Risk of Delays in New Product Launches and Failure to Gain Market Acceptance
First written in FY2019. 1 of 4 entries say "Restated". Latest entry: FY2025.
The whole theme swung hardest in 2017: 2 of 20 companies on the "Worse" side.
0 other companies' latest entry also says "Advanced".
- FY2025AdvancedAnnual report
「In new-product development, we are strengthening development gate management to monitor quality, costs, and adherence to schedules, improve our ability to deliver and respond to changes in conditions, and promote development reform centered on the Company’s Monozukuri Development Center in order to accelerate new-product development activities.」
The response to the risk of delayed new-product launches and failure to gain market acceptance was given concrete form through development gate management, monitoring of quality, costs, and schedules, and development reform centered on the Monozukuri Development Center. - FY2023MitigatedAnnual report
「We are advancing the collection of information on market trends, customer needs, and competing products by each business division, the formulation and management of market strategies and planning of next-generation products based on analysis by the marketing function, and the acceleration of new-product development activities through development reform centered on the Head Office Monozukuri Development Center,」
Specific measures to address the risk of delayed new-product launches and failure to gain market acceptance were established through market information analysis, marketing, next-generation product planning, and use of the Monozukuri Development Center. - FY2021RestatedAnnual report
「If products cannot be brought to market in a timely manner or fail to gain market acceptance, the Group’s profitability may decline, potentially adversely affecting operating performance and financial condition.」
The risk of lower profitability resulting from delayed new-product launches or failure to gain market acceptance was reiterated, with development reform presented as a countermeasure. - FY2019First statedAnnual report
「If products cannot be brought to market in a timely manner or fail to gain market acceptance, the Group’s profitability may decline, potentially adversely affecting operating performance and financial condition.」
The risk of new product development in the electronics industry, where technological advances and product cycles are rapid, was explicitly disclosed for the first time.