Constraints on the man-hour-based business caused by talent shortages
First written in FY2017. 7 of 16 entries say "Mitigated", first in FY2019-Q2. Latest entry: 2026-05-13.
Systena moved to the "Worse" side of this theme in 2024, 1 year before the typical company in this theme (2025).
The whole theme swung hardest in 2026: 35 of 110 companies on the "Worse" side.
30 other companies' latest entry also says "Worsened".
- 2026-05-13WorsenedRevision to earnings forecast
「At the same time, the competitive environment has become increasingly challenging due to the worsening shortage of engineers across the industry, rising labor costs and increasingly sophisticated customer needs.」
The disclosure identifies the worsening shortage of engineers, rising labor costs and increasingly sophisticated customer needs as specific risk factors related to personnel constraints. The canonical thread itself remains unchanged. - FY2025MaterialisedAnnual report
「We believe fundamental reforms are necessary to reduce the annual employee turnover rate, which exceeds 10%.」
The company itself reports that its annual employee turnover rate exceeds 10% and identifies reforms to recruitment, compensation and benefits, and personnel evaluations as necessary measures. - FY2024WorsenedAnnual report
「Amid a chronic shortage of IT personnel, we will actively invest in human capital, including continuous wage increases, to secure outstanding personnel who will serve as a source of new value creation and enable us to meet the expectations of many customers across various industries.」
The company explicitly describes the shortage of IT personnel as chronic and regards securing outstanding personnel as an urgent priority. It plans to respond through human capital investment, including wage increases. - FY2024-Q1MitigatedAnnual report
「The company continues to make active investments in personnel and implement ongoing improvements in compensation and benefits to secure talented personnel on a stable basis.」
In response to the risk of labor shortages, the company is working to secure personnel on a stable basis through proactive investment in human resources and ongoing improvements in compensation and benefits. - FY2023MaterialisedAnnual report
「The increase in departures among mid-level engineers led to a shortage of launches of profitable new projects.」
The company identifies the increase in departures among mid-level engineers and the shortage of profitable new project launches as actual business impacts of labor shortages and constraints in its personnel mix. - FY2022-Q3RestatedAnnual report
「To advance these initiatives, the company sought to further expand its business and improve profitability through active recruitment of talented personnel and investment in personnel development.」
The company continues to actively recruit and invest in personnel development in response to labor shortages. - FY2022-Q2RestatedAnnual report
「The company sought to further expand its business and improve profitability through active recruitment of talented personnel and investment in personnel development.」
The company continues to actively recruit and invest in personnel development in response to labor shortages. - FY2022-Q1MitigatedAnnual report
「The company sought to further expand its business and improve profitability through active recruitment of talented personnel and investment in personnel development.」
The company continues to actively recruit and invest in personnel development in response to labor shortages. - FY2021MitigatedAnnual report
「The company also made steady progress in recruitment by combining web-based and in-person interviews to expand the workforce essential to business growth. It focused on developing personnel directly linked to stronger services through web-based in-house training that could be conducted during the COVID-19 pandemic and by encouraging employees to obtain professional qualifications.」
The company is advancing recruitment and personnel development through a combination of web-based and in-person interviews, web-based in-house training, and encouragement to obtain professional qualifications. - FY2021-Q2MitigatedAnnual report
「The expansion of the workforce essential to business growth also progressed smoothly through the use of web-based interviews and other measures.」
The company states that it used web-based interviews and other measures to address labor shortages, and that personnel expansion progressed smoothly. - FY2020-Q3MitigatedAnnual report
「The expansion of the workforce essential to business growth also progressed smoothly through diversification of recruitment methods and enhancement of education and training programs.」
The company states that it is diversifying its recruitment methods and enhancing its training and development programs in response to labor shortages, and that its personnel expansion has progressed smoothly. - FY2020-Q1MitigatedAnnual report
「The Solution Design business is continuing to focus on expanding the automotive, internet business, IoT, robotics/AI and business systems fields, where significant growth is expected, while working to further increase orders and improve profitability through greater use of nearshore and offshore development.」
To address personnel constraints, the company is making greater use of nearshore and offshore development to expand orders and improve profitability. - FY2019WorsenedAnnual report
「The issues to be addressed are how to respond to rising outsourcing and procurement costs driven by the financial bubble, as well as rising personnel expenses resulting from labor shortages.」
In addition to the existing risk of labor shortages, the company identifies rising outsourcing, procurement and personnel costs, driven by the financial bubble, as issues to be addressed. - FY2019-Q2MitigatedAnnual report
「Amid a shortage of engineers in Japan, the company is meeting customer needs with the support of Vietnamese engineers and has significantly increased sales.」
The company states that, amid the continuing shortage of engineers in Japan, it addressed customer needs by utilizing Vietnamese engineers and increased sales. - FY2018RestatedAnnual report
「High-growth fields are business areas that are actively investing in IT to offset chronic labor shortages caused by population decline, specifically through IT investment to improve management efficiency and automate administrative processing and enhance productivity through ICT adoption.」
The company continues to identify chronic labor shortages caused by population decline as a backdrop to demand for IT investment. - FY2017First statedAnnual report
「The issues to be addressed are that both contract development and contract-based IT services are manpower businesses. Although these businesses are thriving as a result of favorable economic conditions, the recent labor shortage has had a serious impact, and securing personnel has become the key to success in the manpower business.」
The company describes contract development and contract-based IT services as manpower businesses, and states that the impact of labor shortages is serious and that securing personnel is key to success.