Improving the Working Environment and Operational Efficiency through Work-Style Reform
First written in FY2019-Q2. 6 of 11 entries say "Advanced", first in FY2019. Latest entry: FY2025.
The whole theme swung hardest in 2023: 3 of 15 companies on the "Worse" side.
15 other companies' latest entry also says "Advanced".
- FY2025AdvancedAnnual report
「In line with the characteristics and circumstances of each company, we are working to strengthen working-hours management systems, assign appropriate staffing levels, operate inter-shift rest intervals, set targets and plans for paid-leave utilization, and implement teleworking and no-overtime days, while using the company newsletter to communicate targets and improve workplace environments.」
The company expanded specific work-style reform measures, including inter-shift rest intervals, targets for paid-leave utilization, teleworking and no-overtime days. - FY2023RestatedAnnual report
「At the same time, the Group worked to manufacture premium-quality products, improve productivity and value added, advance DX, improve the working environment, and utilize and develop human resources, including through diversity initiatives.」
The company continues initiatives related to work-style reform, including productivity, DX, the work environment, diversity and the utilization of human resources. - FY2022RestatedAnnual report
「The Group is working to improve productivity, manufacture premium-quality products, and advance DX (digital transformation).」
The company continues to promote work-style reform, productivity improvements and DX. - FY2022-Q1AdvancedAnnual report
「Revenue from corrugated packaging was ¥25,176 million, up 5.8% year on year, while operating profit was ¥1,474 million, up 18.8%, aided in part by efforts to improve productivity.」
The company states that initiatives to improve productivity contributed to an 18.8% year-on-year increase in corrugated packaging operating profit. - FY2021AdvancedAnnual report
「The Group focused on improving labor productivity, manufacturing premium-quality products, and digital transformation, and continued to pursue work-style reforms.」
The company explicitly added digital transformation to work-style reform, increasing operating profit in the corrugated packaging business by 3.5% year on year through higher productivity and reductions in fuel, raw material and internal costs. - FY2021-Q2AdvancedAnnual report
「Corrugated packaging revenue was ¥47,989 million, down 5.0% year on year, due mainly to lower sales volume and other factors. Operating profit was ¥2,875 million, up 2.6%, owing to lower operating expenses, primarily as a result of higher productivity from work-style reforms, digitalization, and other initiatives.」
The disclosure states that productivity improvements combining work-style reform with digitalization led to lower operating expenses and a 2.6% year-on-year increase in operating profit. - FY2021-Q1AdvancedAnnual report
「Corrugated packaging revenue was ¥23,801 million, down 4.1% year on year, due mainly to lower sales volume and other factors. Operating profit was ¥1,241 million, up 13.9%, reflecting lower raw material costs associated with the volume decline and higher productivity resulting from work-style reforms, digitalization, and other initiatives.」
The company promoted digitalization in addition to work-style reform, with higher productivity reflected in a 13.9% year-on-year increase in operating profit in the corrugated packaging business. - FY2020RestatedAnnual report
「The Group is actively working to strengthen production capacity and manufacture premium-quality products, while vigorously promoting work-style reforms aimed at reducing overtime, enabling employees to take consecutive days of annual paid leave, and improving operational efficiency through the use of network tools.」
The company continues to promote work-style reform through reductions in overtime, consecutive leave-taking and the use of network tools. - FY2020-Q2RestatedAnnual report
「The Group is actively working to strengthen production capacity and manufacture premium-quality products, while also vigorously promoting work-style reforms, including reducing overtime, enabling employees to take consecutive days of annual paid leave, advancing diversity, and improving operational efficiency through the use of network tools.」
The company continues to promote work-style reform through reductions in overtime, consecutive leave-taking, diversity initiatives and the use of network tools. - FY2019AdvancedAnnual report
「We are also developing equipment incorporating our technological expertise and originality in various areas, including automated first-article inspection equipment and unmanned robotic feeders, to improve productivity and promote work-style reform.」
The company specifically identifies the development of automated first-article inspection equipment and unmanned robotic feeders as measures to promote work-style reform and improve productivity. - FY2019-Q2First statedAnnual report
「We are vigorously promoting work-style reform, including reducing overtime, taking consecutive annual paid-leave days, promoting diversity, and improving operational efficiency through the use of network tools powered by IoT.」
For the first time, the company explicitly identifies reductions in overtime, leave-taking, diversity and operational efficiency through the use of IoT as work-style reform measures and states that it will promote them vigorously.