Establishing a Product Evolution Cycle Incorporating Customer Input and Outsourcing Operations
First written in FY2017. 7 of 10 entries say "Advanced", first in FY2018. Latest entry: FY2026.
12 other companies' latest entry also says "Advanced".
- FY2026AdvancedAnnual report
「The company will continue to strengthen its relationships with customer companies and seek input for more effective product development.」
The Company continued its policy of reflecting needs identified through its relationships with customers in product development and recorded ¥361 million in research and development expenses. - FY2024AdvancedAnnual report
「The Company will begin full-scale sales of TRINITY BOARD, a board of directors DX cloud product, and AVANT Compass, a corporate value analysis cloud product, prepared in FY24 (the fiscal year ended June 2024), and will transform boards of directors through software.」
The strengthening of the product development structure was translated into completing preparations for the board of directors DX cloud product and the corporate value analysis cloud product, followed by a policy of launching full-scale sales. - FY2024-Q1AdvancedAnnual report
「The objectives also include expanding the Group’s offerings by acquiring the latest data-utilisation methods, from software supporting multiple clouds supplied by major cloud vendors to the latest technologies, including generative AI, while developing engineers and internally developing data-utilisation platform products.」
The strengthening of the product development and delivery structure was translated into measures including support for major cloud vendors, acquisition of technologies such as multicloud and generative AI, engineer development and the internal development of data-utilisation platform products. - FY2023-Q2AdvancedAnnual report
「Costs increased partly because of the organisation of products and the preparation of the development environment associated with the restructuring.」
The Company organised products and prepared the development environment as part of the organisational restructuring, and stated that the associated costs had increased. The policy of organising existing products and projects and strengthening the development structure was presented as moving into the implementation phase. - FY2022AdvancedAnnual report
「Specifically, in the existing businesses, the Company will organise low-profitability products and projects and prepare the environment needed to accelerate the transition to the cloud. It will also actively recruit personnel to develop products that will become core applications in the future and to strengthen its implementation consulting business during the period of the new medium-term management plan.」
The policy of strengthening the product development structure was translated into specific measures: organising low-profitability products and projects, preparing the environment for the transition to the cloud, developing core applications and recruiting personnel for implementation consulting. - FY2022-Q3RestatedAnnual report
「Costs for substantially strengthening the development structure to promote software development aimed at future growth and improved profitability have been incurred ahead of the resulting benefits.」
The Company continued to describe the substantial strengthening of its software development structure for future growth and improved profitability, with the associated costs incurred ahead of the resulting benefits. - FY2022-Q1AdvancedAnnual report
「Costs for substantially strengthening the development structure to promote software development aimed at future growth and improved profitability have been incurred ahead of the resulting benefits.」
In addition to the established policy of reflecting customer needs in product development, the Company stated that it was substantially strengthening its software development structure to support future growth and improved profitability. - FY2020RestatedAnnual report
「To support the Group’s medium- to long-term growth, we will strengthen our product development structure so that it accurately reflects the needs of customer companies.」
The Company continued to strengthen its structure for incorporating customer needs into product development. Full-year research and development expenses were ¥409 million. - FY2018AdvancedAnnual report
「In January 2018, the Company began providing “DivaSystem SMD SX,” a consolidated management system with a new user interface.」
As a specific result of product development reflecting customer needs, the Company began providing a product with a new user interface. - FY2017First statedAnnual report
「To support the Group’s medium- to long-term growth, we will strengthen our product development structure so that it accurately reflects the needs of customer companies. Under the new medium-term management plan, we will continue to strengthen our relationships with customer companies and seek more effective input for product development. In addition to direct input from customer companies, we will apply to product development the practical knowledge gained from the outsourcing business and the Group’s experience in practising group management.」
As a new medium- to long-term initiative, the Company described a mechanism for incorporating into product development not only direct customer input, but also knowledge gained from the outsourcing business and the Group’s own group management practices.