Strengthening the Business Foundation through Focused Investment in Talent and Intellectual Property

「As specific investment initiatives, we are acquiring advanced elemental technologies such as AI and networks, recruiting personnel including experienced professionals, and strengthening education initiatives from the perspective of investment in human resources.」

「Selling, general and administrative expenses increased as we continued to actively invest for future business expansion, but the effect of higher revenue absorbed the increase, resulting in higher operating profit. Specific investment initiatives include, as investment in human resources, expanding recruitment including career hires and strengthening educational initiatives including career development. As business investment, the company is advancing the acquisition of new technologies to expand high-value-added businesses and marketing activities to increase sales of its proprietary products.」

「Specific investment initiatives include, as investment in human resources, accelerating the development of graduate recruits into productive employees, expanding recruitment including career hires, strengthening educational initiatives and working to renew personnel systems. As business investment, the company is advancing the acquisition of new technologies to expand the next-generation SI business and marketing activities.」

「Selling, general and administrative expenses were broadly unchanged from the previous period. Although head-office relocation costs incurred last year declined, this was offset by an active increase in investment for future business expansion, and operating profit increased. Specific investment initiatives include expanding graduate recruitment and accelerating the development of new hires into productive employees, acquiring new technologies to expand the next-generation SI business, strengthening educational initiatives and working to rebuild personnel systems.」

「In response to these steady business conditions, for the fiscal year ending March 2025 we will continue to actively invest in acquiring advanced elemental technologies and securing and developing human resources to advance the medium-term plan, while focusing on initiatives for business expansion. Specific technology investments will prioritize the acquisition of elemental technologies likely to have a major impact on the future SI business, including security, UXD, cloud-native technologies, data analytics platforms, automation and managed services, and network design, while also advancing the development of services and products that address diverse customer IT needs.」

「Specific investment initiatives include expanding graduate recruitment and accelerating the development of new hires into productive employees, acquiring new technologies to expand the next-generation SI business, and relocating the head office as part of the workplace strategy Smart Work Initiative, with the aim of maintaining high productivity, all pursued in line with the plan.」

「Specific investment initiatives include expanding graduate recruitment and accelerating the development of new hires into productive employees, acquiring new technologies to expand the next-generation SI business, and relocating the head office as part of the workplace strategy Smart Work Initiative, with the aim of maintaining high productivity, all pursued in line with the plan.」

「Specific investment initiatives include expanding graduate recruitment and accelerating the development of new hires into productive employees, acquiring new technologies to expand the next-generation SI business, and relocating the head office as part of the workplace strategy Smart Work Initiative, all pursued in line with the plan.」

「In light of steady business operations from the beginning of the period, we pursued investment for further future business expansion more actively. Specifically, we invested in workplace strategies to create an organizational culture and work practices that enable employees to engage more enthusiastically in their work, promoted branding strategies to secure human resources and improve engagement, expanded our recruitment structure, strengthened educational initiatives, and worked to rebuild our personnel systems.」

「In terms of earnings, against a backdrop of steady business conditions, we actively accelerated investment for further future business expansion and for securing and developing human resources, increasing selling, general and administrative expenses. However, the effect of higher revenue resulted in higher profit.」

「In terms of earnings, selling, general and administrative expenses increased as we pursued active investment for further future business expansion against a backdrop of steady business conditions, but the effect of higher revenue more than offset this, resulting in higher profit.」

「In terms of earnings, the difficulties in making planned progress with recruitment and training caused by the COVID-19 pandemic last year were resolved. This year, however, we further strengthened our recruitment strategy and pursued active investment for further future business expansion, resulting in lower profit.」

「In light of steady business conditions from the beginning of the period, we actively invested in further business expansion. Specifically, we invested in corporate branding to secure human resources and improve employee engagement, as well as in acquiring elemental technologies including UX (Note 1), containers (Note 2) and data analytics infrastructure (Note 3), in addition to the priority strategic areas described above.」

「We are preparing to make active investments for further business expansion in the future.」

「To expand high-value-added SI services that meet customers' value-creation needs, we have identified technologies likely to have a major impact on society and business in the future as priority areas and have actively pursued human-resource development and business development.」

「Specifically, we established an organization to promote sales activities supporting customer business innovation and an organization that works with the Account Business Division to deliver fast and efficient solutions using advanced technologies to support customers' digital transformation. We are strengthening the recruitment and development of engineers, investment in research and development, and proposal activities for customers.」

「Specifically, we established an organization to promote sales activities supporting customer business innovation and an organization that works with the Account Business Division to deliver fast and efficient solutions using advanced technologies to support customers' digital transformation. We are strengthening the recruitment and development of engineers, investment in research and development, and proposal activities for customers.」

「Specifically, we established an organization to promote sales activities supporting customer business innovation and an organization that works with the Account Business Division to deliver fast and efficient solutions using advanced technologies to support customers' digital transformation. As a result of strengthening the recruitment and development of engineers, investment in research and development, and proposal activities for customers, the high-value-added systems integration services business has steadily expanded, particularly in cloud and agile development.」

「The basic strategy of this medium-term management plan is to sustain these two business models, invest the resulting profits intensively in the human resources and intellectual property essential to the future business foundation, and build the assets needed to achieve sustained growth.」

「The Company's basic strategy is to invest the resulting profits intensively in the human resources and intellectual property essential to its future business foundation, thereby building the assets needed to achieve sustained growth.」

「The Company's basic strategy is to invest the resulting profits intensively in the human resources and intellectual property essential to its future business foundation, thereby building the assets needed to achieve sustained growth.」

「Based on this basic strategy, in the fiscal year ending March 2018 we actively invested in human resources and intellectual property across a range of areas, including expanding existing businesses, creating new businesses for the future and strengthening the corporate foundation supporting them.」

「Based on this basic strategy, in the fiscal year ending March 2018 we actively invested in human resources and intellectual property across a range of areas, including expanding existing businesses, creating new businesses for the future and strengthening the corporate foundation supporting them.」

「Based on this basic strategy, in the fiscal year ending March 2018 we actively invested in human resources and intellectual property across a range of areas, including expanding existing businesses, creating new businesses for the future and strengthening the corporate foundation supporting them. To address the shortage of human resources, we also focused on strengthening cooperation with partner companies, graduate recruitment and mid-career recruitment of immediately deployable personnel, achieving recruitment results above plan.」

「In terms of earnings, costs increased as we stepped up investment for future business expansion, recruitment and employee development. As a result, operating profit was ¥252 million, down 29.2% year on year, ordinary profit was ¥273 million, down 26.5%, and net profit attributable to owners of the parent was ¥149 million, down 34.9%.」

「Our basic strategy is to sustain these two business models, invest the resulting profits intensively in the human resources and intellectual property essential to our future business foundation, and build the assets needed to achieve sustained growth.」

「The Group’s basic strategy is to strengthen a partner-based business model that remains close to customers and provides services across a broad range of processes and business areas, as well as a solution-based business model that specializes in business operations and technology and provides services to a broad range of multiple customers. It will concentrate the resulting profits on investments in personnel and intellectual property, which are essential to its future business foundation, thereby building the assets needed to achieve sustained growth.」

「The Group’s basic strategy is to strengthen a partner-based business model that remains close to customers and provides services across a broad range of processes and business areas, as well as a solution-based business model that specializes in business operations and technology and provides services to a broad range of multiple customers. It will concentrate the resulting profits on investments in personnel and intellectual property, which are essential to its future business foundation, thereby building the assets needed to achieve sustained growth.」

「The Company's basic strategy is to invest the resulting profits intensively in the human resources and intellectual property essential to its future business foundation, thereby building the assets needed to achieve sustained growth.」

「The Company's basic strategy is to invest the resulting profits intensively in the human resources and intellectual property essential to its future business foundation, thereby building the assets needed to achieve sustained growth.」