Substitution of Operations Through RPA and Other Technologies and In-House Development of Customer Systems
First written in FY2022. 2 of 4 entries say "Restated". Latest entry: FY2025.
The whole theme swung hardest in 2023: 1 of 6 companies on the "Worse" side.
4 other companies' latest entry also says "Restated".
- FY2025RestatedAnnual report
「If further technological innovation makes existing programming work replaceable by software capable of performing intellectual labor at the same level, or if customer companies increasingly bring systems development in-house, this could affect our business performance and financial position.」
The company continues to identify work replacement through RPA, customer internalization and changing views of the outsourcing-centered development structure as risks. - FY2024ReframedAnnual report
「As technological innovation progresses, the use of RPA and similar technologies that improve the efficiency of standardized, general-purpose work is replacing human labor in productive activities with software. In addition, as the importance of stable system operation in business activities increases, customers’ views of the existing development structure, which relies mainly on outsourcing to specialized systems developers, are changing.」
In addition to the existing risks of work replacement through RPA and customer internalization, the company now explicitly identifies changes in customers’ views of the existing outsourcing-centered development structure. - FY2023RestatedAnnual report
「If further technological innovation makes existing programming work replaceable by software capable of performing intellectual labor at the same level, or if customer companies increasingly bring systems development in-house, this could affect our business performance and financial position.」
The company continues to identify the replacement of manual work by RPA and similar technologies and the internalization of systems development by customers as major risks. - FY2022First statedAnnual report
「If further technological innovation makes existing programming work replaceable by software capable of performing intellectual labor at the same level, or if customer companies increasingly bring systems development in-house, this could affect our business performance and financial position.」
The likelihood is assessed as medium and the impact as high.