Risks of Securing and Developing Personnel Amid Rapid Business Expansion
First written in FY2016. 8 of 9 entries say "Worsened", first in FY2018. Latest entry: 2026-11-12.
- FY2026WorsenedAnnual report
「As risks related to human capital, we recognize the importance of securing the safety and health of employees, in addition to delays in recruiting or the loss of specialized personnel essential to executing our strategy and stagnation in developing next-generation leaders.」
Specifies the scope of risks associated with securing and developing personnel, extending beyond intensifying competition and staff shortages during order surges to the recruitment and loss of specialized personnel, development of next-generation leaders, and ensuring safety and health. - 2026-05-14WorsenedFinancial results presentation
「特に事業拡大を加速させているB2B事業においては、人材需要が高まる一方で業界全体の人材確保は一段と困難な局面を迎えています。直近では、外国人材の活用を支える特定技能制度の運用見直しなどを含めた他産業との人材獲得競争の激化により、安定的な労働力確保に向けたハードルはさらに高まっています。」
B2B事業の拡大に伴う人材需要の増加と、他産業との人材獲得競争による確保困難を追加している。 - FY2025WorsenedAnnual report
「In the BtoB subscription business, the domestic school-meal market is very large and stable at approximately ¥5 trillion. At the same time, soaring raw-material prices, increases in the minimum wage and chronic personnel shortages have persisted, and deteriorating performance and failures among school-meal operators have become apparent.」
Regarding the risks associated with securing and developing personnel, specifically describes higher raw-material costs, minimum-wage increases, chronic personnel shortages, and deteriorating performance and failures among school-meal operators in the BtoB subscription business’s school-meal market. - FY2025-H1WorsenedAnnual report
「In the BtoB subscription business, soaring raw-material prices and chronic personnel shortages have persisted, and the business environment remains difficult.」
For the BtoB subscription business, explicitly identifies continued soaring raw-material prices and chronic personnel shortages as burdens on the business environment. - FY2021WorsenedAnnual report
「In addition, if workloads increase sharply due to a substantial increase in orders and other factors, we anticipate that situations could arise in which efficiency declines because of staff shortages in shipping-related and customer service operations.」
Explicitly identifies lower efficiency caused by shortages of shipping and customer service personnel during periods of sharply increased orders, in addition to the existing risks of competition for and loss of personnel. - FY2018WorsenedAnnual report
「In addition, if the market in which our Group operates expands and competition intensifies, competition for personnel with competitors will also intensify, and we anticipate that personnel may leave our Group for outside opportunities or that we may have difficulty securing personnel.」
Given the expected expansion of the Group, specifically identifies competition for personnel, employee outflows and lower operational efficiency caused by staff shortages as risks. - FY2016First statedAnnual report
「With securing and developing talented personnel becoming an important challenge as our business expands rapidly, we are working to develop talent internally, promote high-performing employees and recruit personnel from outside the Company.」
States that logistics and customer service are labor-intensive operations requiring the efficient deployment of a large number of employees.