Company-wide Cost Reduction
First written in FY2017-Q1. 4 of 15 entries say "Restated". Latest entry: FY2026-H1.
38 other companies' latest entry also says "Restated".
- FY2026-H1Expense reductions continued in the Hardware businessAnnual report
「In addition to lower hardware procurement costs, efforts to reduce selling, general and administrative expenses and other costs resulted in segment-wide profit remaining at about the same level as in the same period of the previous year.」
The Hardware business reduced procurement costs and selling, general and administrative expenses, maintaining profit at about the same level as in the same period of the previous year despite lower revenue. - FY2025AdvancedAnnual report
「Operating results improved substantially from the previous consolidated fiscal year and turned profitable, mainly due to lower operating expenses in the Route Guidance and Hardware business segments.」
Consolidated operating results turned from a loss of ¥189.672 million to a profit of ¥45.658 million, mainly due to lower operating expenses in the Route Guidance and Hardware businesses. - FY2025-H1AdvancedAnnual report
「Operating results improved substantially from the previous interim period and turned profitable, mainly due to lower operating expenses in the Route Guidance and Hardware business segments.」
Consolidated operating results moved from a loss in the previous interim period to a profit, mainly due to lower operating expenses in the Route Guidance and Hardware businesses. - FY2024-Q2Operating loss due to higher outsourcing costs, implementation costs and R&D expensesAnnual report
「The Company incurred an operating loss, mainly due to lower sales in high-margin businesses, higher cost of sales including outsourcing costs and hardware implementation costs, and higher selling, general and administrative expenses including R&D expenses.」
Whereas the previous descriptions indicated expense reductions, this time they cite higher outsourcing costs, hardware implementation costs and R&D expenses as factors behind the operating loss. - FY2023-Q1Operating loss narrowed while business development expenses continuedAnnual report
「Operating results also improved from the same quarter of the previous year, due in part to the increase in net sales.」
Company-wide operating loss narrowed from ¥63.357 million in the same period of the previous year to ¥26.614 million, while higher expenses in anticipation of future business development continued to pressure segment profit. - FY2022-Q3The business moved into an operating loss due to business development expensesAnnual report
「The Company incurred an operating loss, mainly due to lower sales in high-margin businesses and higher expenses in anticipation of future business development and other factors.」
Despite continued references to expense reductions, lower revenue from high-margin businesses and higher expenses in anticipation of future business development resulted in a consolidated operating loss. - FY2022-Q2Profit pressure from higher business development expensesAnnual report
「Operating profit declined substantially from the same quarter of the previous year, mainly due to the impact of higher expenses in anticipation of future business development and other factors, although the Company remained profitable.」
Despite the continued references to expense reductions, the current quarter cites higher expenses in anticipation of future business development and other factors as the reason for the substantial decline in operating profit. - FY2021AdvancedAnnual report
「Selling, general and administrative expenses amounted to ¥1,197.864 million, down ¥109.573 million, or 8.4%, from the previous consolidated fiscal year. The main factors behind the decrease were lower personnel expenses and advertising expenses resulting from expense reductions and other measures implemented in light of the COVID-19 situation.」
Selling, general and administrative expenses decreased 8.4% year on year due to expense reductions, with lower personnel and advertising expenses identified as the primary factors. - FY2021-Q2RestatedAnnual report
「In addition, despite efforts to reduce expenses, the Company incurred an operating loss and an ordinary loss due in part to this impact.」
The Company continues its policy of working to reduce expenses. While company-wide profit for the cumulative period of the current quarter was positive, this description indicates that losses were incurred in certain segments and elsewhere. - FY2021-Q1RestatedAnnual report
「In addition, despite efforts to reduce expenses, the Company incurred an operating loss and an ordinary loss due in part to this impact.」
The Company states that it is working to reduce expenses across the Company and its businesses, but incurred an operating loss and an ordinary loss in the current quarter. - FY2020-Q1ReframedAnnual report
「In addition, on the cost side, lower procurement costs resulting from lower revenue in the travel-related business and reductions in selling, general and administrative expenses, among other factors, led to a substantial increase in total profit in the Transit Guide business compared with the same quarter of the previous year.」
Whereas the previous fiscal year cited an increase in company-wide expenses, this time it cites a reduction in selling, general and administrative expenses in the Route Guidance business as a factor behind the increase in profit. - FY2019Change to an increase in company-wide expensesAnnual report
「Operating profit declined overall compared with the previous consolidated fiscal year, as an increase in profit in the Transit Guide business segment was outweighed by a larger loss in the Multimedia business segment, higher company-wide expenses and other factors.」
Although reductions in company-wide expenses had been described previously, the increase in company-wide expenses became a factor behind the decline in operating profit for the fiscal year. - FY2018AdvancedAnnual report
「The impact of advertising expenses totaling ¥141.319 million, down ¥48.504 million from the previous consolidated fiscal year, mainly as a result of continuously reviewing advertising media based on effectiveness measurements, exceeded the impact of salaries and allowances totaling ¥495.947 million, up ¥19.556 million from the previous consolidated fiscal year, and other factors.」
The company reduced advertising expenses by ¥48.504 million year on year through the ongoing review of advertising media. - FY2017-Q2RestatedAnnual report
「Operating profit increased slightly compared with the same quarter of the previous year, due in part to reductions in company-wide expenses.」
The company has stated that reductions in company-wide expenses and other factors contributed to higher operating profit. - FY2017-Q1First statedAnnual report
「Operating profit declined slightly compared with the same quarter of the previous year, as profit in the Transit Guide business segment decreased despite reductions in company-wide expenses, among other factors.」
The company has for the first time separately described reductions in company-wide expenses as a measure to address operating profit.