Management focused on cash flow, gross profit margin and per-employee productivity
First written in FY2017-Q3. 7 of 14 entries say "Advanced", first in FY2019-Q1. Latest entry: FY2026.
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- FY2026AdvancedAnnual report
「Operating margin △8.4% △3.4% 5.1% improvement Per-employee productivity (sales per employee) ¥18,273 thousand ¥20,252 thousand ¥1,979 thousand increase (10.8% increase)」
Regarding the key management metrics, the operating margin improved by 5.1 percentage points, while sales per employee increased by ¥1,979 thousand, or 10.8%. - 2026-06-04RestatedGeneral Meeting of Shareholders
「当社グループは、安定的、永続的に成長するために、従来から「営業利益率」、「1人当たり生産性」を重要な経営指標と認識しております。」
営業利益率及び1人当たり生産性を重視する経営管理方針を再掲している。 - FY2025AdvancedAnnual report
「Operating margin △9.7% △8.4% 1.2% improvement Per-employee productivity (sales per employee) ¥17,460 thousand ¥18,273 thousand ¥812 thousand increase (4.7% increase)」
Regarding the key management metrics, the operating margin improved by 1.2%, while sales per employee increased by ¥812 thousand, or 4.7%. - FY2024AdvancedAnnual report
「Operating margin △11.2% △9.7% 1.5% improvement Per-employee productivity (sales per employee) ¥17,258 thousand ¥17,460 thousand ¥201 thousand increase (1.2% increase)」
Regarding the key management metrics, the operating margin improved by 1.5 percentage points, while sales per employee increased by ¥201 thousand, or 1.2%. - FY2023AdvancedAnnual report
「Operating margin △11.6% △11.2% 0.4% improvement Per-employee productivity (sales per employee) ¥16,818 thousand ¥17,258 thousand ¥440 thousand increase (2.6% increase)」
Regarding the key management metrics, the operating margin improved by 0.4 percentage points, while sales per employee increased by ¥440 thousand, or 2.6%. - FY2022AdvancedAnnual report
「Operating margin △18.8% △11.6% 7.2% improvement Per-employee productivity (sales per employee) ¥16,654 thousand ¥16,818 thousand ¥164 thousand increase (1.0% increase)」
Regarding the key management metrics, the operating margin improved by 7.2 percentage points, while sales per employee increased by ¥164 thousand, or 1.0%. - FY2021Key metrics deterioratedAnnual report
「Operating margin △5.2% △18.8% 13.6% deterioration Per-employee productivity (sales per employee) ¥21,324 thousand ¥16,654 thousand ¥4,670 thousand decrease (21.9% decrease)」
Regarding the key management metrics, the operating margin deteriorated by 13.6 percentage points, while sales per employee decreased by ¥4,670 thousand, or 21.9%. - FY2020AdvancedAnnual report
「Operating profit margin: △8.3%, △5.2%, 3.2% improvement; per-employee productivity (sales per employee): ¥20,840 thousand, ¥21,324 thousand, ¥484 thousand increase (2.3% increase)」
The company stated that operating profit margin improved by 3.2 percentage points and sales per employee increased by ¥484 thousand, or 2.3%. - FY2019RestatedAnnual report
「To achieve stable, sustainable growth, our group has long recognized operating profit margin and per-employee productivity as important management indicators. We will work to improve these indicators through efficient management and enhance corporate value.」
The company reaffirmed operating profit margin and per-employee productivity as key management indicators. In the fiscal-year results, operating profit margin was △8.3%, and sales per employee decreased by ¥2,018 thousand. - FY2019-Q1AdvancedAnnual report
「We have adopted a value-added management approach that prioritizes gross profit, or value added, over net sales, and have begun implementing a multitask organization and dual-role assignments to improve productivity.」
The company explicitly stated its policy of prioritizing gross profit and value added over net sales, and began implementing a multitask organization and dual-role assignments as specific measures to improve productivity. - FY2018-Q3RestatedAnnual report
「Against this backdrop, the Group viewed changes in the business environment as an “opportunity,” adopted “Customer First: Create and Nurture!” as its management slogan for the current fiscal year, anticipated customer needs, and undertook to rebuild the management resources of Group companies, including people, property and funds, without exception.」
The group continues to pursue management policies focused on anticipating customer needs and restructuring management resources. - FY2018-Q2RestatedAnnual report
「We began anticipating customer needs, selecting and concentrating management resources, and dynamically restructuring our group companies.」
The group continues to pursue the anticipation of customer needs, the selection and concentration of management resources, and the restructuring of group companies as management policies. - FY2017ReframedAnnual report
「To achieve stable, sustainable growth, our group has long recognized operating profit margin and per-employee productivity as important management indicators. We will work to improve these indicators through efficient management and enhance corporate value.」
The annual policy explicitly identifies operating profit margin and per-employee productivity as long-standing key indicators, compared with the third-quarter wording emphasizing cash flow and gross profit margin. - FY2017-Q3First statedAnnual report
「Going forward, we will focus on cash flow and adopt gross profit margin and per-employee productivity, rather than net sales, as key management indicators.」
For the first time, the company explicitly stated its policy of shifting from a focus on net sales to management indicators centered on cash flow, gross profit margin and per-employee productivity.