Improving Meat Business Profitability Through Coordination with Suppliers and Customers and Inventory Control
First written in FY2018-Q1. 8 of 23 entries say "Advanced", first in FY2019-Q1. Latest entry: FY2026.
The whole theme swung hardest in 2026: 7 of 56 companies on the "Worse" side.
40 other companies' latest entry also says "Advanced".
- FY2026AdvancedAnnual report
「The Company advanced price pass-through to customers, shifted toward market-linked transactions and strengthened sales to business partners, enabling sales volumes to exceed the previous year.」
The Company explains that price pass-through, market-linked transactions and stronger sales restored sales volumes in the meat business to above the previous year. - FY2026-H1AdvancedAnnual report
「Under these circumstances, the Company reviewed the production origins of each livestock category, resulting in net sales and sales volumes exceeding the same period of the previous year.」
The Company reviewed the production origins of each livestock category, and net sales and sales volumes in the meat business exceeded the same period of the previous year. - FY2025AdvancedAnnual report
「The Company advanced price pass-through to customers, shifted toward market-linked transactions and strengthened sales to business partners, enabling sales volumes to exceed the previous year.」
The Company advanced price pass-through, market-linked transactions and stronger sales, restoring net sales and profits in the meat business to above the previous year. - FY2025-H1Lower profits due to insufficient price pass-throughAnnual report
「As a result of reviewing the production origins of each livestock category, net sales exceeded the same period of the previous year. However, profits fell below the same period of the previous year because price increases could not be passed through sufficiently and the rise in procurement costs could not be absorbed.」
Although the Company reviewed the production origins of each livestock category, insufficient price pass-through meant that it could not absorb higher procurement costs, and profits fell below the same period of the previous year. - FY2024-Q2RestatedAnnual report
「Although retail prices at customers' outlets did not rise enough to offset higher market prices for meat, the Company gradually advanced price pass-through to customers, while the shift toward transactions linked to market prices also gradually took hold, enabling it to secure net sales and profits above the previous year.」
The Company continues to advance gradual price pass-through and the shift to market-linked transactions, maintaining net sales and profits in the meat business above the previous year. - FY2024-Q1AdvancedAnnual report
「Although retail prices at customers' outlets did not rise enough to offset higher market prices for raw meat, the Company gradually advanced price pass-through to customers, while the shift toward transactions linked to market prices also gradually took hold, enabling it to secure net sales and profits above the previous year.」
The Company advanced the gradual pass-through of higher prices and the shift to market-linked transactions, securing net sales and profits in the meat business above the previous year. - FY2023-Q3WorsenedAnnual report
「Insufficient pass-through of higher costs to customers coincided with weaker demand in the fresh-meat market, resulting in a significant deterioration in meat-sales profitability. Maintaining sales volumes and securing profits have become difficult. Although domestic pork prices have remained high this year, they have not kept pace with the surge in domestic feed costs, leaving the pig-farming business in a difficult earnings position.」
Insufficient price pass-through and declining demand for fresh meat coincided, significantly worsening profitability in meat sales. The pig-farming business has also become earnings-challenged due to soaring feed costs. - FY2023-Q2WorsenedAnnual report
「Insufficient pass-through of higher costs to customers coincided with weaker demand in the fresh-meat market, resulting in a significant deterioration in meat-sales profitability. Maintaining sales volumes and securing profits have become difficult. Although domestic pork prices have remained high this year, they have not kept pace with the surge in domestic feed costs, leaving the pig-farming business in a difficult earnings position.」
Insufficient price pass-through and declining demand for fresh meat coincided, significantly worsening profitability in meat sales. The pig-farming business has also become earnings-challenged due to soaring feed costs. - FY2023-Q1Profitability deteriorates as passing on higher costs proves difficultAnnual report
「In addition to surging procurement costs for imported meat, domestic pork prices also rose sharply. Because price increases could not be fully passed on to customers, profitability in meat sales deteriorated, creating a challenging environment for maintaining sales volumes and securing profits.」
While continuing efforts to improve profitability management and productivity, the Company is seeing deteriorating profitability in meat sales due to higher market prices for imported and domestic pork and difficulty passing on the increases. - FY2022Profit-focused measures continue, but external factors drive lower profitsAnnual report
「Amid the industry's challenging environment, we made every effort to improve efficiency in manufacturing processes and logistics, among other areas. However, cost increases exceeding expectations have surpassed the limit of what can be absorbed through the Company's own efforts. To continue supplying products that address food waste and environmental concerns, we implemented price revisions for consumer and food-service products in the ham, sausage and processed-food categories, including changes to product specifications and higher delivery prices.」
The Company continued cost-absorption measures such as improving manufacturing and logistics efficiency, but cost increases exceeded the limits of its own efforts, leading to changes in product specifications and higher delivery prices. - FY2022-Q2Profit-focused measures continue, but external factors drive lower profitsAnnual report
「Although the Company promoted expansion of the domestic pork production business and improvements in farm productivity in Japan, profits fell below the previous fiscal year, partly because of soaring feed costs.」
The Company pursued production expansion and improved farm productivity, but was unable to absorb soaring feed costs, and profits in the meat business fell below the previous year. - FY2022-Q1Profit-focused measures continue, but external factors drive lower profitsAnnual report
「The Group continued its profit-focused sales policy by expanding the domestic pork production business, improving farm productivity, expanding sales of original-brand products, enforcing earnings management and optimising inventories. However, profits fell below the previous fiscal year because the Company was unable to fully offset domestic pork prices, which remained low in the first half, and soaring feed costs.」
The Company continued its profit-focused sales policy, profitability management and inventory optimization, but profits fell below the previous fiscal year due to domestic pork prices and feed costs. - FY2021AdvancedAnnual report
「The Company will continue to rigorously manage profitability by product and total management including the Group, while positioning the pork production business as a core business and working to expand it further, improve productivity and enhance quality. It will promote revenue growth by strengthening coordination across the upstream pork production business, midstream meat processing and prepared-meat operations, and downstream meat sales business.」
Regarding meat business profitability management, the Company has expanded its stated scope from product-level profitability management to total management of the entire Group and is targeting revenue growth by strengthening coordination across the upstream, midstream and downstream operations. - FY2021-Q3RestatedAnnual report
「In terms of profits, the sales business has developed a profit-focused sales policy while rigorously managing profitability by customer and appropriately managing inventories.」
The Company continues to pursue a profit-focused sales policy based on customer-level profitability management and appropriate inventory management. - FY2021-Q2RestatedAnnual report
「In terms of profits, the sales business has developed a profit-focused sales policy that restrains unprofitable sales while rigorously managing profitability by customer and appropriately managing inventories.」
The Company continues to pursue a profit-focused sales policy based on customer-level profitability management, restraint of unprofitable sales and appropriate inventory management. - FY2021-Q1RestatedAnnual report
「In terms of profits, the sales business has restrained unprofitable sales while rigorously managing profitability by customer, and has promoted a profit-focused sales policy with appropriate inventory management.」
The Company continues to pursue a profit-focused sales policy based on customer-level profitability management, restraint of unprofitable sales and appropriate inventory management. - FY2020AdvancedAnnual report
「The sales business has changed to a profit-focused sales policy that restrains unprofitable sales while rigorously managing profitability by customer and appropriately managing inventories.」
The Company explicitly describes a shift in the meat business toward a profit-focused strategy combining customer-level profitability management, restraint of unprofitable sales and appropriate inventory management, and explains that overall segment profit exceeded the previous fiscal year. - FY2020-Q3AdvancedAnnual report
「The Company implemented a policy of prioritizing profits and restrained unprofitable sales, resulting in net sales below the previous fiscal year. Profit-wise, profits in the domestic pork production business declined due to lower shipment volumes and weights, but the sales business implemented a profit-first strategy through rigorous profit management, resulting in overall business profits exceeding those of the previous fiscal year.」
The Company explicitly prioritizes profits and restrains unprofitable sales in the meat business, explaining that the sales business's profit-first strategy lifted overall business profits above the same period of the previous year. - FY2019-Q3RestatedAnnual report
「Profit also exceeded the previous fiscal year's level, owing to thorough profit management in the sales business and the benefits of consolidating the expanded production business.」
Continuing to improve profits in the meat business through revenue management in the sales business and the consolidation of the expanded production business. - FY2019-Q2RestatedAnnual report
「Profit also increased from the previous fiscal year, owing to thorough profit management by the sales force and the benefits of consolidating the expanded production business.」
The company continues to describe improved profitability in the meat business through profit management by the sales force and the consolidation of the expanded production business. - FY2019-Q1AdvancedAnnual report
「Profit also increased from the previous fiscal year, owing to thorough profit management by the sales force and the benefits of consolidating the expanded production business.」
The company is improving profitability in the meat business through coordination with suppliers and customers, inventory management, profit management by the sales force, and the consolidation of the expanded production business. - FY2018RestatedAnnual report
「Market conditions stabilised toward the end of the period, and business performance remained strong, including through inventory control.」
The company explains that continued inventory control in the meat business, together with stable market conditions, contributed to strong business performance. - FY2018-Q1First statedAnnual report
「Profit also increased substantially from the previous fiscal year, as coordination with suppliers and customers and effective inventory control were achieved without difficulty.」
The company has for the first time separately described coordination with suppliers and customers and inventory control as specific operating measures linked to improved profitability in the meat business.