Human Resources Development, Organizational Reform and Mid-Career Recruitment to Improve Productivity

「We will continue to pursue more sophisticated management systems through the use of IT, including AI, collecting logs of all operations, including back-office activities, and reallocating human resources optimally through automation and efficiency improvements.」

「独自の在庫管理システムや物流システムの効率化に加え、現場運営においては詳細な作業データの分析に基づき、販売状況に連動した最適な労働時間をシステムで一括管理することで、労働生産性を高めております。また、本部業務においてもDXインフラの整備を通じて事務作業の徹底した自動化を図り、大幅な省人化と業務効率化を推進しています。」

「We will also work to optimise and automate store operations and other activities using POS systems and shift AI, reducing staffing requirements and aiming for even more cost-efficient operations.」

「We will continue to pursue more sophisticated management systems through the use of the project management system, applying it effectively across a range of operational areas, including improving delivery systems in logistics, advancing store opening and closure projects, and reviewing and automating inefficient operations. We will also promote the reduction of staffing requirements in store operations through AI-enabled digital operations, with the aim of achieving even more cost-efficient operations.」

「We will continue to pursue more sophisticated management systems through the use of the project management system, applying it effectively across a range of operational areas, including improving delivery systems in logistics, advancing new-store opening projects, and reviewing and automating inefficient operations, with the aim of achieving even more cost-efficient operations.」

「We introduced an internally developed project management system to visualise and centrally manage the work and progress of each department. This has eliminated the neglect of necessary tasks and dependence on individual employees, among other benefits, and reduced overtime, improving the working environment and contributing to higher employee motivation and retention. Going forward, developing personnel capable of strategically using this accumulated database will be a key priority.」

「As part of our productivity-improvement efforts, we are working to renew the systems used in our operations, from hardware to software. We have already brought POS system development in-house across all stores and introduced the systems on tablet devices, achieving a substantial reduction in maintenance costs. Going forward, we will introduce an internally developed project management system to visualise and centrally manage the work and progress of each department, and advance organisational reform and the deployment of personnel in the roles best suited to them.」

「To develop personnel capable of performing the advanced duties that drive productivity improvements, we will pursue organisational reform that draws on each employee's strengths and promote the effective use of our personnel. We will also conduct mid-career hiring to bring in immediately effective employees.」