Labor-saving solutions across products, personnel and logistics to address the 2024 Problem
First written in FY2025. 3 of 4 entries say "Advanced", first in 2026-05-28. Latest entry: 2026-09-29.
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- 2026-09-29AdvancedGovernance
「Using e-Cable® will help make construction less dependent on worker skills and shorten working time to approximately one-quarter of the previous level.」
As a response to the 2024 problem, the Company specified e-Cable® compatibility with 154 kV, reduced reliance on worker skills and shorter working times as concrete measures. - FY2026AdvancedAnnual report
「In the electric power infrastructure business, in addition to resilient demand supported by national resilience measures, the Company is expanding orders through investment to increase production of its core product, the SICONEX® connector for high-voltage power cables, in response to strong demand driven by the shift to renewable energy, the expansion of the data centre market and the reinforcement of transmission and distribution networks. The benefits of the second phase of production-increase investment are expected to contribute further from the second half of fiscal 2026.」
The response to the 2024 problem has progressed to the stage of combining investment to increase SICONEX production with labour-saving construction through SICOPLUS and e-Cable, together with the benefits of the second phase of production-increase investment from the second half of fiscal 2026. - 2026-05-28AdvancedGeneral Meetings of Shareholders
「From the 3 perspectives of Products, promoting universal design; People, establishing sustainable human-resource education; and Logistics, promoting logistics DX, we will steadily implement measures to simplify construction techniques, shorten construction periods, and secure stable quality through labor-saving, manpower-saving and work-efficiency initiatives.」
In response to the 2024 problem, the Company is advancing specific labor-saving and manpower-saving measures integrating the 3 perspectives of products, people and logistics. - FY2025First statedAnnual report
「Particularly in the energy and infrastructure business, in response to labour shortages in construction and logistics resulting from the 2024 problem, the Company is steadily advancing measures to save labour, reduce reliance on manpower and improve operational efficiency from three perspectives: products, by promoting universal design; people, by establishing sustainable human-resource training; and logistics, by promoting logistics DX.」
For the first time, the Company has presented an independent framework integrating universal design, human-resource training and logistics DX in response to labour shortages in construction and logistics caused by the 2024 problem.