Digitalization and DX initiatives supporting speed-oriented management
First written in FY2021. 7 of 13 entries say "Advanced", first in FY2022-Q2. Latest entry: FY2026.
134 other companies' latest entry also says "Advanced".
- FY2026AdvancedAnnual report
「4. DX: Enhancing the integration of business activities through the use of data and AI and establishing a framework for rapid business execution」
The DX initiative has been expanded beyond smart factories to include enhancing the integration of business activities through the use of data and AI and establishing a framework for rapid business execution. - 2026-03-27AdvancedManagement plan
「Achieve faster business execution by enhancing the linkage of business activities through the use of data and AI.」
Expanded the scope from the previous smart-factory initiative to the enhancement of business activities through the use of data and AI. - FY2025AdvancedAnnual report
「The company continued to advance its smart-factory initiatives, including reducing quality defects caused by human error by partially automating quality-control processes for products and materials.」
In addition to the previously announced MES implementation and rationalization of the production system, part of the quality-control process for products and materials was automated as part of the smart-factory initiative. - FY2024-Q3RestatedAnnual report
「We are steadily implementing various priority measures to achieve our management objectives, including promoting rationalization and reduced labor requirements in the production system, beginning with the smart-factory initiative.」
The smart-factory initiative and rationalization and reduced labor requirements in the production system continue to be implemented as measures under the Tenth Medium-Term Management Plan. No new milestones, such as completion of implementation, were disclosed. - FY2024-Q2AdvancedAnnual report
「Capital investment for converting the plant to a smart factory: ¥4,443,000,000; April 2023 to March 2026」
The planned use of funds for the smart-factory initiative was specified as ¥4,443 million to be invested from April 2023 to March 2026. - FY2024-Q1RestatedAnnual report
「We are implementing various priority measures to achieve our management objectives, including rationalizing and reducing labor requirements in the production system, beginning with the smart-factory initiative.」
The smart-factory initiative continues as a DX and productivity-improvement measure linked to rationalization and reduced labor requirements in the production system. No new milestones, such as completion of the MES implementation, were disclosed. - FY2023AdvancedAnnual report
「By using data tools, we will make employees' skills and career histories visible and develop training and education environments for effective upskilling and career development.」
The DX and digital information initiatives have been made more specific through the visualization of employees' skills and career histories and the use of data for training and career development. - FY2023-Q2AdvancedAnnual report
「On the production side, as part of its smart-factory initiatives, the company began testing the introduction of an MES (manufacturing execution system) and proceeded with preparations for the full-scale introduction of a system that centrally manages equipment operating status based on information collected from manufacturing processes.」
The MES implementation policy announced in the previous fiscal year advanced to specific stages, including the start of implementation testing and preparations for full-scale implementation. - FY2023-Q1RestatedAnnual report
「As part of its structural reforms, the company worked to reduce fixed costs through productivity improvements, including rationalization and labor-saving measures aimed at adopting smart-factory technologies. In its product planning reforms, it also strengthened the framework for creating new business seeds, including by newly establishing a New Business Promotion Office.」
The smart-factory initiative continues as an effort to improve productivity and reduce fixed costs through rationalization and labor saving. No new milestones, such as completion of the MES implementation announced in the previous fiscal year, were disclosed. - FY2022Defining the next stage of smart factories as MES implementationAnnual report
「As the next step after converting facilities to smart factories, we will proceed with the implementation of MES (manufacturing execution systems) as part of the structural reforms. We will establish a system for centralized management of equipment operating status and production plans based on information collected from the manufacturing process, with the aim of further improving productivity.」
As the next stage of DX and smart-factory initiatives, the company explicitly stated its policy of introducing MES to centrally manage equipment operating status and production plans. - FY2022-Q3RestatedAnnual report
「As part of the structural reforms, in addition to reducing fixed costs such as personnel expenses through the voluntary early retirement program implemented in fiscal 2020, we worked to improve productivity by converting facilities to smart factories and increasing the operating rate of production equipment for electrode foil used in aluminum electrolytic capacitors.」
The previously disclosed use of smart factories as a specific DX initiative continues, with productivity improvements being pursued. No new implementation or completion milestones were disclosed. - FY2022-Q2AdvancedAnnual report
「As part of the structural reforms, in addition to reducing fixed costs such as personnel expenses through the voluntary early retirement program implemented in fiscal 2020, we worked to improve productivity by converting facilities to smart factories and increasing the operating rate of production equipment for electrode foil used in aluminum electrolytic capacitors.」
The use of smart factories as a specific DX initiative was disclosed for the first time as part of the structural reforms, and its relationship with productivity improvements was presented. - FY2021First statedAnnual report
「6. Promoting digital information initiatives to realize agile management (DX initiatives)」
Digital information and DX initiatives to realize agile management were presented for the first time as a standalone priority measure under the Ninth Medium-Term Management Plan.