Improving Production Efficiency and Reducing Costs
First written in FY2016. 12 of 21 entries say "Advanced", first in FY2017-Q1. Latest entry: 2026-10-30.
49 other companies' latest entry also says "Advanced".
- FY2026-H1AdvancedAnnual report
「In terms of earnings, the Group worked to improve profitability and operating efficiency across the board, while overseas subsidiaries also reduced costs. As a result, operating profit increased 13.2% year on year to ¥1,398 million. Ordinary profit increased 5.2% to ¥1,510 million, despite the recognition of a foreign exchange loss, while interim net income attributable to owners of the parent decreased 1.4% to ¥973 million.」
The company improved profitability and operating efficiency and reduced costs at overseas subsidiaries, resulting in a 13.2% year-on-year increase in operating profit and a 5.2% increase in ordinary profit. - FY2025-H1Continued improvement in profitabilityAnnual report
「In terms of profit, the Group worked to improve profitability, but due to lower revenue and other factors, operating profit declined 23.1% year on year to ¥1,235 million, ordinary profit declined 21.8% to ¥1,436 million, and interim net profit attributable to owners of the parent declined 22.2% to ¥987 million.」
The company states that, in addition to its conventional efforts to reduce expenses and improve production efficiency, the Group worked to improve profitability across the board. However, operating profit, ordinary profit and interim net income all fell below the same period of the previous year due to lower net sales and other factors. - FY2024-Q3AdvancedAnnual report
「Meanwhile, sales volumes for beverages declined as higher prices strengthened consumers’ preference for saving. Although the Company implemented price revisions to reflect surging raw material costs, revenue was ¥4,082 million, broadly in line with the previous corresponding period. In terms of profit, helped in part by the effect of expense reductions, segment profit (operating profit) was ¥69 million, compared with a segment loss (operating loss) of ¥169 million in the previous corresponding period.」
In the food business, the Company cites the effect of expense reductions as a factor behind profit improvement, with segment results improving from a ¥169 million loss in the previous corresponding period to a ¥69 million profit. - FY2023RestatedAnnual report
「The Group will work toward its targets by further improving production efficiency and reviewing manufacturing technologies across the Group to reduce waste, defects, and waste materials.」
The Company continues to position improved production efficiency, reviews of manufacturing technologies, and reductions in waste, defects, and waste materials as means of improving profit and strengthening its management foundation. - FY2023-Q3RestatedAnnual report
「In terms of profit, although we implemented expense reductions, including expanded sales of higher value-added products and lower energy consumption through process improvements, earnings were affected by rising costs, including continually increasing raw material prices. Operating profit decreased 31.3% year on year to ¥1,437 million, ordinary profit decreased 29.7% to ¥1,615 million, and quarterly net income attributable to owners of the parent decreased 29.4% to ¥1,119 million.」
The Company continues to reduce expenses, including energy consumption through process improvements, but operating profit and other measures declined due to the impact of higher costs. - FY2023-Q2RestatedAnnual report
「In terms of profit, although we implemented expense reductions, including expanded sales of higher value-added products and lower energy consumption through process improvements, earnings were affected by rising costs, including continually increasing raw material prices. Operating profit decreased 35.4% year on year to ¥895 million, ordinary profit decreased 31.7% to ¥1,053 million, and quarterly net income attributable to owners of the parent decreased 29.4% to ¥742 million.」
As a specific expense reduction measure, the Company explicitly cites lower energy consumption through process improvements. Meanwhile, operating profit and other measures declined year on year due to the impact of higher costs. - FY2023-Q1RestatedAnnual report
「In terms of profit, although we implemented expense reductions, including expanded sales of higher value-added products and lower energy costs through process improvements, earnings were affected by rising costs, including continually increasing raw material prices. Operating profit decreased 42.9% year on year to ¥443 million, ordinary profit decreased 40.8% to ¥510 million, and quarterly net income attributable to owners of the parent decreased 42.3% to ¥332 million.」
As a specific expense reduction measure, the Company explicitly cites lower energy costs through process improvements. Meanwhile, operating profit and other measures fell below the previous corresponding period due to the impact of higher costs. - FY2021AdvancedAnnual report
「Under these conditions, the Group continued to promote work-style reforms and operational improvements using IT technology, advance initiatives to improve productivity and review its product mix, and further strengthen its business foundation. It also worked to expand sales of high-value-added products and reduce expenses and other costs.」
The Company states that it improved productivity, reviewed its product mix, expanded sales of high-value-added products, and reduced expenses, resulting in operating profit increasing 14.5% year on year and segment profit in the chemicals business increasing 10.0%. - FY2021-Q3Renewed reference to expense reductionsAnnual report
「In terms of profit, expanded sales of higher value-added products and other factors and expense reductions contributed to earnings growth, but due to the decline in revenue, operating profit decreased 7.0% year on year to ¥1,446 million, ordinary profit decreased 6.6% to ¥1,595 million, and quarterly net income attributable to owners of the parent decreased 8.3% to ¥1,098 million.」
The Company again explicitly states that expense reductions contributed to profit improvement in relation to the productivity improvement and cost reduction theme that was not explicitly mentioned in FY2019. However, overall operating profit and other measures declined. - FY2019DroppedAnnual report
「In terms of profit, due to the impact of higher depreciation expenses, rising raw material prices, higher logistics costs, and other factors, operating profit declined 34.4% year on year to ¥1,614 million.」
The productivity improvement and cost reduction initiatives previously described were not explicitly mentioned in the explanation of business results for the current fiscal year. Instead, higher depreciation expenses, raw material prices, and logistics costs were cited as factors behind the decline in profit. - FY2018-Q2AdvancedAnnual report
「In terms of profit, as a result of initiatives to improve productivity and reduce costs, segment profit (operating profit) increased 50.5% year on year to ¥62 million.」
The Company implemented productivity improvements and cost reductions in the food business, resulting in a 50.5% year-on-year increase in segment profit. Meanwhile, Group-wide operating profit declined 6.6% year on year due to sluggish growth at overseas subsidiaries, higher prices for imported raw materials, and other factors. - FY2018-Q1AdvancedAnnual report
「In the food business, sales of isomerized sugar for various beverages remained sluggish, resulting in revenue declining 11.0% year on year to ¥1,282 million. In terms of profit, as a result of initiatives to improve productivity and reduce costs, segment profit (operating profit) increased 89.8% year on year to ¥68 million.」
The Company continued to improve productivity and reduce costs, resulting in an 89.8% year-on-year increase in segment profit in the food business. Meanwhile, Group-wide operating profit declined 0.8% year on year due to higher prices for imported raw materials and other factors. - FY2017AdvancedAnnual report
「In terms of profit, the Group implemented initiatives to improve productivity and reduce costs. In addition, due to lower depreciation expenses and improved profitability at overseas subsidiaries, operating profit increased 32.4% year on year to ¥2,725 million and ordinary profit increased 35.8% to ¥2,923 million.」
The Company states that it implemented productivity improvements and cost reductions, resulting in operating profit rising 32.4% and ordinary profit rising 35.8%. It also states that the food business returned to profitability for the first time in 4 periods through productivity improvements, cost reductions, and other measures. - FY2017-Q3AdvancedAnnual report
「In terms of profit, as a result of the Group-wide implementation of initiatives to improve production efficiency and reduce costs, contributions from overseas subsidiaries, and improvement in the food business, which had performed poorly in the previous consolidated fiscal year, operating profit increased 33.5% year on year to ¥2,223 million and ordinary profit increased 36.2% to ¥2,348 million. Quarterly net profit attributable to owners of the parent increased 33.7% year on year to ¥1,728 million.」
The Company describes specific improvements from continued efforts to improve production efficiency and reduce costs, with operating profit up 33.5%, ordinary profit up 36.2%, and quarterly net profit attributable to owners of the parent up 33.7%. - FY2017-Q2AdvancedAnnual report
「In terms of profit, as a result of the Group-wide implementation of initiatives to improve production efficiency and reduce costs, operating profit increased 7.3% year on year to ¥1,332 million, ordinary profit increased 8.4% to ¥1,374 million, and quarterly net profit attributable to owners of the parent increased 6.9% to ¥1,002 million.」
The Company states that it continued to improve production efficiency and reduce costs, resulting in increases of 7.3% in operating profit, 8.4% in ordinary profit, and 6.9% in quarterly net profit attributable to owners of the parent. - FY2017-Q1AdvancedAnnual report
「In terms of profit, as a result of the Group-wide implementation of initiatives to improve production efficiency and reduce costs, operating profit increased 0.2% year on year to ¥701 million.」
The Company states that it implemented initiatives to improve production efficiency and reduce costs, resulting in a 0.2% year-on-year increase in operating profit. - FY2016First statedAnnual report
「In terms of profit, the Group implemented initiatives to improve production efficiency and reduce costs,」
The Company cites initiatives to improve production efficiency and reduce costs as factors behind profit improvement for the period.