Overall Cost Reduction
First written in FY2017-Q3. 11 of 13 entries say "Restated". Latest entry: FY2026.
The whole theme swung hardest in 2022: 2 of 23 companies on the "Worse" side.
8 other companies' latest entry also says "Restated".
- FY2026RestatedAnnual report
「To offset these cost-increasing factors and higher manufacturing and administrative costs, we will improve production efficiency by making use of newly updated equipment.」
The company continues its policy of offsetting higher raw material, wage, depreciation and maintenance costs, among others, through production efficiency improvements enabled by equipment upgrades. - FY2024-Q3RestatedAnnual report
「Although the company worked to contain the increase in the cost ratio,」
The company continues efforts to contain increases in the cost ratio resulting from higher raw material and energy costs, among other factors. - FY2023-Q2RestatedAnnual report
「Although the company worked to contain the increase in the cost ratio resulting from higher raw material and energy prices,」
The company continues efforts to contain the increase in the cost ratio resulting from higher raw material and energy prices. - FY2022RestatedAnnual report
「The impact of higher resin raw material costs, which had been a concern, emerged in the second half of the fiscal year. However, the impact was kept within a certain range for the full year, and profit increased significantly from the previous fiscal year, helped by cost controls.」
The company continues to explain that it is containing the impact of higher raw material costs and that cost controls are also a factor supporting profit improvement. - FY2022-Q3RestatedAnnual report
「Due in part to the continuation of cost controls,」
Cost controls continue to be cited as a means of improving profit. - FY2022-Q2RestatedAnnual report
「Due in part to the continuation of cost controls,」
Cost controls continue to be cited as a means of improving profit. - FY2022-Q1RestatedAnnual report
「Because higher resin raw material costs had not yet been reflected to any significant extent in the first quarter and cost controls remained in place, among other factors,」
Cost controls continue to be cited as a factor supporting profit improvement. - FY2020Delayed price pass-through pressured subsidiary profitsAnnual report
「山陰製袋工業㈱ and 山陰パック㈲, whose fiscal years run from January to December, posted a slight year-on-year increase in total kraft paper bag sales volume. However, because they had not yet passed through higher raw material costs at the start of the fiscal year, revenue increased while profit declined.」
Despite a slight increase in sales volume, delayed pass-through of higher raw material costs into product prices resulted in higher revenue but lower profit at the subsidiaries. - FY2020-Q3RestatedAnnual report
「Passing on to product prices the increase in base paper prices from the previous fiscal year had an effect, but it was not sufficient to fully offset the decline in volume.」
The statement describes the effect of passing on the previous fiscal year's increase in base paper prices to product prices, while explaining that this was not sufficient to fully offset the decline in volume. - FY2019RestatedAnnual report
「Efforts to contain the impact of higher raw material prices」
Efforts to contain the impact of higher raw material prices continue to be cited as factors behind higher revenue and profit for the full fiscal year. - FY2018-Q1RestatedAnnual report
「Earnings were as follows after cost reductions: operating profit of ¥308 million, an increase of ¥97 million from the same period a year earlier; ordinary profit of ¥366 million, an increase of ¥111 million; and profit attributable to owners of the parent of ¥253 million, an increase of ¥89 million.」
Cost reduction continues to be cited as a means of improving profit, but no new specific details have been provided on the cost-reduction measures themselves. - FY2017RestatedAnnual report
「In Japan, the acquisition of new orders to offset the decline in rice and wheat bags, together with efforts to reduce costs, resulted in a slight year-on-year decline in revenue but higher profit.」
New orders and cost reductions are cited as factors behind higher profit despite lower revenue, with the same measures also described for the full fiscal year. - FY2017-Q3First statedAnnual report
「As a result of reducing costs across the board」
The group-wide reduction in costs is identified for the first time as a means of improving profit under declining revenue.