driven development.」
Operating profit increased, exceeding the substantial decline in profit in the same period of the previous year, due to the resolution of a large unprofitable project and productivity improvements through the use of AI, including AI-driven development. - FY2026AdvancedAnnual report
「Across the group, we worked to promote in-house production and improve utilization and productivity. In the WEB/application field, gross profit increased approximately 1% year on year, limited mainly by resources required for unprofitable projects. In the embedded systems field, gross profit increased approximately 16% year on year as the company focused on winning turnkey projects and improved productivity.」
The company advanced in-house production and improved utilization and productivity, with gross profit in the embedded systems field increasing approximately 16% year on year. In the WEB/application field, the impact of unprofitable projects remained. - FY2025RestatedAnnual report
「Across the group, we worked to promote in-house production and improve utilization and productivity.」
The company has reconfirmed promoting in-house production and improving utilization and productivity as ongoing measures to improve profit margins. It also reported that gross profit was sluggish due to an increase in low-margin projects. - FY2025-H1AdvancedAnnual report
「We offset the decline in utilization by acquiring new projects and developing new customers, as well as promoting the shift to in-house production, and revenue grew approximately 5% year on year.」
The company reported that acquiring new projects and customers and promoting the shift to in-house production offset the decline in utilization, with revenue in the core business growing approximately 5% year on year. - FY2024AdvancedAnnual report
「We have continued to pursue cost efficiencies. As a result, operating profit for the consolidated fiscal year was ¥670 million, up 4.3% year on year.」
The company continued to improve cost efficiency, resulting in operating profit of ¥670 million, up 4.3% year on year. This reports a specific result related to operational efficiency and profit-margin improvement. - FY2024-Q1RestatedAnnual report
「We are maintaining high productivity and utilization.」
The company reported that it is maintaining high productivity and utilization, reconfirming the existing status of operational efficiency and profit-margin improvement. - FY2023AdvancedAnnual report
「The increase in manufacturing costs, including labor costs, was absorbed by improving utilization through bringing outsourced work in-house. We continued to pursue cost efficiency. As a result, operating profit for the consolidated fiscal year was ¥643 million, up 6.6% year on year.」
The company absorbed the increase in costs through improved utilization from bringing outsourced work in-house and continued cost efficiency measures; operating profit was ¥643 million, up 6.6% year on year. - FY2023-Q3AdvancedAnnual report
「Against this backdrop, we were able to maintain high productivity and utilization, and overall performance has progressed as planned. As a result, revenue for the nine months ended the third quarter was ¥6,102 million, up 0.9% year on year, and operating profit was ¥603 million, up 31.2%.」
The company explained that it maintained high productivity and utilization and that performance progressed as planned. Operating profit was ¥603 million, up 31.2% year on year, indicating progress in operational efficiency and profit-margin improvement. - FY2023-Q2AdvancedAnnual report
「Along with securing other orders that exceeded this amount, we were able to improve utilization by bringing work that had been expected to be outsourced in-house. As a result, operating profit for the six months ended the second quarter was ¥454 million, up 56.3% year on year.」
The company reported securing other orders and improving utilization by bringing outsourced work in-house; operating profit was ¥454 million, up 56.3% year on year. - FY2022AdvancedAnnual report
「We continued to pursue cost efficiency. As a result, operating profit for the consolidated fiscal year was ¥603 million, up 139.7% year on year.」
The company continued to improve cost efficiency, resulting in operating profit of ¥603 million, up 139.7% year on year. - FY2021RestatedAnnual report
「We recognize that improving operational efficiency is essential to improving profit margins. Achieving this requires leaders with strong project management skills, including schedule planning, effort estimation and staffing plans. In addition to technical training, our group provides extensive experience in managing actual projects to develop capable project leaders and managers, and is working to improve profit margins over the medium to long term.」
The company continues to develop leaders and managers with project management skills, including schedule planning, effort estimation and staffing plans, to improve operational efficiency and profit margins over the medium to long term. - FY2020AdvancedAnnual report
「We continued to pursue cost reductions. As a result, operating profit for the consolidated fiscal year was ¥633 million, up 2.0% year on year.」
The company reported that continued cost reductions resulted in operating profit increasing 2.0% year on year. - FY2020-Q3RestatedAnnual report
「Through active sales activities and efforts to accumulate and share technical expertise, the company made progress in developing customers in the manual production and statistical analysis fields for clinical trials, establishing a structure for contract work, and steadily expanding its business.」
The company has reconfirmed active sales activities, accumulation and sharing of technical expertise, and establishment of a structure for contract work as ongoing measures. - FY2020-Q2RestatedAnnual report
「To further expand contracted operations, we have continued to develop the organizational structure and working environment, develop personnel, accumulate technical expertise and conduct active sales activities.」
The company has reconfirmed measures to continue building the structure and environment for contract work, developing personnel, accumulating technical know-how and conducting sales activities. - FY2020-Q1RestatedAnnual report
「We have advanced the development of personnel with active sales capabilities and project management skills.」
The company continues to develop personnel with project management skills as a measure to expand contract work and improve profit margins. - FY2019AdvancedAnnual report
「We continued to pursue cost reductions. As a result, operating profit for the consolidated fiscal year was ¥621 million, up 6.0% year on year.」
The company reported that continued cost reductions resulted in operating profit increasing 6.0% year on year. - FY2019-Q2RestatedAnnual report
「To build a strong structure for contracted projects, we have continued to pursue project management, human resources development and active sales activities.」
The company reported that it continues to manage projects aimed at establishing a contract-work operating structure. - FY2018AdvancedAnnual report
「We continued to pursue cost reductions. As a result, operating profit for the consolidated fiscal year was ¥586 million, up 18.7% year on year.」
The company reported that continued cost reductions resulted in operating profit increasing 18.7% year on year. - FY2017First statedAnnual report
「These measures include thorough budget-versus-actuals management on a project-by-project basis, improving technical capabilities through various training programs, raising compliance awareness through internal education, and improving work efficiency by reusing accumulated know-how, thereby securing further profitability.」
The company has described, for the first time in a systematic manner, measures to secure profitability through project-level budget-versus-actuals management, training, compliance education and reuse of know-how.