Aiming to Become One of the World's Top 10 Food Companies by 2020
First written in FY2017. 1 of 3 entries say "Softened", first in FY2019. Latest entry: FY2020.
The whole theme swung hardest in 2019: 6 of 36 companies on the "Worse" side.
3 other companies' latest entry also says "Dropped".
- FY2020DroppedAnnual report
「The Ajinomoto Group has pursued the 2017-2019 (for 2020) medium-term management plan, centered on improving ASV (Ajinomoto Group Shared Value), with the aim of joining the ranks of the world's top 10 food companies in fiscal 2020 and becoming a "確かなグローバル・スペシャリティ・カンパニー."」
Looking back on the previous medium-term management plan's goal of joining the ranks of the world's top 10 food companies in fiscal 2020, the new medium-term management plan shifted to a framework centered on resolving food and health issues, ROIC and organic growth. - FY2019SoftenedAnnual report
「Against this backdrop, we will drive further efficiency through asset-light management across all value chains by advancing three initiatives: (1) concentrating and prioritizing management resources in business areas with high growth potential, (2) improving asset efficiency and (3) improving productivity. By focusing on areas where a global top-three position is achievable, we will establish a structure that can aim to join the ranks of the world's top 10 food companies under the next medium-term management plan.」
Shifted from the previous direct expression of the goal of joining the top 10 in 2020 to establishing a structure capable of aiming for that position under the next medium-term management plan, weakening the positioning of the goal before achievement. - FY2017First statedAnnual report
「In response, we intend to achieve a position among the world's top 10 food companies in 2020 by addressing specific issues through our strengths—our proprietary core technologies, namely advanced biotechnology and fine-chemical technologies based on amino acids, our "deliciousness design technology" for analyzing and freely designing taste, and thorough adaptation to local markets and customers.」
The corporate positioning target in the 2017-2019 (for 2020) medium-term management plan. Proprietary technologies and adaptation to local markets and customers were identified as the means of achieving it.