Strengthening Quality Assurance Systems and Addressing Customer-Required Quality
First written in FY2017. 6 of 10 entries say "Restated". Latest entry: FY2026.
The whole theme swung hardest in 2026: 5 of 46 companies on the "Worse" side.
30 other companies' latest entry also says "Advanced".
- FY2026AdvancedAnnual report
「Specifically, we promoted the development of processes aimed at full automation, uninterrupted production and zero defects, while also working to establish a stable supply structure and strengthen cost competitiveness through the advancement of quality management using digital technologies and greater efficiency in production processes.」
The company is giving concrete form to the strengthening of its quality assurance framework through quality management for next-generation products and more advanced quality control using digital technologies. - FY2024Reframed as quality management for next-generation productsAnnual report
「1) Establish a quality management framework for next-generation products」
The company reframed the strengthening of its quality assurance framework in the 2027 medium-term management plan as establishing a quality management framework for next-generation products. - FY2023RestatedAnnual report
「In addition, we established a development process to ensure the functional safety of electronic components and prepared a development structure for providing customers with safe devices.」
The company continues to maintain a development process addressing the functional safety of electronic components and a structure for providing safe devices. - FY2022AdvancedAnnual report
「In addition, we established a development process compliant with ISO 26262, the international standard for functional safety of electronic components, and prepared a development structure for providing customers with safe devices.」
Regarding quality and safety, the company established an ISO 26262-compliant development process for the functional safety of electronic components and a structure for providing safe devices. - FY2021RestatedAnnual report
「We will promote initiatives to improve business performance, including reducing fixed costs and compressing market-quality response costs through quality improvements.」
The company continues initiatives to improve quality assurance and profitability by improving quality and compressing market-quality response costs. - FY2020RestatedAnnual report
「Strengthen and promote operation of the quality assurance framework to achieve quality that exceeds market and customer expectations.」
The manufacturing strategy in the new medium-term management plan continues to prioritize strengthening the quality assurance framework. - FY2019RestatedAnnual report
「1. Strengthen and promote operation of the quality assurance framework to achieve quality that exceeds market and customer expectations.」
The new medium-term management plan again identifies strengthening the quality assurance framework as a pillar of the manufacturing strategy. - FY2019-Q3RestatedAnnual report
「Due to expenses and other costs incurred to proactively address customer quality requirements」
The company continues to address customer quality requirements, but the resulting expenses are contributing to lower profit in the China and Korea segments. - FY2019-Q2RestatedAnnual report
「Increased expenses and other costs to proactively address customer quality requirements」
The company continues to address customer quality requirements, but the resulting increase in expenses is contributing to lower profit in the China and Korea segments. - FY2017First statedAnnual report
「1. Strengthen and promote operation of the quality assurance framework to achieve quality that exceeds customer expectations」
In revising its medium-term management plan, the company explicitly added initiatives to strengthen quality improvement to its existing basic strategy and positioned quality assurance as an independent priority initiative.