Production of multiple product types in small lots and dope-dyed yarn
First written in FY2016. 4 of 25 entries say "Restated". Latest entry: FY2025.
The whole theme swung hardest in 2020: 1 of 6 companies on the "Worse" side.
6 other companies' latest entry also says "Advanced".
- FY2025AdvancedAnnual report
「For the company's main aramid fiber products, production for industrial-material applications was trending lower due to competition with overseas companies. However, the shift to higher production for government demand, including protective-clothing applications where demand remained solid, resulted in production of 493.3t, a slight increase from the same period of the previous year (April 2023 to March 2024).」
In response to lower production for industrial-material applications, the company proceeded with a shift to government demand, including protective clothing, securing aramid fiber production of 493.3t. - FY2025-H1AdvancedAnnual report
「For the company's main aramid fiber products, orders for industrial-material applications were trending lower due to competition with overseas companies. The company therefore proceeded with a shift to higher production for government demand, including protective-clothing applications, where demand was solid and prices were high, resulting in production of 240.3t, up 2.8% from the same period of the previous year (April 2023 to September 2023).」
In response to lower orders for industrial-material applications, the company proceeded with a shift to government demand, including protective-clothing applications. Aramid fiber production increased 2.8% year on year to 240.3t. - FY2024Aramid production maintained through a shift to protective clothing, while production of other materials decreasedAnnual report
「For the company's main aramid fiber products, production for industrial-material applications decreased below plan due to competition with overseas companies. However, production for government demand, including protective-clothing applications where demand remained solid, increased, resulting in production of 476t, unchanged from the same period of the previous year. ... Production of other materials, including polyester, had been trending lower since the second half of the fiscal year under review due to inventory adjustments, decreasing to 85t from the same period of the previous year.」
Lower aramid production for industrial-material applications was offset by higher production for protective clothing and government demand, leaving aramid production at 476t, approximately unchanged from the same period of the previous year. Meanwhile, production for high-end innerwear decreased to 67t, and production of other materials, including polyester, decreased to 85t. - FY2024-Q3Shift in aramid applications and lower production of other materialsAnnual report
「For the company's main aramid fiber products, production for industrial-material applications was trending below plan due to competition with overseas companies, but the shift to protective-clothing applications resulted in production of 367t, unchanged from the same period of the previous year (April 2022 to December 2022). Meanwhile, production of spun yarn for high-end innerwear decreased slightly from the same period of the previous year to 53t. Production of other materials, including polyester, also decreased slightly to 65t from the second half of the fiscal year under review due to the impact of inventory adjustments.」
The company proceeded with a shift to protective-clothing applications in response to lower aramid production for industrial-material applications amid competition with overseas companies. Aramid production remained at 367t, approximately unchanged from the same period of the previous year, while production for high-end innerwear decreased slightly to 53t and other materials decreased slightly to 65t. - FY2024-Q2Aramid production decreased while production of high-end innerwear and other materials increasedAnnual report
「For the company's main aramid fiber products, production for industrial-material applications was trending below plan due to competition with overseas companies, but the company proceeded with a shift to protective-clothing applications, resulting in production of 233t, a slight decrease from the same period of the previous year (April 2022 to September 2022). Meanwhile, production of spun yarn for high-end innerwear recovered steadily, increasing slightly from the same period of the previous year to 38t. Production of other materials, including polyester, also remained solid, at 57t, approximately 10% above the same period of the previous year.」
Aramid fiber production decreased slightly to 233t due to competition with overseas companies, while the company proceeded with a shift to protective-clothing applications. Production for high-end innerwear increased to 38t, and production of other materials, including polyester, increased to 57t. - FY2024-Q1Aramid production decreased while production for protective clothing and high-end innerwear increasedAnnual report
「In the first quarter of the fiscal year under review, the business did not reach its planned production volume due to customers' inventory adjustments, although net sales were trending upward as price revisions progressed. For the company's main aramid fiber products, production for industrial-material applications was reduced below plan due to competition with overseas companies. However, the company began shifting production to protective-clothing applications, resulting in production of 114t, a slight decrease from the previous quarter (January 2023 to March 2023). Meanwhile, production of spun yarn for high-end innerwear, where demand was recovering, exceeded three times the previous quarter's level at 21t, partly because the business entered the demand season.」
Production fell below plan due to customers' inventory adjustments and competition with overseas companies. Aramid fiber production decreased slightly to 114t, while production for high-end innerwear increased to more than three times the previous quarter's level, at 21t. - FY2023Aramid production decreased while production of other materials increasedAnnual report
「For the company's main aramid fiber products, production of spun yarn for automotive applications decreased slightly, down 2.9% from the previous fiscal year to 487t, as the V-shaped recovery in automobile production from the previous fiscal year leveled off. Meanwhile, production of spun yarn for high-end innerwear increased slightly as demand entered its peak season in the second half of the fiscal year under review. Production of other materials, including polyester, increased by approximately 30% from the previous fiscal year as orders for spun yarn for uniforms remained strong.」
Aramid fiber production decreased 2.9% year on year to 487t, while production for high-end innerwear increased slightly and production of other materials, including polyester, increased by approximately 30%. - FY2023-Q3Aramid production remained flat while production of multiple other materials increasedAnnual report
「For the company's main aramid fiber products, strong inquiries for spun yarn for automotive applications since the beginning of the period reached a peak, but production volume was approximately unchanged from the same period of the previous year. Meanwhile, production of spun yarn for high-end innerwear, where demand was recovering, increased slightly from the same period of the previous year as demand entered its peak season. Production of other materials, including polyester, also increased slightly from the same period of the previous year as orders for spun yarn for uniforms continued to increase.」
Despite continued strong inquiries for aramid fibers for automotive applications, production volume remained at approximately the previous year's level, while production volume for high-end innerwear and polyester and other materials increased slightly. - FY2023-Q2Production constraints due to a concentration on fine-count specialty blended yarnsAnnual report
「Although demand for spun yarn for high-end innerwear was showing signs of recovery, production volume decreased slightly from the same period of the previous year because the product mix had shifted toward fine-count specialty blended yarns.」
While demand for high-end innerwear was recovering, production volume decreased slightly year on year because the product mix became concentrated in fine-count specialty blended yarns. - FY2020Continued production constraints due to smaller lots, more difficult product types and a sharp decline in ordersAnnual report
「The company's operating results and other performance for the fiscal year under review were affected by a sharp decline in orders due to the end of Olympic-related special demand and a significant slowdown in automobile production, in addition to an increase in small-lot orders and production of difficult product types. Consequently, despite steady orders in the Spinning Business, particularly for industrial materials, the company was unable to generate the expected level of earnings.」
Production and earnings constraints continued as the shift toward smaller lots and more difficult product types coincided with the end of special demand and a sharp decline in orders due to the slowdown in automobile production. - FY2020-Q2Significant impact from small-lot production prevented rational productionAnnual report
「The company is addressing the urgent issue of accommodating multiple-product, small-lot production, and its effects are gradually emerging. However, the impact of smaller order lots was significant, preventing rational production.」
The company is progressing with measures to accommodate multiple-product, small-lot production, and the effects are beginning to emerge. However, smaller order lots continue to prevent rational production. - FY2020-Q1Production constraints caused by the shift toward multiple-product, small-lot production and consideration of responsesAnnual report
「Conditions remained difficult because material costs, including those for corrugated cardboard, and machinery-part maintenance costs increased, while orders became increasingly fragmented into more product varieties and smaller lots, preventing efficient production. For its production structure, the company will consider measures to handle multi-product, small-lot production and further improve productivity, and will work to establish an efficient production structure.」
The shift toward multiple-product, small-lot production has progressed further as order volumes have become more fragmented, and conditions in which rational production is not possible have continued. In response, the company is considering measures to improve productivity and establish a production system capable of handling such orders. - FY2019RestatedAnnual report
「The Spinning Business is strengthening cooperation with customers for high-performance fibers and working on application development and market development. It is also working to accommodate multiple-product, small-lot production and establish an efficient production system to improve productivity.」
The company continues to pursue higher productivity by accommodating multiple-product, small-lot production and establishing an efficient production system. - FY2019-Q3Production constraints due to increased product variety, small-lot production and labor shortagesAnnual report
「In the Spinning Business, production of multiple product types in small lots has become the norm, making it essential to secure labor and an urgent issue requiring action. Orders for aramid fibers, the company's main product in the industrial materials field, remained strong, particularly from the automotive sector, but the company was unable to secure sufficient production volume to meet orders. As a result, net sales decreased 14.0% from the same quarter of the previous year to ¥193.617 million.」
Securing labor has become a challenge as multiple-product, small-lot production has become the norm. Although orders for aramid fibers remained strong, the company could not secure sufficient production volume, resulting in a 14.0% decline in net sales. - FY2019-Q2Lower production volume due to fine-count production and stable orders for colored-fiber yarnAnnual report
「The company secured stable order volumes for colored-fiber yarn, partly because production space in Japan had decreased. Overall production volume decreased in the second quarter because production consisted mainly of fine-count yarns.」
The company secured stable orders for colored-fiber yarn against a backdrop of reduced domestic production space, while overall production volume decreased due to fine-count production. - FY2019-Q1Lower production due to an expected decline in orders and delays in securing raw materialsAnnual report
「Because orders for regular polyester were expected to decline, the company determined that it would be difficult to maintain the desired order volume and revised its production structure. In addition, because it could not arrange raw materials in time for spun yarn for high-performance innerwear and was unable to produce efficiently relative to order volumes, production volume declined 7.3% from the same quarter of the previous year, despite continued strong performance by aramid fiber, the core product in the industrial materials field.」
An expected decline in orders for regular polyester and delays in securing raw materials for high-performance innerwear led to a review of the production system and a 7.3% reduction in production. - FY2018Lower production efficiency and failure to meet the plan due to heavy snowfallAnnual report
「Production efficiency declined due to heavy snowfall in February 2018, preventing production from proceeding as planned.」
Lower production efficiency and failure to meet the production plan due to a natural disaster were cited as new constraints. - FY2018-Q3RestatedAnnual report
「Orders for dope-dyed yarn for uniforms in Japan also increased steadily.」
Orders for dope-dyed yarn for domestic uniform applications have continued to increase. - FY2018-Q2RestatedAnnual report
「Production of dope-dyed yarn for uniforms has also benefited from reduced production space in Japan and sales in niche markets, and orders placed with the company increased.」
Orders for dope-dyed yarn have continued to increase, driven by reduced domestic production space and sales in niche markets. - FY2018-Q1RestatedAnnual report
「Production of dope-dyed yarn for uniforms has also benefited from reduced production space in Japan and sales in niche markets, resulting in an increasing trend in orders placed with the company.」
Orders for dope-dyed yarn have continued to increase, driven by reduced domestic production space and sales in niche markets. - FY2017MitigatedAnnual report
「In the first half, production efficiency declined because of an increase in short-lead-time products and blended yarns made from difficult-to-process materials, preventing the company from increasing production as planned. However, in October 2016 it partially revised its production structure, and a system for increasing production is gradually being established.」
In response to lower efficiency caused by short-lead-time products and blended yarns made from difficult materials, the company is progressing with a review of its production systems to establish a system capable of increasing production. - FY2017-Q3Lower efficiency due to an increase in fine-count product lines and production typesAnnual report
「However, production efficiency declined and the company was unable to increase production as planned because orders for fine-count product lines increased and the number of production types grew.」
The increasing proportion of fine-count products in orders and the increase in production types were cited as new factors behind lower production efficiency and failure to achieve higher production. - FY2017-Q2Lower efficiency due to production-space constraints and increased blended yarnsAnnual report
「However, the company was unable to increase production as planned because the number of urgent orders increased, production space could not be secured as expected, and the increasing use of blended yarns made from difficult materials reduced production efficiency.」
Production space could not be secured to meet increased orders, and the growing use of blended yarns made from difficult materials further reduced production efficiency, limiting the increase in production. - FY2017-Q1Lower production efficiency due to small-lot productionAnnual report
「At the company, several spinning mills temporarily ceased operations following the Kumamoto earthquakes in Kyushu in April 2016, resulting in a very large number of orders and inquiries and substantial volumes inquired about. However, the company was forced to accommodate delivery schedules and small-lot orders, which reduced production efficiency and prevented it from achieving its planned production volume and sales.」
The company stated that increased orders and inquiries, including small-lot orders, led to lower production efficiency and failure to meet its plan. - FY2016First statedAnnual report
「The company will establish production systems for multiple product types in small lots and for dope-dyed yarn, while implementing further value enhancement and expanding production capacity.」
The company has set out a specific policy for establishing its production systems.