Risk of securing highly skilled personnel and outsourced staff
First written in FY2016. 13 of 22 entries say "Worsened", first in FY2019. Latest entry: 2026-08-14.
Comture moved to the "Worse" side of this theme in 2019, 3 years before the typical company in this theme (2022).
The whole theme swung hardest in 2026: 10 of 12 companies on the "Worse" side.
8 other companies' latest entry also says "Worsened".
- FY2026WorsenedAnnual report
「Although market conditions are favourable, securing highly skilled technical personnel remains the highest priority.」
The company continues to make securing highly skilled technical personnel its highest priority, identifying declining recruitment competitiveness and a rising turnover rate as the greatest risks in its human-capital risk management. The turnover rate rose to 7.3%, while the outsourcing expense ratio declined from 49.8% to 48.8%. - FY2026-H1WorsenedAnnual report
「Although market conditions are favourable, securing highly skilled engineers remains the highest priority.」
The company continues to make securing engineers its highest priority and states that a shortage of technical personnel, particularly project managers, affected revenue. It is also pursuing measures including designating major partner companies as core partners, recruitment and training. - FY2025MitigatedAnnual report
「Outsourcing expenses accounted for 51.4% of total manufacturing costs in the fiscal year ended March 2024 and 49.8% in the fiscal year ended March 2025.」
The outsourcing expense ratio declined from 51.4% to 49.8%. Efforts to secure engineering resources through designating major partner companies as core partners, recruitment and reskilling also continue. - FY2025-H1MitigatedAnnual report
「We are pursuing strategic collaboration, including designating major partner companies as core partners, to increase the supply of engineers from partner companies, enabling them to give us priority access to immediately deployable engineers.」
The company explains that designating major partner companies as core partners has enabled it to secure priority access to immediately deployable engineers. Its response to the risk of securing engineers and outsourced staff has become more concrete. - FY2024WorsenedAnnual report
「Outsourcing expenses accounted for 50.7% of total manufacturing costs in the fiscal year ended March 2023 and 51.4% in the fiscal year ended March 2024. Going forward, if we are unable to hire the highly skilled personnel required, if many employees leave, or if we are unable to secure outsourced staff meeting the technical level required by our group in a timely manner, business performance may be adversely affected.」
The outsourcing expense ratio rose from 50.7% to 51.4%. While pursuing recruitment, reskilling, M&A and collaboration with partner companies, the company updated the quantitative disclosure of its dependence on outsourced staff and the risk of securing personnel. - FY2024-Q2MitigatedAnnual report
「Revenue increased 19.3% year on year, driven not only by a further shift toward DX-related businesses and sales activities supported by stronger collaboration with platform providers and tool vendors, but also by the deployment of employees hired in the previous fiscal year, double-digit growth in resources secured from partner companies and the contribution of M&A.」
The company explains that the deployment of employees hired in the previous fiscal year, double-digit growth in resources secured from partner companies and M&A, among other factors, improved the availability of engineering and outsourced resources and contributed to higher revenue. - FY2024-Q1MitigatedAnnual report
「Revenue increased 18.1% year on year due to initiatives including a further shift toward DX-related businesses and the promotion of sales activities through stronger collaboration with platform providers and tool vendors, as well as the progress made in bringing employees hired in the previous consolidated fiscal year up to full productivity, double-digit growth in resources secured from partner companies and the contribution from M&A.」
The company advanced efforts to secure engineering resources through the deployment of employees hired in the previous fiscal year, double-digit growth in resources secured from partner companies, M&A, reskilling and the development of core partners. - FY2023-Q3RestatedAnnual report
「In the business solutions business, SAP-related businesses such as S/4HANA migration recovered to double-digit growth as resource availability improved. Revenue and gross profit also increased owing to the contribution of a subsidiary newly consolidated from the current fiscal year.」
The company continues to explain that SAP-related businesses recovered to double-digit growth as resource availability improved and subsidiaries were consolidated. - FY2023-Q2MitigatedAnnual report
「In the business solutions business, SAP-related businesses such as S/4HANA migration recovered to double-digit growth as resource availability improved. Revenue and gross profit also increased owing to the contribution of a subsidiary newly consolidated from the current fiscal year.」
The company explains that SAP-related businesses such as S/4HANA migration, which had slowed because of a chronic shortage of personnel, recovered to double-digit growth as resource availability improved. The response to the personnel-shortage risk has appeared as a recovery in business growth. - FY2023-Q1WorsenedAnnual report
「In the business solutions business, although growth in SAP-related businesses such as S/4HANA migration temporarily slowed due to a chronic shortage of resources, revenue increased owing to the contribution of a subsidiary newly consolidated from the current fiscal year.」
The company explains that a chronic shortage of resources has appeared as a slowdown in growth in SAP-related businesses. At the same time, it is pursuing measures to secure personnel, including making Software Creation a consolidated subsidiary. - FY2022WorsenedAnnual report
「We have adopted a business partner system and outsource part of our group's operations. Outsourcing expenses accounted for 46.8% of total manufacturing costs in the fiscal year ended March 2021 and 49.5% in the fiscal year ended March 2022.」
The outsourcing expense ratio rose from 46.8% to 49.5%, and the company continues to disclose the risk that securing highly skilled personnel and outsourced staff meeting the required technical level could affect business performance. - FY2022-Q3RestatedAnnual report
「While the order environment is strong, securing engineers is our top priority for maintaining business performance. Improving employee compensation is particularly important, and we implemented an average pay rise of 10% this fiscal year.」
While making the securing of engineers its highest priority, the company is pursuing measures including improving compensation and benefits, collaborating with recruitment agencies and establishing strategic partnerships with affiliated companies. It also explains that it has been able to recruit highly skilled graduates and experienced hires. - FY2021WorsenedAnnual report
「Outsourcing expenses accounted for 46.2% of total manufacturing costs in the fiscal year ended March 2020 and 46.8% in the fiscal year ended March 2021. Going forward, if we are unable to hire the highly skilled personnel required, if many employees leave, or if we are unable to secure outsourced staff meeting the technical level required by our group in a timely manner, business performance may be adversely affected.」
The outsourcing expense ratio rose from 46.2% to 46.8%, and the company continues to disclose the risk of being unable to secure highly skilled personnel and outsourced staff meeting the required technical standards. - FY2020WorsenedAnnual report
「Outsourcing expenses accounted for 41.1% of total manufacturing costs in the fiscal year ended March 2019 and 46.2% in the fiscal year ended March 2020.」
The outsourcing expense ratio rose from 41.1% to 46.2%. The company continues to disclose the risk of an impact on business performance if it cannot secure highly skilled personnel and outsourced staff meeting the required technical level. - FY2019WorsenedAnnual report
「We have adopted a business partner system and outsource part of our group's operations. Outsourcing expenses accounted for 39.4% of total manufacturing costs in the fiscal year ended March 2018 and 41.1% in the fiscal year ended March 2019. Going forward, if we are unable to hire the highly skilled personnel required by our group, if many employees leave, or if we are unable to secure outsourced staff meeting the technical level required by our group in a timely manner, our group's business performance may be affected.」
Outsourcing expenses rose from 39.4% to 41.1% of total manufacturing costs. The company continues to disclose that the availability of highly skilled personnel and outsourced staff meeting the required technical level could affect business performance. - FY2018RestatedAnnual report
「We have adopted a business partner system and outsource part of our group's operations. Outsourcing expenses accounted for 40.1% of total manufacturing costs in the fiscal year ended March 2017 and 39.4% in the fiscal year ended March 2018. Going forward, if we are unable to hire the highly skilled personnel required by our group, if many employees leave, or if we are unable to secure outsourced staff meeting the technical level required by our group in a timely manner, our group's business performance may be affected.」
The company continues to identify securing highly skilled engineers and outsourced staff as a key risk, and disclosed outsourcing expenses at 40.1% and 39.4% of total manufacturing costs. - FY2016First statedAnnual report
「We have adopted a business partner system and outsource part of our group's operations. Outsourcing expenses accounted for 43.9% of total manufacturing costs in the fiscal year ended March 2015 and 40.4% in the fiscal year ended March 2016.」
The company identifies securing personnel and outsourced staff as essential, and disclosed outsourcing expenses at 43.9% and 40.4% of total manufacturing costs.