Reducing Manufacturing Costs and Strengthening Cost Management

「In terms of profit, as a result of converting fixed costs into variable costs and reducing expenses such as logistics costs, the ratio of selling, general and administrative expenses to revenue improved to 29.1% from 36.6% in the same period of the previous year, an improvement of 7.5 percentage points. As a result of this improvement in the earnings structure, operating profit was ¥116 million, compared with an operating loss of ¥399 million in the same period of the previous year, and ordinary profit was ¥108 million, compared with an ordinary loss of ¥429 million.」

「3. Thorough implementation of low-cost operations In addition to labor-saving and paperless operations through the use of the new core system, the company will work to improve profitability by converting fixed costs into variable costs through the optimization of its organizational structure and personnel allocation based on placing the right people in the right positions, and by reducing logistics costs, including warehousing costs, through the reduction of inventories.」

「Amid this operating environment, the company entered the third year of its current medium-term management plan (2023-2025), and, taking its severe current performance seriously, is pursuing the three pillars of its management strategy, namely, rebuilding its earnings structure, optimizing fixed and variable costs, and promoting growth businesses, as outlined in its 6 June 2025 disclosure, “Future Business Development.”」

「In terms of profit, the company promoted cost reductions and restrained selling, general and administrative expenses amid higher prices caused by the weaker yen and intensifying competition in the consumer electronics market, but segment profit declined year on year.」

「In addition, intensified competition resulting from weak personal consumption and higher costs due to the prolonged historically weak yen caused segment profit to decline from the same period of the previous year.」

「In addition, intensified competition resulting from weak personal consumption and higher costs due to the prolonged historically weak yen caused segment profit to decline from the same period of the previous year.」

「Price revisions, concentrated launches of new products and cost reductions resulted in gross profit of ¥3,384 million, a gross profit margin of 32.9% (up 1.1 percentage points year on year) and an operating profit margin of 1.1% (up 0.7 percentage points year on year).」

「In terms of profit, although costs were pushed up by the weaker yen, gross profit increased by ¥68 million year on year and the gross profit margin improved by 2.4 percentage points year on year (compared with the standalone figures for the same period of the previous year) as a result of the price revisions, new product launches and cost reductions implemented in the second half of the previous fiscal year. The operating loss was reduced and improved from the same period of the previous year.」

「In terms of profit, although the price revisions, new product launches and cost reductions implemented in the second half of the previous fiscal year improved the gross profit margin by 3.7 percentage points year on year (compared with the standalone figures for the same period of the previous year), and reduced the selling, general and administrative expense ratio by 1.1 percentage points year on year (compared with the standalone figures for the same period of the previous year), the operating loss was halved and reduced from the same period of the previous year.」

「Although the company recorded an operating loss, gross profit margin improved due to the price revisions, new product launches and cost reductions implemented in the previous fiscal year, reducing the loss compared with the same period of the previous year.」

「In the second half, the Company implemented selling price revisions, launched and expanded sales of major new products including medium-sized refrigerators, and achieved substantial manufacturing cost reductions. As a result, revenue was ¥6,124 million (¥5,789 million in the second half of the previous year) and operating profit was ¥521 million, representing year-on-year increases in both revenue and profit.」

「Meanwhile, the Company implemented substantial price revisions of more than 10% from September last year, announced a strategic new product, a medium-sized refrigerator, in October, and concentrated on launching major new products, including placing them in approximately 1,000 home appliance retailers nationwide. As a result, it returned to profitability, from an operating loss of ¥480 million in the first half to operating profit of ¥44 million in the third-quarter consolidated accounting period (3 months).」

「Procurement costs rose because of higher costs and sharp foreign exchange fluctuations since March, among other factors. In addition, the Company restrained sales of some entry-level products that had become unprofitable as demand for stay-at-home products declined, resulting in lower revenue and profit than in the same period of the previous year.」

「In addition to the tapering off of demand for large FPSC projects related to vaccine inoculation demand in the previous fiscal year, procurement costs have risen because of higher costs and sharp foreign exchange fluctuations since March.」

「Although the Company narrowed its product range to less than half its previous size over the past 2 years, sales per product increased, and the gross profit margin improved by 0.4 percentage points from the previous fiscal year through profitability improvements, including spillover effects.」

「Although the Company reduced the number of SKUs from approximately 600 to approximately 300 over the past 2 years, it maintained its sales scale and improved the gross profit margin by 1.9 percentage points year on year.」

「Profitability has continued to improve through measures including strategic SKU reductions, and the gross profit margin in the home appliances business rose 1.9 percentage points year on year.」

「In terms of profit, operating profit was ¥667 million, ordinary profit was ¥623 million, and profit attributable to owners of the parent for the quarter was ¥459 million, with all three returning to profitability from the cumulative first quarter of the previous fiscal year.」

「In terms of profit, the gross profit margin improved by 2.4 percentage points from the previous fiscal year as a result of focusing sales on more profitable products and other key measures under the medium-term management plan.」

「However, as a result of focusing sales on more profitable products and other measures under the new medium-term management plan, the gross profit margin improved substantially by 3.5 percentage points from the cumulative third quarter of the previous fiscal year, and gross profit increased by ¥148 million year on year.」

「As a result of focusing sales on more profitable products, a key measure under the medium-term management plan for fiscal 2020–2022, and cost reduction efforts, the gross profit margin improved substantially by 3.9 percentage points from the cumulative second quarter of the previous fiscal year, and gross profit increased by ¥38 million year on year.」

「Although revenue declined, the gross profit margin improved substantially by 5.8 percentage points from the cumulative first quarter of the previous fiscal year as a result of focusing sales on more profitable products and the effects of cost reduction efforts, reducing the loss.」

「Although affected by higher logistics costs continuing from the previous fiscal year, the Company contributed to higher operating profit through the effect of increased revenue and ongoing cost reduction efforts, among other factors.」

「In addition to continuing efforts to reduce manufacturing costs, the Company will strengthen cost management to improve profitability.」

「In addition to continuing efforts to reduce manufacturing costs, the Company will strengthen cost management to improve profitability.」

「Operating profit was ¥125 million, a decline of ¥163 million year on year, or 56.6%. This was due to higher procurement costs caused by the yen weakening year on year against the dollar for products procured in US dollars, despite efforts to reduce product costs and other measures.」

「Operating profit was ¥148 million, a decline of ¥223 million year on year, or 60.1%. This was due to higher procurement costs caused by the yen weakening year on year against the dollar for products procured in US dollars, despite efforts to reduce product costs and other measures.」

「Operating profit was ¥76 million, a decline of ¥81 million year on year, or 51.6%. This was because procurement costs increased as the yen weakened year on year against the dollar for products and other items denominated in US dollars, despite efforts to reduce product costs and other measures.」

「In addition to continuing efforts to reduce manufacturing costs, the Company will strengthen cost management to improve profitability.」

「Operating profit was ¥289 million, a decline of ¥130 million year on year, or 31.1%. Although the Company continued to review its sales portfolio and launch high-value-added new products, as well as pursue quality improvements and manufacturing cost reductions, among other measures, profit declined because of lower net sales and higher development, advertising and other expenses associated with the launch of new products.」

「Operating profit was ¥371 million, an increase of ¥84 million year on year, or 29.6%. By improving profitability through the ongoing review of the sales portfolio, the launch of high-value-added new products, quality improvements and manufacturing cost reductions, among other measures, the Company increased operating profit despite a slight decline in net sales.」

「Operating profit was ¥157 million, an increase of ¥93 million year on year, or 147.4%. Profitability improved through the ongoing review of the sales portfolio, revisions to selling prices following the launch of new products, and manufacturing cost reductions, among other measures.」