High SE Utilization and Improved Gross Margin
First written in FY2017-Q1. 12 of 37 entries say "Advanced", first in FY2017-Q2. Latest entry: 2026-10-28.
System Research moved to the "Worse" side of this theme in 2017, 6 years before the typical company in this theme (2023).
The whole theme swung hardest in 2022: 2 of 14 companies on the "Worse" side.
3 other companies' latest entry also says "Worsened".
- FY2026AdvancedAnnual report
「The profit margin improved as the company shifted toward high-profitability projects and thoroughly managed project risks through PRM (Project Risk Management) activities.」
Profit margin improved as the company maintained high utilization, shifted toward higher-margin projects, and strengthened risk management through PRM. - 2026-05-11AdvancedEarnings
「受注量の増加に伴い技術者の稼働率も高い水準を維持しております。また高収益案件へのシフトを進めたことや、ＰＲＭ（プロジェクト・リスク・マネジメント）活動によるプロジェクトリスク管理の徹底により利益率が改善しました。」
技術者の高稼働の維持に加え、高収益案件へのシフトとPRMにより利益率が改善した。 - FY2026-H1AdvancedAnnual report
「In terms of profit, IT investment by client companies remained firm, and engineer utilization remained high. Gross margin improved through project selection and thorough project risk management under PRM (Project Risk Management) activities. In addition, selling, general and administrative expenses were contained by factors including unspent planned advertising costs, resulting in higher profit.」
Profit increased as high engineer utilization was maintained, gross margin improved through project selection and PRM, and selling, general and administrative expenses were contained. - FY2025RestatedAnnual report
「In terms of profit, the engineer utilization rate has remained high as order volume increased. In addition, increased revenue from highly profitable SI services and efforts through PRM (Project Risk Management) activities to prevent unprofitable projects from arising resulted in stable profit.」
The company continues to explain that high engineer utilization, high-margin SI services, and the prevention of unprofitable projects through PRM are profit drivers. - FY2025-H1WorsenedAnnual report
「In terms of profit, IT investment by client companies remained firm, and engineer utilization remained high. However, operating profit margin declined from the previous period because expenses increased year on year, including recruitment costs from stepped-up hiring, training costs from expanded education programs, and advertising expenses.」
IT investment by client companies remained firm and engineer utilization stayed high, while the increase in recruitment, training, and advertising expenses caused operating profit margin to decline from the previous period. - FY2024AdvancedAnnual report
「In terms of profit, the engineer utilization rate has remained high as order volume increased. In addition, increased revenue from highly profitable SI services and efforts through PRM (Project Risk Management) activities to prevent unprofitable projects from arising resulted in stable profit.」
High engineer utilization, growth in high-margin SI services, and the prevention of unprofitable projects through PRM activities were identified as profit drivers. - FY2024-Q3AdvancedAnnual report
「In terms of profitability, engineer utilization remained high against a backdrop of strong customer demand for IT investment. The increase in SI services sales and initiatives to prevent unprofitable projects through PRM (project risk management) activities also contributed to increased profit.」
Against a backdrop of strong IT investment demand, high engineer utilization was maintained. Growth in high-margin SI services and the prevention of unprofitable projects through PRM activities also contributed to higher profit. - FY2024-Q2AdvancedAnnual report
「In terms of profitability, customer companies' IT investment remained firm and engineer utilization stayed high. Winning high-profitability projects from major customers and initiatives to prevent unprofitable projects through PRM (project risk management) activities contributed to increased profit.」
Maintaining high engineer utilization, winning high-profitability projects from major customers, and preventing unprofitable projects through PRM activities contributed to increased profit. Cumulative operating income for the second quarter increased 11.0% year on year. - FY2024-Q1RestatedAnnual report
「In terms of profit, customer companies' IT investment has remained strong, and the engineer utilization rate has also remained high. In addition, winning high-profitability projects and efforts through PRM (Project Risk Management) activities to prevent unprofitable projects from arising contributed to securing profit.」
The company continues to explain that high engineer utilization was maintained against a backdrop of customer IT investment, and that profitability was secured by winning high-profitability projects and carrying out PRM activities. - FY2023-Q3AdvancedAnnual report
「In terms of profitability, customer companies' IT investment remained firm and engineer utilization stayed high, resulting in an operating margin of 11.0%, an improvement of 1.0 percentage points year on year. Winning high-profitability projects and PRM (project risk management) activities also contributed to improved profitability.」
High engineer utilization was maintained, while winning high-profitability projects and PRM activities resulted in an operating margin of 11.0%, an improvement of 1.0 percentage points year on year. - FY2023-Q2AdvancedAnnual report
「In terms of profit, the ability to win high-profitability projects and PRM (Project Risk Management) activities contributed to profit improvement.」
It is stated that winning high-profitability projects and PRM activities contributed to improved profitability, making the factors behind the improvement more specific. - FY2023-Q1RestatedAnnual report
「In terms of profit, customer companies' IT investment has remained strong, and the engineer utilization rate has also remained high. In addition, efforts to reduce expenses and PRM (Project Risk Management) activities contributed to profit improvement.」
The company continues its previous explanation that customer IT investment, engineer utilization, expense reductions, and PRM activities contributed to improved profitability. - FY2022AdvancedAnnual report
「The increase in SI services sales, the maintenance of high IT engineer utilization as order volumes increased, the implementation of expense-reduction measures, and the reduction in unprofitable projects through PRM (project risk management) activities contributed to improved margins.」
Growth in SI services sales, high IT engineer utilization, expense reductions, and a reduction in unprofitable projects through PRM contributed to improved margins. - FY2022-Q3AdvancedAnnual report
「In terms of profit, the increase in revenue from SI services, the maintenance of a high IT engineer utilization rate as order volume increased, and the decrease in unprofitable projects resulting from expense reduction measures and PRM (Project Risk Management) activities contributed to profit improvement.」
Maintaining high IT engineer utilization and reducing unprofitable projects through expense reductions and PRM activities contributed to improved profitability. - FY2022-Q1MitigatedAnnual report
「In terms of profitability, IT engineer utilization is recovering as customers' capital investment demand recovers. Efforts to reduce expenses and PRM (project risk management) activities also contributed to improved profitability.」
IT engineer utilization began to recover as capital investment demand in manufacturing and other industries recovered, while expense-reduction measures and PRM activities contributed to improved profitability. - FY2021WorsenedAnnual report
「In terms of profitability, the lack of growth in SI services sales and the decline in sales following the end of the demand surge for high-margin software products developed to address the consumption tax increase, among other factors, pushed down margins.」
While high engineer utilization and PRM activities continued, sluggish SI sales and the end of the demand surge for high-margin products pushed down margins. - FY2021-Q3WorsenedAnnual report
「In terms of profitability, the deterioration in the order environment caused by customers' cautious IT investment stance and the decline in sales following the end of the demand surge for high-margin software products developed to address the consumption tax increase, among other factors, pushed down margins.」
The deterioration in the order environment caused by customers' cautious IT investment stance was identified, and together with the end of the demand surge for software products, it pushed down margins. - FY2021-Q2WorsenedAnnual report
「In terms of profitability, sales declined following the end of the surge in demand for software products with high margins, which were developed to address the consumption tax increase, among other factors, pushing down margins.」
The decline in sales following the end of the demand surge for high-margin software products pushed down margins, introducing a factor for deterioration after the previous trend of improving profitability. - FY2021-Q1WorsenedAnnual report
「In terms of profit, customer companies' IT investment has remained at roughly the same level as in the previous fiscal year, and the IT engineer utilization rate has remained at its previous level. In addition, although the company continued expense reduction measures and PRM (Project Risk Management) activities, the decline in sales, including the反動減 following strong demand for software products adapted to the consumption tax increase, weighed on the profit margin.」
IT engineer utilization was maintained and expense reductions and PRM activities continued, but margins were pushed down by a decline in software product sales following the end of a demand surge. - FY2020AdvancedAnnual report
「In terms of profit, customer companies' IT investment has remained strong, and the IT engineer utilization rate has remained high as order volume increased. In addition, continuing expense reduction measures and pursuing PRM (Project Risk Management) activities contributed to profit improvement.」
Operating income increased 33.4% year on year as high engineer utilization was maintained and expense-reduction measures and PRM activities continued. - FY2020-Q3RestatedAnnual report
「In terms of profit, customer companies' IT investment has remained strong, and the SE utilization rate has remained high as order volume increased. In addition, continuing expense reduction measures and pursuing PRM (Project Risk Management) activities contributed to profit improvement.」
The company continues to explain that profitability improved through high SE utilization, expense-reduction measures, and PRM activities. - FY2020-Q2RestatedAnnual report
「In terms of profit, customer companies' IT investment has remained strong, and the IT engineer utilization rate has remained high as order volume increased. In addition, continuing expense reduction measures and pursuing PRM (Project Risk Management) activities contributed to profit improvement.」
The company continues to explain that maintaining high IT engineer utilization, expense-reduction measures, and PRM activities led to improved profitability. - FY2020-Q1RestatedAnnual report
「In terms of profit, customer companies' IT investment has remained strong, and the IT engineer utilization rate has remained high as order volume increased. In addition, continuing expense reduction measures and pursuing PRM (Project Risk Management) activities contributed to profit improvement.」
The company continues to explain that high engineer utilization was maintained against a backdrop of customer IT investment, and that expense reductions and PRM activities led to improved profitability. - FY2019RestatedAnnual report
「In terms of profit, customer companies' IT investment has remained strong, and the IT engineer utilization rate has remained high as order volume increased. In addition, continuing expense reduction measures and pursuing PRM (Project Risk Management) activities contributed to profit improvement.」
The company continues to explain that maintaining high engineer utilization, expense reductions, and PRM activities led to improved profitability. - FY2019-Q3RestatedAnnual report
「In terms of profit, customer companies' IT investment has remained strong, and the SE utilization rate has remained high as order volume increased. In addition, continuing expense reduction measures and pursuing PRM (Project Risk Management) activities contributed to profit improvement.」
The company continues to explain that maintaining high SE utilization, expense reductions, and PRM activities led to improved profitability. - FY2019-Q2RestatedAnnual report
「In terms of profit, customer companies' IT investment has remained strong, and the SE utilization rate has remained high as order volume increased. In addition, continuing expense reduction measures and pursuing PRM (Project Risk Management) activities contributed to profit improvement.」
The company continues to explain that high engineer utilization was maintained against a backdrop of customer IT investment, and that expense reductions and PRM activities led to improved profitability. - FY2019-Q1MitigatedAnnual report
「Meanwhile, on the profit front, customers’ IT investment has remained firm, and the utilization rate of systems engineers has remained high as order volume increased. In addition to continuing cost-cutting measures, efforts including thorough implementation of PRM (project risk management) activities also contributed to profit improvement.」
It is stated that maintaining high SE utilization and thoroughly implementing expense reductions and PRM activities led to improved profitability, and that the factors behind the deterioration in margins in the previous fiscal year shifted toward improvement in the current quarter. - FY2018WorsenedAnnual report
「In terms of profitability, we maintained a high SE utilization rate as customers' IT investment remained firm, among other factors. We also worked to reduce expenses and carried out PRM (project risk management) activities. However, profit growth was constrained in the first half by the emergence of low-profitability projects.」
While high SE utilization was maintained, low-profitability projects constrained profit growth, and factors impeding improved profitability were also confirmed for the full year. - FY2018-Q3WorsenedAnnual report
「In terms of profit, the company has maintained a high SE utilization rate, as customer IT investment has remained strong. It also pursued expense reduction and PRM (Project Risk Management) activities, but some projects became low-profitability projects during the first half, weighing on profit.」
Although high SE utilization was maintained, the impact of low-profitability projects pushing down profit was also confirmed in the cumulative third quarter results, and factors undermining the trend of improving margins continued. - FY2018-Q2WorsenedAnnual report
「In terms of profitability, we maintained a high SE utilization rate as customers' IT investment remained firm, among other factors. We also worked to reduce expenses and carried out PRM (project risk management) activities, but some low-profitability projects arose and pushed down profit.」
Although high SE utilization was maintained, the emergence of low-profitability projects pushed down profit, introducing a factor for deterioration after the previous trend of improving margins. - FY2018-Q1WorsenedAnnual report
「In terms of profitability, customer companies' IT investment remained firm and SE utilization stayed high as order volumes increased. However, some low-profitability projects arose, pushing down the gross margin.」
Although SE utilization remained high, the gross margin was pushed down by the emergence of low-profitability projects, introducing a factor for deterioration after the previous trend of improving margins. - FY2017RestatedAnnual report
「In terms of profitability, we reduced idle costs by increasing engineers' utilization rates, as customers' IT investment remained firm, among other factors.」
The company reconfirms that higher engineer utilization and lower idle costs, against a backdrop of customer IT investment, contributed to improved profitability. - FY2017-Q3RestatedAnnual report
「In terms of profit, strong customer IT investment and the resulting high SE utilization rate, together with continued efforts such as expense reduction measures and thorough project cost management, resulted in strong operating and ordinary profit.」
It is stated that operating income and ordinary income remained strong as high SE utilization continued, together with ongoing expense reductions and project cost management. - FY2017-Q2AdvancedAnnual report
「In terms of profitability, we maintained a high SE utilization rate as customers' IT investment remained firm, among other factors. The gross margin was 21.0%, an improvement of 1.4 percentage points year on year.」
High SE utilization was maintained, and the gross margin was 21.0%, an improvement of 1.4 percentage points year on year. - FY2017-Q1First statedAnnual report
「In terms of profitability, we maintained a high SE utilization rate as customers' IT investment remained firm, among other factors. The gross margin was 20.9%, an improvement of 2.7 percentage points year on year.」
The company maintained high SE utilization against a backdrop of firm customer IT investment, with a gross margin of 20.9%, an improvement of 2.7 percentage points year on year.