Addressing costs and quality through production-system review and the development of partner factories
First written in FY2016. 8 of 22 entries say "Restated". Latest entry: FY2026.
5 other companies' latest entry also says "Other".
- FY2026Full elimination of stockouts and delivery delays not achieved, confirmed for the full fiscal yearAnnual report
「During the current consolidated fiscal year, the company prioritized the early arrival of out-of-stock products using AIR freight and the rebuilding of its production system through the development of new partner factories, working to resolve stockouts and delivery delays promptly, but the issues were not completely resolved」
The company rebuilt its production system by using air freight and developing new partner factories, but stockouts and delivery delays were not completely resolved during the full fiscal year. - FY2026-H1Unresolved Delivery Issues and Rebuilding the Production SystemAnnual report
「To resolve the stockouts and delivery delays that occurred in the previous consolidated fiscal year, the company worked to review and rebuild its production system by re-strengthening communication with overseas partner factories and expanding production capacity through the development of new partner factories. For products that were out of stock, it also worked to resolve the stockouts quickly by switching the shipping method from sea freight to air freight.」
To address the stockouts and delivery delays that occurred in the previous fiscal year, the company strengthened coordination with overseas partner factories, developed new factories, expanded production capacity and switched to air freight, but some products remained out of stock. - FY2025Quality and Delivery Issues Following the Shift to Overseas SourcingAnnual report
「The company had been switching the sourcing of materials for some products from domestic to overseas suppliers. Problems arose with the overseas-sourced fabric in terms of color consistency and continuity, which are important for corporate uniforms, and the fabric had to be redyed, delaying its procurement.」
The switch from domestic to overseas material sourcing to contain cost increases led to fabric color problems and re-dyeing, resulting in procurement delays. - FY2024RestatedAnnual report
「Diversification of production sites and intensified efforts to develop new factories」
As measures to address the risk of supply chain disruptions caused by climate change, the company continues to pursue production-site diversification and the development of new factories. - FY2022AdvancedAnnual report
「In production, the company worked to minimize delays in production and logistics during the pandemic by bringing forward production schedules and strengthening coordination with overseas partner factories」
The company implemented specific measures to limit supply delays by bringing forward production schedules and strengthening coordination with overseas partner factories. - FY2022-Q3WorsenedAnnual report
「In production, conditions remained difficult as costs rose due to higher ocean freight rates caused by container shortages and disruptions to port operations resulting from COVID-19, higher raw material prices and the rapid depreciation of the yen. In addition, lockdowns in China, a production base, disrupted logistics networks and caused delays in product arrivals.」
In addition to the existing container shortages and port disruptions, logistics network disruptions and delays in product arrivals caused by lockdowns in China occurred, making supply and cost management more challenging. - FY2022-Q1Supply Constraints and Higher Manufacturing CostsAnnual report
「The utilization rate of partner factories declined due to the global shortage of shipping containers and disruptions to port operations resulting from COVID-19, as well as the impact of restrictions on power supplies imposed by the Chinese government from late September. This led to delays in product arrivals, while manufacturing costs also rose due to factors including higher crude oil prices, resulting in continued difficult conditions.」
In addition to container shortages and port disruptions, restrictions on power supplies in China led to lower utilization rates at partner factories, delays in product arrivals and higher manufacturing costs due to rising crude oil prices. - FY2021AdvancedAnnual report
「In production, imports and exports of materials and products have been partially affected by the global shortage of shipping containers and disruptions to port operations resulting from COVID-19. However, the impact on business results has so far been contained through close communication with overseas partner factories and a swift response.」
The company strengthened communication with overseas partner factories and responded swiftly to container shortages and port disruptions, containing the impact on business results. - FY2021-Q3AdvancedAnnual report
「In production, imports and exports of materials and products were partially affected by the global container shortage and disruptions to port operations resulting from COVID-19, but the situation is returning to normal as a result of close communication and a swift response involving overseas partner factories.」
It states that close communication with overseas partner factories and a swift response were implemented in response to the impact of container shortages and port disruptions on imports and exports, and that conditions are moving toward normalization. - FY2020AdvancedAnnual report
「Overseas production was also temporarily suspended at partner factories due to COVID-19, causing some delays in the production plan. Operations have already resumed, and the situation has not developed into one that would have a material impact on business results.」
It states that operations resumed after the temporary suspension at overseas partner factories. - FY2019RestatedAnnual report
「While raw material costs, including fabric, and expenses such as logistics costs are rising, we are pursuing cost control by driving company-wide expense reductions beyond previous levels.」
The company continues to pursue group-wide expense reductions and cost controls in response to rising raw material, logistics and other costs. - FY2019-Q3RestatedAnnual report
「Operating profit was ¥1,817 million, down 6.6% year on year, due to cumulative costs of approximately ¥240 million from switching the transportation of materials and products between the group and overseas factories from sea freight to air freight to recover from delivery delays, as well as higher logistics costs.」
The company continues to switch from sea freight to air freight in response to delivery delays, incurring approximately ¥240 million in costs during the cumulative third quarter. The increase in logistics costs is also noted. - FY2019-Q2AdvancedAnnual report
「On the production side, product delivery delays occurred because of delays in the delivery of fabrics, zippers and other materials, as well as the tightening of environmental regulations in China. The company has worked to recover production of delayed products by expanding production space and has continued to build up inventory.」
As a measure to address delivery delays, the company expanded production space to conduct recovery production and has also increased inventory. - FY2019-Q1AdvancedAnnual report
「We have proceeded with the reconstruction and systemization of our production management structure, including expanding production capacity and strengthening delivery schedule management.」
The company is implementing specific measures, including expanding production capacity, strengthening delivery schedule management, and reconstructing and systemizing its production management structure. - FY2018AdvancedAnnual report
「We worked to eliminate stockouts by bringing forward delivery schedules at overseas partner factories and accommodating short lead times through domestic production. We also fundamentally strengthened system-based management and strengthened product delivery management to improve the accuracy of inventory forecasts.」
The company brought forward delivery schedules at overseas partner factories, accommodated short lead times through domestic production and strengthened its inventory and delivery management systems. - FY2018-Q3RestatedAnnual report
「Although manufacturing costs have risen due to higher labor and raw material costs at overseas production sites, we have worked to control costs, including by changing production factories, while further strengthening delivery schedule and quality control systems.」
In response to higher costs caused by labor and raw material expenses, the company continues to change production factories, control costs and strengthen delivery schedule and quality control systems. - FY2018-Q2AdvancedAnnual report
「We implemented measures including changing production factories and accommodating shorter lead times to recover from delivery delays.」
In response to delivery delays, the company changed production factories and accommodated shorter lead times. - FY2017RestatedAnnual report
「We have regularly dispatched technical instructors to overseas partner factories to maintain and improve quality and manage delivery schedules.」
We continue to maintain and improve quality and manage delivery schedules by dispatching technical instructors to overseas partner factories. - FY2017-Q3RestatedAnnual report
「In production, we worked with our subsidiary 株式会社ジェイアイディ to continuously review our production structure by developing new partner factories and worked to control costs, while regularly dispatching technical instructors to each partner factory to maintain and improve quality and manage delivery schedules.」
The company continues to develop partner factories, review its production structure, control costs and dispatch technical instructors in cooperation with its subsidiary, and this time also explicitly mentions delivery schedule management. - FY2017-Q2RestatedAnnual report
「In production, we worked with our subsidiary 株式会社ジェイアイディ to review our production structure by developing new partner factories and worked to control costs, while regularly dispatching technical instructors to each partner factory to maintain and improve quality.」
The company continues to develop new partner factories, review its production structure and control costs, and also describes the regular dispatch of technical instructors to partner factories. - FY2017-Q1RestatedAnnual report
「In production, we worked with our subsidiary 株式会社ジェイアイディ to review our production structure by developing new partner factories and worked to control costs.」
We continue to develop new partner factories, review our production structure and control costs in cooperation with our subsidiary. - FY2016First statedAnnual report
「To address higher costs resulting from rising labor costs in China and Southeast Asia, we have worked to reduce manufacturing costs and strengthen quality control by reviewing our production structure and expanding efforts to develop new partner factories.」
The company cites restructuring its production system, developing new partner factories, reducing costs and strengthening quality control as measures to address rising labor costs.