Thorough Cost Reduction
First written in FY2016. 26 of 39 entries say "Restated". Latest entry: 2026-08-07.
The whole theme swung hardest in 2022: 2 of 23 companies on the "Worse" side.
14 other companies' latest entry also says "Advanced".
- FY2026AdvancedAnnual report
「As a result of improved cost ratios from further cost-reduction activities, including consolidated production at manufacturing sites, the amount increased by ¥2,285 million from the previous consolidated fiscal year to ¥3,287 million, up 228.0% year on year.」
The First Business Division's segment profit increased by ¥2,285 million to ¥3,287 million as a result of cost-reduction activities including consolidated production. - FY2026-H1AdvancedAnnual report
「As a result of efforts to improve productivity, including cost reductions, thoroughly reduce expenses and continuously promote price revisions, operating income was ¥1,275 million, compared with an operating loss of ¥449 million in the previous interim consolidated accounting period.」
As a result of continued productivity improvements, expense reductions and price revisions, operating income improved from a loss of ¥449 million in the previous interim period to profit of ¥1,275 million. - FY2025-H1RestatedAnnual report
「Operating income was affected by persistently high raw-material prices and energy costs and higher procurement costs resulting from the weaker yen. Although the Company worked to improve productivity and reduce expenses in response, it posted an operating loss of ¥449 million, compared with an operating loss of ¥519 million in the previous interim consolidated accounting period.」
Continues to improve productivity and reduce expenses in response to persistently high raw-material prices and energy costs and the weaker yen. - FY2024RaisedAnnual report
「The Company will step up efforts to improve productivity, including cost reductions, across the Group and will promote price revisions for certain products. In addition, by improving the value-added ratio and operational efficiency in existing businesses and promoting the creation of new businesses, it will transform its structure into one that generates profit and seek to improve profitability at an early stage.」
In addition to cost reductions and price revisions, the Company explicitly refers to improving the value-added ratio and operational efficiency, creating new businesses and transforming its structure into one that generates profit, broadening and intensifying its profitability improvement measures. - FY2024-Q3RestatedAnnual report
「Has continued to work on cost reductions and reductions in energy consumption and waste.」
Reaffirms its continued efforts to reduce costs, energy consumption and waste. - FY2024-Q2RestatedAnnual report
「Operating income was affected by higher raw-material prices and energy costs and by higher procurement costs resulting from the weaker yen. Although the Company worked to improve productivity and reduce expenses in response, it posted an operating loss of ¥519 million, compared with an operating loss of ¥102 million in the same quarter of the previous year.」
Continues to improve productivity and reduce expenses in response to higher raw-material prices and energy costs and the weaker yen, but the operating loss widened from the same period of the previous year. - FY2024-Q1RestatedAnnual report
「Operating income was affected by higher raw-material prices and energy costs and the weaker yen. Although the Company promoted further cost-reduction initiatives and price revisions in response, it posted an operating loss of ¥435 million, compared with an operating loss of ¥57 million in the same quarter of the previous year.」
Continues to promote cost-reduction initiatives and price revisions in response to raw-material prices, energy costs and the weaker yen, but posted an operating loss. - FY2023RaisedAnnual report
「The Company will pursue further improvements in its own productivity, including cost reductions, to improve the deterioration in profitability in its current results. In addition to continuing to promote price revisions, it will actively pursue proposals that deliver value by resolving customers' problems and improving yield, as well as service improvements, recognising and implementing the early improvement of profitability as an urgent priority.」
In addition to conventional cost reductions and price revisions, the Company explicitly refers to value proposals and service improvements, strengthening its focus on the early improvement of profitability as an urgent priority. - FY2023-Q3RestatedAnnual report
「Operating profit was affected by higher energy and raw-material prices, higher logistics costs and the weaker yen. Although the Company promoted further cost-reduction initiatives and price revisions in response, these measures did not fully offset the cost increases, and the Company posted an operating loss of ¥49 million, compared with operating profit of ¥1,019 million in the same quarter of the previous year.」
Continues to promote cost-reduction initiatives and price revisions in response to energy and raw-material prices, logistics costs and the weaker yen, but these measures did not fully offset the cost increases. - FY2023-Q2RestatedAnnual report
「Operating profit was affected by higher energy and raw-material prices, higher logistics costs and the weaker yen. Although the Company promoted further cost-reduction initiatives and price revisions in response, it posted an operating loss of ¥102 million, compared with operating profit of ¥608 million in the same quarter of the previous year.」
Continues to promote cost-reduction initiatives and price revisions in response to higher energy and raw-material prices, higher logistics costs and the weaker yen. - FY2023-Q1RestatedAnnual report
「Operating profit was affected by higher energy and raw-material prices, higher logistics costs and the weaker yen. Although the Company promoted further cost-reduction initiatives and price revisions in response, it posted an operating loss of ¥57 million, compared with operating profit of ¥314 million in the same quarter of the previous year.」
Continues to promote cost-reduction initiatives and price revisions in response to higher energy and raw-material prices and logistics costs. - FY2022RaisedAnnual report
「We will promote further cost-reduction initiatives and efforts to pass costs through to product prices.」
In addition to conventional cost reductions, the Company explicitly refers to efforts to pass higher raw-material and logistics costs through to product prices, broadening the scope of its profitability improvement measures. - FY2022-Q2RestatedAnnual report
「Specifically, the Company has actively expanded its business into priority fields such as infectious-disease control products, energy-saving products, environmentally friendly products, disaster-prevention-related products, lifestyle-related products and infrastructure development-related products, as well as globalisation, while continuing to work on cost reductions and reductions in energy consumption and waste.」
Reaffirms its continued efforts to reduce costs, energy consumption and waste. - FY2022-Q1RestatedAnnual report
「Specifically, the Company has actively expanded its business into priority fields such as infectious-disease control products, energy-saving products, environmentally friendly products, disaster-prevention-related products, lifestyle-related products and infrastructure development-related products, as well as globalisation, while continuing to work on cost reductions and reductions in energy consumption and waste.」
Reaffirms its continued efforts to reduce costs, energy consumption and waste. - FY2021RestatedAnnual report
「Has continued to work on cost reductions and reductions in energy consumption and waste.」
Reaffirms its continued efforts to reduce costs, energy consumption and waste. - FY2021-Q3RestatedAnnual report
「Has continued to work on cost reductions and reductions in energy consumption and waste.」
Reaffirms its continued efforts to reduce costs, energy consumption and waste. - FY2021-Q2RestatedAnnual report
「Has continued to work on cost reductions and reductions in energy consumption and waste.」
Continues efforts to reduce costs, energy consumption and waste. - FY2021-Q1RestatedAnnual report
「Specifically, the Company has actively expanded its business into priority fields such as energy-saving products, environmentally friendly products, disaster-prevention-related products, lifestyle-related products and infrastructure development-related products, as well as globalisation, while continuing to work on cost reductions and reductions in energy consumption and waste.」
Reaffirms its continued efforts to reduce costs, energy consumption and waste. - FY2020-Q3RestatedAnnual report
「Has continued to work on cost reductions and reductions in energy consumption and waste.」
Continues efforts to reduce costs, energy consumption and waste. - FY2020-Q2RestatedAnnual report
「Has continued to work on cost reductions and reductions in energy consumption and waste.」
Continues efforts to reduce costs, energy consumption and waste. - FY2020-Q1RestatedAnnual report
「Has continued to work on cost reductions and reductions in energy consumption and waste.」
Continues efforts to reduce costs, energy consumption and waste. - FY2019-Q3RestatedAnnual report
「Specifically, the Company has actively expanded its business into growth fields such as energy-saving products, environmentally friendly products and health- and lifestyle-related products, as well as infrastructure development-related fields and globalisation, while continuing to work on cost reductions and reductions in energy consumption and waste.」
In addition to continued cost-reduction efforts, also continues to describe efforts to reduce energy consumption and waste. - FY2019-Q2RestatedAnnual report
「Specifically, the Company has actively expanded its business into growth fields such as energy-saving products, environmentally friendly products and health- and lifestyle-related products, as well as infrastructure development-related fields and globalisation, while continuing to work on cost reductions and reductions in energy consumption and waste.」
In addition to continued cost-reduction efforts, also continues to describe efforts to reduce energy consumption and waste. - FY2019-Q1RestatedAnnual report
「Specifically, the Company has actively expanded its business into growth fields such as energy-saving products, environmentally friendly products and lifestyle-related products, as well as infrastructure development-related fields and globalisation, while continuing to work on cost reductions and reductions in energy consumption and waste.」
Continues to describe efforts to reduce energy consumption and waste in addition to cost reductions. - FY2018RestatedAnnual report
「Has continued to work on cost reductions and reductions in energy consumption and waste」
In addition to continued cost-reduction efforts, also describes efforts to reduce energy consumption and waste. - FY2018-Q3RestatedAnnual report
「Specifically, the Company has actively expanded its business into growth fields such as energy-saving products, environmentally friendly products and health- and lifestyle-related products, as well as globalisation, while working to reduce costs thoroughly.」
Continues to describe its efforts to reduce costs thoroughly. - FY2018-Q2RestatedAnnual report
「Specifically, the Company has actively expanded its business into growth fields such as energy-saving products, environmentally friendly products and health- and lifestyle-related products, as well as infrastructure development-related fields and globalisation, while working to reduce costs thoroughly.」
Continues to describe its efforts to reduce costs thoroughly. - FY2018-Q1RestatedAnnual report
「Specifically, the Company has actively expanded its business into growth fields such as energy-saving products, environmentally friendly products and health- and lifestyle-related products, as well as infrastructure development-related fields and globalisation, while working to reduce costs thoroughly.」
Continues to describe its efforts to reduce costs thoroughly. - FY2017AdvancedAnnual report
「As a result of its thorough cost-reduction efforts, the gross profit margin improved by 1.2 percentage points from the previous consolidated fiscal year, while gross profit increased by ¥793 million from the previous consolidated fiscal year to ¥18,193 million, up 4.6% year on year.」
Reports specific results from cost reductions: the gross profit margin improved by 1.2 percentage points and gross profit increased by ¥793 million. - FY2017-Q3RestatedAnnual report
「Specifically, the Company has actively expanded its business into growth fields such as energy-saving products, environmentally friendly products and sports and health-related products, as well as infrastructure development-related fields and globalisation, while working to reduce costs thoroughly.」
Continues to describe its efforts to reduce costs thoroughly. - FY2017-Q2RestatedAnnual report
「Specifically, the Company actively expanded its business into growth fields such as energy-saving products, environmentally friendly products and sports and health-related products, as well as infrastructure development-related fields and globalisation, while working to reduce costs thoroughly.」
Continues to describe its efforts to reduce costs thoroughly. - FY2017-Q1RestatedAnnual report
「The Company has worked to reduce costs thoroughly.」
Continues to describe its efforts to reduce costs. - FY2016First statedAnnual report
「The Company has worked to reduce costs thoroughly.」
Describes cost reduction as a group-wide effort to improve profitability.