Risk of Securing Technical Expertise and Know-How Personnel Amid a Staffing Shortage
First written in FY2024. 1 of 2 entries say "Mitigated", first in FY2025. Latest entry: FY2025.
The whole theme swung hardest in 2025: 3 of 10 companies on the "Worse" side.
2 other companies' latest entry also says "Mitigated".
- FY2025MitigatedAnnual report
「As measures to mitigate this risk, we are working to transform the workplace into one where personnel can contribute across a broader range of activities by developing employees who can independently and autonomously perform multiple duties with agility, rather than maintaining a fixed work environment for current employees, and by providing flexible working arrangements that take diversity into account. In addition, to improve employee efficiency and productivity, we have introduced Microsoft's generative AI service, Microsoft Copilot for Microsoft 365, and are progressively expanding its use.」
The response to the risk of labour shortages includes developing personnel capable of handling multiple duties, flexible working arrangements, and the introduction and expanded use of generative AI services. - FY2024First statedAnnual report
「However, as competition for talent has intensified in recent years, it has become increasingly difficult to secure personnel with the technical expertise and know-how we require. If this situation continues, it may affect the advancement of our business over the medium to long term, our production and supply capacity, and the quality of our products.」
It identifies as a new risk the possibility that intensifying competition for talent will make it difficult to secure personnel with technical expertise and know-how, affecting business development over the medium to long term, production and supply capacity, and product quality.