Improving Productivity, Quality and Delivery Times for High-Mix, Low-Volume Production
First written in FY2016. 14 of 24 entries say "Restated". Latest entry: 2026-08-13.
The whole theme swung hardest in 2024: 1 of 12 companies on the "Worse" side.
6 other companies' latest entry also says "Advanced".
- FY2026-H1AdvancedAnnual report
「As products from some customers’ order backlogs were completed and deliveries progressed, overall performance was broadly in line with expectations. As a result, revenue was ¥2,784 million, down 21.1% from the previous interim accounting period, and segment operating income was ¥234 million, down 58.3%.」
The completion and delivery of products from the order backlog progressed, representing specific progress in production and delivery for high-mix, low-volume production. However, revenue and segment operating income for contract-manufactured products as a whole decreased year on year. - FY2024AdvancedAnnual report
「The company continues to make capital investments, primarily in equipment for expansion into fields with long-term growth potential and for improving product reliability. During the fiscal year, it was also constructing the Yamanashi R&D Center as a new research and development-focused site.」
The company made ¥1,043 million in capital investments and proceeded with the Atsugi facility extension, production-line reconfiguration and construction of the Yamanashi R&D Center. The Atsugi facility extension was completed in September 2023, and construction of the Yamanashi R&D Center was completed in May 2024. - FY2024-Q3AdvancedAnnual report
「Construction of an extension to the Atsugi facility, the company’s production base, was completed in September 2023. Following completion, the company reconfigured its production lines and introduced equipment, resulting in an increase of ¥712 million.」
Following completion of the Atsugi facility extension, the company reconfigured its production lines and introduced equipment. The strengthening of its production system is reflected in a ¥712 million increase in property, plant and equipment. - FY2023AdvancedAnnual report
「The company regards businesses with high future emissions as facing a high risk of pressure to reduce emissions. Leveraging its in-house factories and ability to trace products from development through manufacturing and shipment, it will work to achieve the annually established KPI of a delivered manufacturing yield of at least 99.99%, including by reducing rework caused by product defects.」
For its production system, the company specified an annually established KPI of a delivered manufacturing yield of at least 99.99%. It states that traceability from development through manufacturing and shipment and reductions in rework are the means of achieving this target. - FY2022RaisedAnnual report
「Achieving an industry-leading production system in quality, delivery times, costs and environmental performance」
In addition to its existing policy of addressing quality, costs, delivery times and environmental impact, the company included in its medium-term management policy a goal of achieving an industry-leading production system in these areas. - FY2022-Q2RestatedAnnual report
「To further improve customer satisfaction, the company worked to enhance the competitiveness of customers’ equipment by launching new products ahead of market needs and strengthening efforts toward stable production.」
The company continues its policy of launching new products ahead of market needs and strengthening efforts toward stable production. No new milestone, such as the completion of specific equipment, is indicated. - FY2022-Q1RestatedAnnual report
「The company thoroughly implemented measures to prevent COVID-19 infections and worked to enhance the competitiveness of customers’ equipment by strengthening efforts to launch new products ahead of market needs and achieve stable production, with the aim of further improving customer satisfaction.」
The company reports that, in addition to launching new products ahead of market needs, it strengthened efforts toward stable production, but no new milestone, such as the completion of specific equipment, is indicated. - FY2020RestatedAnnual report
「The company’s production operations are based on high-mix, low-volume production. To promote higher quality, lower costs and shorter delivery times, it has established a production system that combines improvements in productivity through more efficient production methods with medical-device manufacturing, precision adjustment and BTO (Build to Order) production.」
The company continues to improve production-method efficiency, productivity, quality, costs and delivery times to support high-mix, low-volume production. - FY2020-Q2RestatedAnnual report
「Operating income, ordinary income and net income for the quarter all decreased from the same quarter of the previous year. As part of its efforts to improve productivity, the company strengthened its manufacturing lines in May 2019. In addition to factors associated with the decline in revenue, the decrease was attributable to depreciation and other expenses recorded for the relevant equipment.」
The company continues to report the manufacturing-line strengthening carried out in May 2019 and the depreciation and other expenses recorded for the related equipment, as in the previous quarter. No completion stage for any new equipment strengthening is indicated. - FY2020-Q1AdvancedAnnual report
「Operating income, ordinary income and net income for the quarter all decreased from the same quarter of the previous year. As part of its efforts to improve productivity, the company strengthened its manufacturing lines in May 2019. In addition to factors associated with the decline in revenue, the decrease was attributable to depreciation and other expenses recorded for the relevant equipment.」
As part of its efforts to improve productivity, the company strengthened its manufacturing lines in May 2019. Depreciation and other expenses associated with the equipment strengthening are also cited as factors behind the decline in profit for the current quarter. - FY2019RestatedAnnual report
「The company’s production operations are based on high-mix, low-volume production. To promote higher quality, lower costs and shorter delivery times, it has established a production system that combines improvements in productivity through more efficient production methods with medical-device manufacturing, precision adjustment and BTO (Build to Order) production.」
The company continues its policy of improving production-method efficiency, productivity, quality, costs and delivery times to support high-mix, low-volume production. - FY2019-Q3RestatedAnnual report
「Against this backdrop, to further improve customer satisfaction, the company launched new products ahead of market needs to help enhance the competitiveness of customers’ equipment and worked to address increasingly fine-feature requirements in quality.」
The company continues to launch new products ahead of market needs and address increasingly fine-feature requirements in quality. No new capital investment or completion stage is reported. - FY2019-Q2RestatedAnnual report
「Against this backdrop, to further improve customer satisfaction, the company launched new products ahead of market needs to help enhance the competitiveness of customers’ equipment and worked to address increasingly fine-feature requirements in quality.」
The company continues to launch new products ahead of market needs and address increasingly fine-feature requirements in quality. No new capital investment or completion stage is indicated. - FY2019-Q1RestatedAnnual report
「Against this backdrop, to further improve customer satisfaction, the company launched new products ahead of market needs to help enhance the competitiveness of customers’ equipment and worked to address increasingly fine-feature requirements in quality.」
The company continues to launch new products and address increasingly fine-feature requirements in quality. No new capital investment or completion stage is reported. - FY2018RestatedAnnual report
「To meet market and customer demands for cost reductions, shorter production lead times, improved quality and reduced environmental impact, the company will continue promoting capital investment and improvements to its production structure.」
The company continues its policy of addressing cost, delivery times, quality and environmental impact through capital investment and improvements to its production system, based on high-mix, low-volume production. - FY2018-Q3RestatedAnnual report
「To further improve customer satisfaction, the company launched new products ahead of market needs to help enhance the competitiveness of customers’ equipment. It also made new capital investments to address increasingly fine-feature requirements in quality and expand production capacity at its factories.」
The company continues to state that it has made capital investments to address increasingly fine-feature requirements in quality and expand factory production capacity. No new completion milestone has been indicated since the previous quarterly report. - FY2018-Q2AdvancedAnnual report
「Against this backdrop, to further improve customer satisfaction, the company launched new products ahead of market needs to help enhance the competitiveness of customers’ equipment. It also made new capital investments to address increasingly fine-feature requirements in quality and expand production capacity at its factories.」
New capital investments were made to address increasingly fine-feature requirements and expand production capacity at the factories. - FY2018-Q1RestatedAnnual report
「Against this business backdrop, to further improve customer satisfaction, the group actively worked to introduce the latest inspection equipment and clean its factories in response to increasing miniaturization requirements in terms of quality, while contributing to the competitiveness of customers’ equipment through the launch of new products that anticipated market needs.」
The company continues to introduce advanced inspection equipment and pursue plant clean-up, but no new completed initiatives are reported. - FY2017-Q3RestatedAnnual report
「Against this business backdrop, to further improve customer satisfaction, the group actively worked to introduce the latest inspection equipment and clean its factories in response to increasing miniaturization requirements in terms of quality, while contributing to the competitiveness of customers’ equipment through the launch of new products that anticipated market needs.」
The company continues to introduce advanced inspection equipment and pursue plant clean-up, but no new completed initiatives or stage achievements are reported. - FY2017-Q2RestatedAnnual report
「Against this business backdrop, to further improve customer satisfaction, the group actively worked to introduce the latest inspection equipment and clean its factories in response to increasing miniaturization requirements in terms of quality, while contributing to the competitiveness of customers’ equipment through the launch of new products that anticipated market needs.」
The company continues to introduce advanced inspection equipment and pursue plant clean-up, but no new milestones, such as completion, are reported. - FY2017-Q1RestatedAnnual report
「Against this business backdrop, to further improve customer satisfaction, the group is actively working to introduce the latest inspection equipment and clean its factories in response to increasing miniaturization requirements in terms of quality, while contributing to the competitiveness of customers’ equipment through the launch of new products that anticipate market needs.」
The company has reiterated its policy of continuing its production and quality initiatives, citing the introduction of the latest inspection equipment and factory clean-up as specific measures to address miniaturization. These are described as ongoing initiatives, not completed achievements. - FY2016First statedAnnual report
「To meet market and customer demands for cost reductions, shorter production lead times, improved quality and reduced environmental impact, the company will continue promoting capital investment and improvements to its production structure.」
Based on fluctuating demand and high-mix, variable-volume production, the company states that it will address costs, lead times, quality and environmental impact by improving its production structure.