Responding to Customer Needs and New Technologies by Strengthening Planning and Technical Capabilities
First written in FY2019. 7 of 17 entries say "Advanced", first in FY2022-Q3. Latest entry: FY2026.
57 other companies' latest entry also says "Advanced".
- FY2026AdvancedAnnual report
「Going forward, we intend to deepen relationships with existing business partners and expand our base of new business partners by improving product functionality through the use of AI and rolling out new products that contribute to the efficient operation and strengthening of the used-car business.」
The company identifies improving product functionality through the use of AI and rolling out new products that contribute to the efficiency and strengthening of the used-car business as specific means of deepening relationships with existing customers and expanding its base of new customers. - FY2026-H1Expansion into AI applications and new products for the used-car marketAnnual report
「Demand for our products and solutions from leasing-related businesses, used-car businesses and others remains strong, and sales are on an upward trend. With a view to further business growth, we are also focusing on initiatives to improve product functionality using AI and on developing new products that will help strengthen the used-car business.」
The company states that sales to leasing-related and used-car businesses are on an upward trend, and has defined specific initiatives to improve product functionality using AI and develop new products to strengthen the used-car business. - FY2025Explicit disclosure of AI and big data investmentAnnual report
「Third, we will increase system investment through the use of AI and big data, continue to allocate resources to cybersecurity measures, and strengthen investment in human capital by working to secure and develop highly skilled personnel.」
The company explicitly identifies investment in systems using AI and big data, cybersecurity and human resources as means of strengthening its planning and technological capabilities. - FY2025-H1SoftenedAnnual report
「Positive business discussions with automotive dealers have finally begun to increase, and new orders have started to be reflected in the figures. However, the decline accumulated during the COVID-19 pandemic continued to have an impact because the business is subscription-based, resulting in another year-on-year decline in revenue.」
While positive business discussions and new orders began to be reflected in the figures, the decline in subscription-based revenue accumulated during the COVID-19 pandemic persisted, resulting in lower revenue for the current interim consolidated accounting period. - FY2024SoftenedAnnual report
「Group sales increased, partly because the performance of Inspiration株式会社, which became a subsidiary, was strong. However, higher costs for product development and improvement and increased amortisation expenses placed pressure on Group profit.」
While continuing to develop and improve products, the company was pressured by higher related costs and increased amortisation expenses, which weighed on Group profit. - FY2024-Q3SoftenedAnnual report
「Although the order backlog is gradually being worked down and delivery times and order restrictions are clearly easing, the timing of a return to normal sales activity before the period of extended delivery times remains unclear. Consequently, new installations of our flagship products, which serve as sales promotion tools, have been far more challenging than assumed, while development of products addressing automobile dealers’ needs has taken substantially longer than assumed to monetize.」
Although development of products to meet customer demands is continuing, the environment for new deployments of core products is more challenging than expected, and monetisation of product development is also substantially behind schedule. - FY2024-Q2SoftenedAnnual report
「We are developing products to meet the demands of automotive dealers by incurring costs upfront, but monetisation is also taking longer than initially expected at the beginning of the fiscal year.」
The company is moving ahead with product development to address customers' emerging needs, but states that monetisation is taking longer than initially expected at the beginning of the fiscal year. - FY2024-Q1Policy of anticipating emerging customer needsAnnual report
「As new needs have also emerged among new-car dealers as they work through their accumulated order backlogs, we intend to address these needs ahead of time by incurring costs upfront, with the aim of expanding sales over the medium term.」
The company has stated a policy of responding ahead of time to new needs arising as new-car dealers work through their order backlogs by investing in costs upfront, with the aim of expanding sales over the medium term. - FY2023AdvancedAnnual report
「Although our Group and Insp社 broadly belong to the same industry, their business areas, customer bases and product characteristics are independently distinct. By combining the networks and expertise held by the 2 companies, we will be able to expand into broader business and customer areas than before and develop new products.」
The full-year report presents specific growth initiatives to expand the business and customer areas and develop new products by combining the networks and expertise of both companies through the acquisition of Inspiration株式会社 as a subsidiary. - FY2023-Q1AdvancedAnnual report
「At the beginning of the fiscal year, we made Inspiration株式会社 a subsidiary. The company develops systems for automotive distributors and operates a solutions business for automotive dealers, with particular expertise in solutions for importers and new-car dealers of imported vehicles. This has enabled us to expand into broader business and customer areas than before and develop new products.」
The acquisition of Inspiration株式会社 as a subsidiary and the integration of its business areas, customer base and solutions track record marked concrete progress toward expanding the business and customer areas and developing new products. - FY2022AdvancedAnnual report
「Although our Group and Insp社 broadly belong to the same industry, their business areas, customer bases and product characteristics are independently distinct. By combining the networks and expertise held by the 2 companies, we will be able to expand into broader business and customer areas than before and develop new products.」
The acquisition of Inspiration株式会社 as a subsidiary was completed, and specific measures to expand the business and customer areas and develop new products by combining the networks and expertise of both companies moved into the implementation phase. - FY2022-Q3AdvancedAnnual report
「Although our Group and Insp社 broadly belong to the same industry, their business areas, customer bases and product characteristics are independently distinct. By combining the networks and expertise held by the 2 companies, we will be able to expand into broader business and customer areas than before and develop new products.」
Specific measures were presented to leverage Inspiration株式会社's track record in developing systems for automotive distributors and providing solutions for automotive dealers, with a view to expanding the customer and business areas and developing new products. - FY2021RestatedAnnual report
「In addition to our Group's distinctive expertise and planning capabilities in our domain, we will work to strengthen our ability to plan in response to customers' emerging needs and our efforts in new technologies in order to develop and provide higher-value-added services.」
The company has reaffirmed the challenge of strengthening its ability to plan in response to customer needs and its efforts in new technologies. - FY2020RestatedAnnual report
「In addition to our Group's distinctive expertise and planning capabilities in our domain, we will work to strengthen our ability to plan in response to customers' emerging needs and our efforts in new technologies in order to develop and provide higher-value-added services.」
The company has reaffirmed the challenge of strengthening its ability to plan in response to customer needs and its efforts in new technologies in preparation for major transformation in the automotive industry and the strategic use of IT. - FY2019First statedAnnual report
「In addition to our Group's distinctive expertise and planning capabilities in our domain, we will work to strengthen our ability to plan in response to customers' emerging needs and our efforts in new technologies in order to develop and provide higher-value-added services.」
Against the backdrop of major transformation in the automotive industry and the strategic use of IT, the company has separately identified the challenge of strengthening its ability to plan in response to customer needs and its efforts in new technologies, in addition to its existing expertise.