Optimizing Product Inventories
First written in FY2017-Q1. 4 of 8 entries say "Advanced", first in FY2017. Latest entry: FY2025.
The whole theme swung hardest in 2026: 7 of 56 companies on the "Worse" side.
40 other companies' latest entry also says "Advanced".
- FY2025AdvancedAnnual report
「To reduce food waste, we worked to expand advance reservations for products such as ehomaki and hors d'oeuvre platters for the year-end and New Year period, introduce an AI-based markdown solution, and improve ordering and production-planning accuracy through demand-forecasting automated ordering services and the use of various data. As a result, the rate of markdown sales of products that would otherwise be discarded and inventory days improved from the previous fiscal year.」
The company has again highlighted its track record of improving inventory turnover days by linking inventory optimization, which had previously disappeared from the disclosures, to food-loss reduction measures. - FY2020DroppedAnnual reportThis filing contains no description of inventory optimization for merchandise as a stated initiative, although it had been mentioned previously.
- FY2019AdvancedAnnual report
「The decrease in current assets was mainly due to a ¥610 million decrease in merchandise inventory.」
The company reduced merchandise inventory, with the merchandise balance decreasing by ¥610 million from the end of the previous fiscal year. - FY2018-Q2RestatedAnnual report
「The company continues to review its product mix and optimize inventory in line with the characteristics of each store.」
The company continues to review its product mix and optimize inventory according to store characteristics. - FY2018-Q1AdvancedAnnual report
「By launching early-summer and summer merchandise early and continuing efforts to reduce inventory, inventory turnover days improved from the same quarter of the previous year.」
The company continued the early rollout of seasonal products and inventory reductions, improving inventory turnover days from the same period of the previous year. - FY2017AdvancedAnnual report
「Gross profit margin improved by 0.7 percentage points from the previous fiscal year, and gross profit amounted to 100.5% of the previous year's level, mainly due to inventory optimization efforts for apparel and home and leisure products.」
The company continues to optimize inventory, reporting a 0.7-percentage-point improvement in gross profit margin and a ¥2,306 million decrease in merchandise inventory. - FY2017-Q2RestatedAnnual report
「We have also been working to optimize inventories according to product characteristics, primarily for home center and home and leisure products, in order to increase inventory turnover.」
The company continues to optimize inventory of home center (HC) and home and leisure products as a means of improving inventory turnover. - FY2017-Q1First statedAnnual report
「We have been working to optimize product inventories, primarily for home center and home and leisure products.」
The company is optimizing inventories, primarily for home center and home and leisure products.