Decline in Development Capabilities Due to Delays in Training Engineers and Talent Leaving for Other Companies
First written in FY2018. 3 of 5 entries say "Worsened", first in FY2023-Q3. Latest entry: FY2026.
System Integrator Corp. moved to the "Worse" side of this theme in 2026, 1 year after the typical company in this theme (2025).
The whole theme swung hardest in 2026: 34 of 109 companies on the "Worse" side.
29 other companies' latest entry also says "Worsened".
- FY2026WorsenedAnnual report
「The types of personnel required in the age of AI are changing rapidly, and competition to recruit people with advanced AI skills and operational knowledge is intensifying. If we cannot recruit talented personnel as planned, or if existing personnel leave the company, our development and proposal capabilities may decline, potentially hindering our group's growth plans.」
Regarding personnel risks, explicitly identifies intensifying competition to recruit people with advanced AI skills and operational knowledge, in addition to the conventional risks of delayed training and employee departures. - FY2024RestatedAnnual report
「Because our business provides operational systems for a wide range of industries and business formats, acquiring the necessary knowledge and technical skills takes time. As a result, bringing new hires up to full productivity quickly has become a new challenge.」
Continues to recognise that, even with ongoing recruitment, acquiring the specialised knowledge and technical skills required for operational systems takes time, making the rapid deployment of new hires a challenge. - FY2023WorsenedAnnual report
「It takes time to develop the skills needed to analyse business knowledge across a wide range of industries and business formats, as well as customer-specific operational requirements, and adapt them to products. Because the size and content of new projects did not match the skill levels available, orders could not be secured as planned, and projects were suspended, revenue from the ERP business for the fiscal year was ¥2,755,986 thousand, down 3.9% year on year, and operating profit was ¥152,353 thousand, down 31.5%.」
States that it took time for recruited personnel to become fully productive, while mismatches between project size and available skills and project suspensions affected orders and business performance. - FY2023-Q3WorsenedAnnual report
「In the ERP business, we recruited a large number of new graduates and mid-career employees to address growing demand to renew core business systems. However, building systems that centrally manage a company's management resources is highly challenging, and it is taking time for these employees to become fully productive.」
While strengthening the development structure through recruitment, the company states that the difficulty of building ERP systems means it takes time for new personnel to become fully productive. - FY2018First statedAnnual report
「However, if changes in technology are so rapid that the training of engineers cannot keep pace, or if engineers leave the company, development work may be seriously affected and we may be unable to release competitive products at the right time in the future.」
Describes the risk that delays in training personnel to keep pace with technological change and the loss of engineers may affect development work and the timely release of competitive products.