Surging prices of purchased materials, including steel and components

「However, if a large-scale natural disaster, abnormal weather, the spread of an infectious disease, war or conflict, terrorism, political instability, economic sanctions, changes in import or export regulations or tariff policies, heightened geopolitical tensions, disruption to logistics networks, suspension of port or transportation functions, constraints on electricity or energy supplies, a supplier's suspension of operations or bankruptcy, or a sharp increase in demand for materials occurs, the Group may be unable to procure the necessary materials in a timely manner or in sufficient quantities, and it may be difficult to find alternative or additional suppliers or switch to other components.」

「In the Manufacturing Division, the company is working to further improve productivity to mitigate the impact of increases in manufacturing costs, including material and labor costs.」

「In the Manufacturing Division, although the impact of surging raw-material prices and foreign exchange movements on purchases of components from overseas continues, the company is working to further improve productivity and use alternative materials to reduce the impact.」

「In the Manufacturing Division, the company is working to further improve productivity and use alternative materials to mitigate the impact of persistently high raw-material prices and foreign exchange movements on purchases of imported components.」

「In the Manufacturing Division, raw-material prices remain high, and the company is working to further improve productivity and consider the use of alternative materials to mitigate the impact.」

「In the Manufacturing Division, although manufacturing costs have increased because of surging raw-material prices, the company is working to mitigate the impact by improving production efficiency, reviewing purchase prices and considering the use of alternative materials.」

「In the Manufacturing Division, although manufacturing costs have increased because of surging raw-material prices, the company will work to improve production efficiency to mitigate the impact.」

「If a substantial rise in market prices spreads to procurement prices, including labor and transportation costs, and cannot be absorbed through internal efforts such as productivity improvements or by passing it on to product prices, it may affect the Group's business performance and financial position.」

「Although manufacturing costs have increased because of semiconductor shortages and surging raw-material prices, the company will work across sales and production to minimize the impact through measures including switching component suppliers, improving production efficiency and lowering costs.」

「During the cumulative period of the current fiscal year's second quarter (1 April 2021 to 30 September 2021), Japan's economy remained in an extremely difficult situation in terms of employment, the economy, social life and corporate activity, as states of emergency and priority preventive measures against the spread of disease were expanded across the country. The outlook also remained uncertain because of supply shortages of semiconductors and other components and the impact of surging raw-material prices.」

「In the manufacturing division, we flexibly responded to increased demand by adjusting production plans at both the Shiga and Okayama plants. Although semiconductor shortages and higher raw-material prices were a concern, manufacturing and sales worked together on measures including transferring orders for components and lowering costs through improved production efficiency.」

「If supply becomes insufficient or is interrupted, or demand rises sharply, because of a disaster or accident such as a fire or power outage that caused the global semiconductor shortage, or because of a supplier bankruptcy, it may be difficult to find alternative or additional suppliers or switch to other components. The company continuously monitors market prices and negotiates prices as necessary with suppliers, but if market prices rise substantially and the increase cannot be absorbed through internal efforts such as productivity improvements or by passing it on to product prices, the increase may not be absorbable.」

「If supply becomes insufficient or is interrupted, or demand rises sharply, because of a disaster, accident or supplier bankruptcy, it may be difficult to find alternative or additional suppliers or switch to other components. The company continuously monitors market prices and negotiates prices as necessary with suppliers, but if market prices rise substantially and the increase cannot be absorbed through internal efforts such as productivity improvements or by passing it on to product prices, the increase may not be absorbable.」

「In the Manufacturing Division, the company has continued to work to improve production efficiency at both the Shiga and Okayama plants by automating individual operations, introducing image-recognition systems to monitor production-process quality and expanding automated material-handling equipment. It has also continued to work to reduce fixed costs and lower costs to absorb increases, including higher prices for raw materials and imported components and higher delivery costs.」

「In the Manufacturing Division, the company has continued to work to improve production efficiency at both the Shiga and Okayama plants by automating individual operations, introducing image-recognition systems to monitor production-process quality and expanding automated material-handling equipment. It has also continued to work to reduce fixed costs and lower costs to absorb increases, including higher prices for raw materials and imported components and higher delivery costs.」

「In the Manufacturing Division, the company has continued to work to improve production efficiency at both the Shiga and Okayama plants by automating individual operations and introducing image-recognition systems to monitor production-process quality. It has also continued to work to reduce fixed costs and lower costs to absorb increases, including higher prices for raw materials and imported components and higher delivery costs.」

「In the Manufacturing Division, the company has worked to improve production efficiency at both the Shiga and Okayama plants by automating individual operations and introducing image-recognition systems to monitor production-process quality. It has also continued to work to reduce fixed costs and lower costs to absorb increases, including higher prices for raw materials and imported components and higher delivery costs.」

「The company has continued to work to reduce fixed costs and lower costs to absorb increases, including higher prices for raw materials and imported components and higher delivery costs.」

「Meanwhile, the company worked to reduce fixed costs and lower costs to absorb increases, including higher prices for raw materials and imported components and higher delivery costs.」

「The Group continuously monitors market prices and negotiates prices as necessary. However, if market prices rise substantially and the increase cannot be absorbed through internal efforts such as productivity improvements or by passing it on to product prices, it may affect the Group's business performance.」

「In the Manufacturing Division, the company renovated the truck bays at the Okayama plant to improve delivery efficiency and worked to improve productivity by modifying production lines at both the Shiga and Okayama plants. It also continued to work to reduce fixed costs and lower costs to absorb increases, including higher prices for raw materials and imported components.」

「In the Manufacturing Division, the company worked to improve productivity by modifying production lines at both the Shiga and Okayama plants to meet rising demand. It also worked to reduce fixed costs and lower costs to absorb increases, including higher prices for raw materials and imported components.」

「In the Manufacturing Division, the company has worked to reduce fixed costs and lower costs to absorb increases, including higher prices for raw materials and imported components.」

「In addition, the company has worked to reduce fixed costs and lower costs to absorb increases, including higher prices for imported components.」

「If market prices rise substantially and the increase cannot be absorbed through internal efforts such as productivity improvements or by passing it on to product prices, it may affect the Group's business performance.」