Development Process Management and Advance Accumulation of Core Technologies

「As a result of these activities, a total of 22 new printer models were launched during the 3 years from the fiscal year ended March 2024 through the fiscal year ending March 2026.」

「As a result of these activities, a total of 22 new printer models were launched during the 3 years from the fiscal year ended March 2024 through the fiscal year ending March 2026.」

「Approximately 500 employees, representing about 40% of the company's domestic workforce, belong to the development division, and the company is actively pursuing research and development activities. As a result of these activities, it achieved the announcement and market launch of a total of 16 new products over the two years from the fiscal year ended March 2024 through the fiscal year ended March 2025.」

「As a result of these activities, we have already achieved tangible results, including the announcement and market launch of a total of 19 new products over the two years from the fiscal year ended March 2022 through the fiscal year ended March 2024. We will continue to strengthen and enhance these initiatives and promote the market launch of products that offer "newness and differentiation."」

「As a result of these activities, we have already achieved tangible results, including the announcement and market launch of a total of 10 new products in the fiscal year ended March 2022, comprising 6 models in the first half and 4 in the second half. We will continue to further strengthen and enhance these initiatives.」

「We will work to expand sales while reducing SKUs and therefore inventory through modular development, in which we select and combine appropriate products, units, parts and technical information prepared in advance in response to required functions to develop new products. We will also horizontally deploy the underlying product platforms, establish a development process for launching new products efficiently in a short period and shorten development cycles.」

「The total cost of research and development activities for the Group during the cumulative third quarter of the current consolidated fiscal year was ¥2,397 million. This amount includes costs related to improvements and applications of existing products, while research and development expenses as defined under the Accounting Standard for Research and Development Costs (Business Accounting Council) amounted to ¥1,401 million. There were no material changes in the status of the Group’s research and development activities during the cumulative third quarter of the current consolidated fiscal year.」

「Approximately 260 people, equivalent to about 30% of our total workforce, belong to the development division, where we are actively pursuing research and development. To commercialize products quickly in line with market needs, we develop the core technologies underlying our products ahead of product development. As a development structure directly linked to product development, project teams within the Technology Division bring together technologies from 5 fields: mechanical design, control design (hardware), embedded equipment software (firmware), application software and ink technology, and advance products toward commercialization.」

「Approximately 260 people, equivalent to about 30% of our total workforce, belong to the development division, where we are actively pursuing research and development. To commercialize products quickly in line with market needs, we develop the core technologies underlying our products ahead of product development.」

「To commercialize products quickly in line with market needs, we develop the core technologies underlying our products ahead of product development. As a development structure directly linked to product development, project teams within the Technology Division bring together technologies from 5 fields: mechanical design, control design (hardware), embedded equipment software (firmware), application software and ink technology, and advance products toward commercialization. By sharing these technologies across projects and actively applying common and standardized designs, we shorten development times while developing high-quality, cost-effective products.」

「To commercialize products quickly in line with market needs, we develop the core technologies underlying our products ahead of product development. As a development structure directly linked to product development, project teams within the Technology Division bring together technologies from 5 fields: mechanical design, control design (hardware), embedded equipment software (firmware), application software and ink technology, and advance products toward commercialization.」

「To commercialize products quickly in line with market needs, we develop the core technologies underlying our products ahead of product development. By sharing these technologies across projects and actively applying common and standardized designs, we shorten development times while developing high-quality, cost-effective products.」

「While dividing the product development process into key stages and rigorously managing deadlines for progress, we will tighten reviews of whether projects can move to the next development step and continuously work to improve design quality. We will also strengthen efforts to develop the core technologies underlying our products and accumulate these technologies ahead of product development, thereby improving product quality and shortening development times.」