Maintaining and Strengthening the Manufacturing Foundation and the Transfer of Skills
First written in FY2016. 2 of 4 entries say "Restated". Latest entry: FY2026.
The whole theme swung hardest in 2019: 1 of 6 companies on the "Worse" side.
7 other companies' latest entry also says "Advanced".
- FY2026AdvancedAnnual report
「In addition, the group is promoting the conversion of tacit knowledge of expert skills into explicit knowledge using AI, thereby ensuring that the manufacturing technologies and skills that are the source of the group’s competitiveness are passed on to the next generation.」
The group has advanced its response to the manufacturing base and skills transfer into specific measures, namely converting expert skills into explicit knowledge using AI and transferring them to the next generation. - FY2019RestatedAnnual report
「The decline in manufacturing capabilities raises concerns, particularly about the transfer of technologies and skills associated with generational change. The group will seek to maintain and strengthen its manufacturing base by making concentrated investments in rationalisation aimed at innovating production processes and in R&D on manufacturing technologies, while also strengthening and developing its workforce.」
The group continues to invest in rationalisation, R&D, and workforce strengthening and development to maintain and strengthen its manufacturing base, including the transfer of skills. - FY2017RestatedAnnual report
「In response to rapid technological advances in IoT, AI and robotics and the resulting changes in the industrial structure, qualitative changes are occurring in factory operations and other areas. To address these changes, the group will work to reform its production processes and systems through research into and adoption of the latest technologies.」
The group continues to strengthen its manufacturing base through production-process innovation, rationalisation investment, advanced skills and capabilities, and multiskilling and occupational transfers. - FY2016First statedAnnual report
「The decline in manufacturing capabilities raises concerns, particularly about the transfer of technologies and skills associated with generational change. The group will seek to maintain and strengthen its manufacturing base by making concentrated investments in rationalisation aimed at innovating production processes and in R&D on manufacturing technologies, while also strengthening and developing its workforce.」
The policy is to address the challenge of transferring skills amid generational change through rationalisation investment, R&D and workforce development.