Cross-Functional Collaboration and Frontline-Led Initiatives
First written in FY2017. 1 of 3 entries say "Reframed", first in FY2018. Latest entry: FY2019.
The whole theme swung hardest in 2024: 4 of 24 companies on the "Worse" side.
19 other companies' latest entry also says "Restated".
- FY2019RestatedAnnual report
「We will work to reorganize from our traditional function-based structure into a production-based structure that integrates planning, production and sales by title. We will also consider the form of our future organization so that it can promote business on a title-by-title basis, beyond the traditional framework, on an end-to-end basis.」
The organizational concept of integrating planning, production and sales by title rather than by function remains in place. - FY2018ReframedAnnual report
「We will work to reorganize from our traditional function-based structure into a production-based structure that integrates planning, production and sales by title. We will also consider the form of our future organization so that it can promote business on a title-by-title basis, beyond the traditional framework, on an end-to-end basis.」
The cross-functional initiative has been made more concrete and reorganized into a structure that integrates planning, production and sales by title, rather than by traditional function-based organization. - FY2017First statedAnnual report
「To shift from our traditional vertically structured, function-based operations to organic vertical and horizontal collaboration, we will promote new initiatives, including more active personnel transfers and strategy development projects led by cross-functional teams, so that frontline employees can take on more challenges across a wide range of areas.」
Measures have been outlined to shift organizational management from vertically structured, function-based operations toward cross-functional collaboration and frontline leadership through cross-departmental teams and personnel transfers.