Operational efficiency through proactive IT investment
First written in FY2018. 5 of 12 entries say "Advanced", first in FY2020. Latest entry: FY2026.
2 other companies' latest entry also says "Other".
- FY2026Expansion into factory automation and AI investmentAnnual report
「In particular, as growth investment in product businesses expected to achieve solid growth, we will advance plant automation and labor-saving measures and capital investment related to AI. At the same time, we will diversify sales channels using e-commerce and further increase investment in human capital, including the development of human resources for the future.」
In addition to conventional IT initiatives and the transformation into smart factories, we have identified plant automation, labor-saving measures and AI-related capital investment as growth investments. - FY2026Expansion into factory automation and AI investmentAnnual report
「In particular, as growth investment in product businesses expected to achieve solid growth, we will advance plant automation and labor-saving measures and capital investment related to AI. At the same time, we will diversify sales channels using e-commerce and further increase investment in human capital, including the development of human resources for the future.」
In addition to conventional IT initiatives and the transformation into smart factories, we have identified plant automation, labor-saving measures and AI-related capital investment as growth investments. - FY2023RestatedAnnual report
「To strengthen the transformation of our plants into smart factories connected to all people, materials and information, we will continue to expand initiatives aimed at making our plants capable of continuously improving business processes and quality and productivity through the use of digital data.」
We are continuing and strengthening business process reform, quality and productivity improvements using digital data, and the transformation into smart factories. - FY2022AdvancedAnnual report
「To strengthen the transformation of our plants into smart factories connected to all people, materials and information, we will continue to expand initiatives aimed at making our plants capable of continuously improving business processes and quality and productivity through the use of digital data.」
We are continuing and strengthening the transformation into smart factories through business process reform and improvements in quality and productivity using digital data. - FY2022-Q2AdvancedAnnual report
「We will continue to pursue the development of smart factories through DX (digital transformation), using digital data to reform business processes and continuously improve quality and productivity.」
We have defined the application of IT more specifically as the transformation of plants into smart factories and are advancing improvements in business processes, quality and productivity through digital data. - FY2021AdvancedAnnual report
「In particular, we converted sales offices to home offices and relocated them to shared offices. We likewise relocated the head office to a shared office, improving cost efficiency while shifting to a location-independent working model.」
We converted sales offices and headquarters to home offices, relocated to shared offices, and implemented internal digital transformation and paperless operations, standardizing a way of working that is independent of location and time across many functions. - FY2021-Q3RestatedAnnual report
「We have improved operational efficiency by developing telework environments at headquarters and group companies in Japan and overseas, among other measures, and have improved productivity, including in indirect functions.」
We continue to implement measures to improve operational efficiency and productivity, including the development of telework environments at headquarters and group companies in Japan and overseas. - FY2021-Q2RestatedAnnual report
「By reviewing capital investment plans and improving telework environments at headquarters and group companies in Japan and overseas, among other measures, we will continue working to improve productivity, including in indirect functions.」
We continue to improve operational efficiency and productivity by reviewing capital investment plans and developing telework environments. - FY2021-Q1AdvancedAnnual report
「We improved operational efficiency by establishing telework environments at headquarters and group plants in Japan and overseas. We will continue working to further improve productivity, including in indirect functions.」
We are advancing the development of telework environments at headquarters and group plants in Japan and overseas, and are implementing specific initiatives to improve operational efficiency and productivity. - FY2020AdvancedAnnual report
「In addition, the Yamanashi Plant has begun a full-scale initiative involving IoT. Although the initiative is still at the stage of experimentally beginning to collect data from some production equipment, the Company will work to further improve customer service so that it can provide products with confidence, in addition to preventing quality defects and lower yields caused by equipment malfunctions before they occur, carrying out appropriate maintenance through predictive failure detection and enhancing safety.」
The Yamanashi Plant has begun collecting data from some production equipment and is putting into practice initiatives to improve quality, yields, maintenance and customer service through IoT. - FY2019RestatedAnnual report
「The Company will continue to promote the use of IT and pursue more efficient operations.」
The Company continues to pursue operational efficiency through the use of IT as a measure to strengthen its management foundation. - FY2018First statedAnnual report
「Further efficiency gains through proactive IT investment」
Proactive IT investment to improve operational efficiency has newly been identified as a means of strengthening the management foundation.