Strengthening Group Headquarters Functions and Allocating Management Resources through Collaboration among Group Companies
First written in FY2016. 4 of 5 entries say "Advanced", first in FY2017. Latest entry: FY2025.
49 other companies' latest entry also says "Advanced".
- FY2025AdvancedAnnual report
「Since the previous fiscal year, we have established a base in Jordan, founded in July 2024, serving as a hub for the Middle East, and a base in Bangkok, Thailand, established in September 2024, as a foothold for deepening our presence in the Asian market for plastic thin-film-related businesses. In October 2024, we also established a sales office in Austria as a base for powder-related equipment and after-sales services. In addition, as part of expanding our after-sales service network, we opened a new after-sales service branch within our India operation in Chennai.」
The establishment of bases in Jordan, Thailand and Austria and a new after-sales service branch in India expanded the region-specific sales and service network. - FY2024AdvancedAnnual report
「We will deepen cooperation with group companies around the world and strengthen information exchange and sharing, while developing optimal equipment and systems tailored to the market characteristics of each country and region. We will also establish locally focused sales strategies and structures.」
The new medium-term plan specified information sharing among group companies, region-specific equipment and systems development, and the establishment of local sales structures as measures to create group synergies. - FY2018AdvancedAnnual report
「Our group operates as a flat organization in which overseas affiliates report directly to headquarters. In addition, to leverage the strengths of the group and maximize synergies, we have established systems for sharing R&D results, dividing responsibility for product development, and supplying products and parts to one another.」
The company described direct reporting to headquarters within a flat organization, along with the sharing of R&D results, division of product development responsibilities, and reciprocal supply of products and parts as specific mechanisms for group collaboration. - FY2017AdvancedAnnual report
「We will use the management resources held by our group effectively and efficiently, formulate strategies that maximize the strengths of our group, and put them into practice.」
The new medium-term plan specifically identified the formulation and execution of group strategies covering sales, technology, production, research and development, and finance as initiatives. - FY2016First statedAnnual report
「To allocate management resources appropriately and implement investments, we will strengthen group headquarters functions as a coordinating function for group company activities, while also strengthening collaboration among group companies.」
The plan called for strengthening resource allocation, investment and intercompany collaboration, with group headquarters serving as the coordinating function.