Liquidating Unprofitable Locations and Concentrating Resources on Profitable Locations
First written in FY2021-Q2. 10 of 21 entries say "Advanced", first in FY2021. Latest entry: FY2026.
41 other companies' latest entry also says "Advanced".
- FY2026AdvancedAnnual report
「In implementing these measures, the Group will thoroughly verify cost-effectiveness, manage profitability on a project-by-project basis and allocate management resources appropriately, while continuing to control fixed costs and improve operational efficiency.」
The Group has specified cost-effectiveness reviews, project-level profitability management, fixed-cost control and operational efficiency as methods for concentrating management resources in highly profitable businesses. - FY2026-H1AdvancedAnnual report
「In addition to promoting company-wide cost-reduction measures, the Group is reviewing and streamlining business processes to advance organisational streamlining. Through these measures, it is building a foundation for improving its earnings structure by controlling fixed costs and optimising resource allocation.」
Regarding measures to concentrate management resources in growth areas, the Group is advancing company-wide cost reductions, business-process reviews, organisational streamlining, fixed-cost control and optimal resource allocation. - FY2025AdvancedAnnual report
「In addition to improving productivity through greater efficiency and standardisation of operations, the Group will seek to increase customer lifetime value, including by expanding the countries covered and introducing new services, by providing high-value-added services that use networks of local personnel overseas and new digital solutions to meet increasingly diverse and complex customer needs.」
In addition to concentrating on highly profitable businesses, the Group has specified operational efficiency and standardisation, overseas local-personnel networks, digital solutions, expansion of countries covered and introduction of new services as measures. - FY2025-H1AdvancedAnnual report
「By consolidating management resources previously dispersed across different countries at the Japanese headquarters, where demand for overseas and multilingual services is expected to expand, and strengthening sales activities, we achieved an increase in inquiries and maintained and expanded our existing customer base, establishing a foundation for our future growth trajectory.」
As part of efficiency and rationalisation measures, including the restructuring and liquidation of overseas entities, the filing states that management resources dispersed across various countries were consolidated at the Japanese head office. It also states that strengthened sales activities led to more enquiries and helped retain and expand existing customers. - FY2024AdvancedAnnual report
「The Company decided to dissolve and liquidate 2 consolidated subsidiaries based on the future business environment and profitability, as well as potential synergies from collaboration with the Company and the ability to secure personnel. As a result of consolidating management resources dispersed across various countries at the Japanese head office and streamlining management, the Company recorded ¥54.050 million as a loss on liquidation of subsidiaries within extraordinary losses as liquidation-related expenses.」
The Company decided to dissolve and liquidate 2 unprofitable overseas entities and consolidated dispersed management resources at the Japanese head office. Although it recorded a liquidation loss of ¥54.050 million, the impact on earnings improvement was limited because expenses preceded the benefits. - FY2024-Q3RestatedAnnual report
「In addition, by concentrating management resources in highly profitable locations and businesses, the Group will pursue greater efficiency and rationalisation across the Group.」
As measures to address material events relating to the going-concern assumption, the Group continues to concentrate management resources in highly profitable locations and businesses and pursue greater efficiency and rationalisation across the Group. - FY2024-Q2RestatedAnnual report
「To resolve these circumstances, the Group will allocate management resources primarily to outbound marketing for global B2B companies, where demand is increasing steadily, such as support for overseas expansion and promotions targeting overseas markets, and will strengthen its sales activities to expand sales and earnings. In addition, by concentrating management resources in highly profitable locations and businesses, the Group will pursue greater efficiency and rationalisation across the Group.」
The Group continues to allocate resources to and strengthen sales activities for outbound marketing targeting global B2B companies, while concentrating management resources in highly profitable locations and businesses. - FY2024-Q1SoftenedAnnual report
「To resolve these circumstances, the Group will allocate management resources primarily to outbound marketing for global B2B companies, where demand is increasing steadily, such as support for overseas expansion and promotions targeting overseas markets, and will strengthen its sales activities to expand sales and earnings. In addition, by concentrating management resources in highly profitable locations and businesses, the Group will pursue greater efficiency and rationalisation across the Group.」
The policy of concentrating resources in highly profitable locations and businesses continues, but the current filing no longer explicitly mentions the previously listed support for government agencies and local authorities, instead placing emphasis on outbound marketing for global B2B companies. - FY2023-Q3RestatedAnnual report
「To resolve these circumstances, the Group will allocate management resources to outbound marketing for global B2B companies, where demand is increasing steadily, such as support for overseas expansion and promotions targeting overseas markets, and to overseas and multilingual marketing support for government agencies and local authorities, while strengthening its sales activities to expand sales and earnings. In addition, by concentrating management resources in highly profitable locations and businesses, the Group will pursue greater efficiency and rationalisation across the Group.」
As a measure to address material events relating to the going-concern assumption, the Group continues to allocate resources to support for global B2B companies, government agencies and local authorities, and to concentrate management resources in highly profitable locations and businesses. - FY2023-Q2ReframedAnnual report
「To resolve these circumstances, the Group will allocate management resources to outbound marketing for global B2B companies, where demand is increasing steadily, such as support for overseas expansion and promotions targeting overseas markets, and to overseas and multilingual marketing support for government agencies and local authorities, while strengthening its sales activities to expand sales and earnings. In addition, by concentrating management resources in highly profitable locations and businesses, the Group will pursue greater efficiency and rationalisation across the Group.」
As a measure to address material events relating to the going-concern assumption, this filing explicitly states the allocation of resources to outbound marketing for global B2B companies and support for government agencies and local authorities, as well as the concentration of resources in highly profitable locations and businesses. - FY2023-Q1RestatedAnnual report
「To resolve these circumstances, the Group will allocate management resources to outbound marketing for cross-border e-commerce platforms and global B2B companies, such as support for overseas expansion and promotions targeting overseas markets, and to overseas and multilingual marketing support for government agencies and local authorities, while strengthening its sales activities to expand sales and earnings. In addition, by concentrating management resources in highly profitable locations and businesses, the Group will pursue greater efficiency and rationalisation across the Group.」
As measures to address material events relating to the going-concern assumption, the Group continues to allocate resources to cross-border e-commerce, global B2B and support for government agencies and local authorities, strengthen sales activities, and concentrate management resources in highly profitable locations and businesses. - FY2022ReframedAnnual report
「In addition, by liquidating unprofitable businesses and through other measures, the Group will concentrate dispersed management resources in highly profitable locations and businesses, thereby pursuing greater efficiency and rationalisation across the Group.」
The wording has broadened from “liquidation of unprofitable locations” to “liquidation of unprofitable businesses and other measures,” while the concentration of management resources in highly profitable locations and businesses continues. - FY2022-Q3RestatedAnnual report
「In addition, by concentrating management resources dispersed across locations in Asian countries in highly profitable locations and businesses, the Group will pursue greater efficiency and rationalisation across the Group.」
As a measure to address conditions relating to the going-concern assumption, the Group continues its policy of concentrating dispersed management resources in highly profitable locations and businesses. - FY2022-Q1RestatedAnnual report
「To resolve these events or conditions, the Group will allocate management resources primarily to global promotion support for government agencies and local authorities, where demand is increasing steadily, and to outbound marketing support for cross-border e-commerce platforms and global B2B companies, such as support for overseas expansion and promotions targeting overseas markets, while strengthening its sales activities to expand sales and earnings. In addition, by concentrating management resources dispersed across locations in Asian countries in highly profitable locations and businesses, the Group will pursue greater efficiency and rationalisation across the Group.」
The Group continues to allocate resources to support for government agencies and local authorities and to outbound marketing for cross-border e-commerce and global B2B companies, while concentrating resources in highly profitable locations and businesses. - FY2021AdvancedAnnual report
「To resolve these events or conditions, the Group will allocate management resources primarily to global promotion support for government agencies and local authorities, where demand is increasing steadily, and to outbound marketing support for cross-border e-commerce platforms and global B2B companies, such as support for overseas expansion and promotions targeting overseas markets, while strengthening its sales activities to expand sales and earnings. In addition, by concentrating management resources dispersed across locations in Asian countries in highly profitable locations and businesses, the Group will pursue greater efficiency and rationalisation across the Group.」
In addition to the previous allocation of resources to cross-border e-commerce and outbound marketing for global B2B companies, the Group explicitly included support for government agencies and local authorities, and set out the concentration of resources from unprofitable and dispersed locations in highly profitable locations and businesses as full-year measures. - FY2021-Q3RestatedAnnual report
「To address these circumstances, the Group will allocate management resources primarily to cross-border e-commerce platforms, where demand is increasing steadily, and to outbound marketing for global B2B companies, such as support for overseas expansion and promotions targeting overseas markets, and will strengthen its sales activities to expand sales and earnings. In addition, by liquidating unprofitable locations and concentrating dispersed management resources in highly profitable locations and businesses, the Group will pursue greater efficiency and rationalisation across the Group.」
As measures to address conditions relating to the going-concern assumption, the Group continues to cite the allocation of resources to cross-border e-commerce and outbound marketing for global B2B companies, the strengthening of sales activities, and the liquidation of unprofitable locations. - FY2021-Q2First statedAnnual report
「In addition, by liquidating unprofitable locations and concentrating dispersed management resources in highly profitable locations and businesses, the Group will pursue greater efficiency and rationalisation across the Group.」
As a measure to address conditions relating to the going-concern assumption, the Company stated for the first time its policy of liquidating unprofitable locations and concentrating management resources in highly profitable locations and businesses.