Shortage of Personnel Becoming More Severe
First written in FY2018-Q1. 5 of 12 entries say "Restated". Latest entry: FY2026.
The whole theme swung hardest in 2025: 15 of 34 companies on the "Worse" side.
24 other companies' latest entry also says "Restated".
- FY2026RestatedAnnual report
「In recent years, technological innovation in the industrial sector has advanced at a remarkably rapid pace, and the products handled by the machinery and tools industry to which the Group belongs have become more precise and diversified, requiring specialised knowledge to handle them. To address the needs of this industry, securing and developing human resources are important challenges.」
The importance of securing and developing specialised personnel in response to technological innovation and increasing product precision and variety continues to be identified as both a risk and a challenge. - FY2024RestatedAnnual report
「Against a backdrop of soaring personnel expenses and labour shortages, sales of factory automation equipment, including robots and automated system equipment, remained strong in response to the trend toward automation and labour saving.」
The full-year results describe strong automation demand and robust sales of factory automation equipment against a backdrop of soaring personnel expenses and labour shortages. - FY2024-Q3Acceleration in automation demand amid labour shortagesAnnual report
「In addition, the shift toward factory automation driven by labor shortages accelerated, and sales of factory automation equipment, including collaborative robots, remained firm.」
The acceleration of factory automation amid labour shortages is reflected in firm sales of factory automation equipment, including collaborative robots. - FY2023-Q3Automation demand amid labour shortages and a stronger sales structureAnnual report
「Sales of industrial robots and automated systems remained firm, supported by growing demand for automated equipment due to labour shortages and the strengthening of the sales structure.」
Continued growth in demand for automated equipment due to labour shortages, together with the strengthening of the sales structure, is identified as a factor supporting sales of industrial robots and automated systems. - FY2023-Q2Steady automation demand amid labour shortagesAnnual report
「Sales of industrial robots and related factory automation equipment also remained firm, driven by capital investment in high-speed 5G communications infrastructure and growing demand for automated equipment due to labour shortages.」
Growing demand for automated equipment due to labour shortages is identified as a factor supporting sales of industrial robots and factory automation equipment. - FY2023-Q1MaterialisedAnnual report
「In addition, profits declined slightly due to higher personnel expenses.」
Higher personnel expenses were reflected in actual results as a factor behind the slight decline in profits, and the impact of risks related to labour shortages and rising personnel expenses is described. - FY2022Full-year results for automation demand amid labour shortages updatedAnnual report
「In addition, as capital investment in automated equipment and machinery aimed at improving productivity expanded across all industries, sales to customers in the electrical and machinery equipment manufacturing industries consequently remained substantially above the previous fiscal year.」
Although labour shortages themselves were not quantified, the expansion in capital investment in automated equipment and machinery aimed at improving productivity is identified throughout the fiscal year as a factor behind increased sales to the electrical and machinery equipment manufacturing industries. - FY2022-Q3Automation demand expands amid labour shortagesAnnual report
「In addition, demand for automated equipment and machinery aimed at improving productivity amid labour shortages expanded across all industries, and sales to customers in the electrical and machinery manufacturing industries consequently remained substantially above the same period of the previous year.」
The expansion in demand for automated equipment and machinery aimed at addressing labour shortages and improving productivity is identified as a factor behind increased sales to the electrical and machinery manufacturing industries. - FY2021RestatedAnnual report
「In recent years, technological innovation in the industrial sector has advanced at a remarkably rapid pace, and the products handled by the machinery and tools industry to which the Group belongs have become more precise and diversified, requiring specialised knowledge to handle them.」
The importance of securing and developing specialised personnel in response to technological innovation and increasing product precision and variety continues to be identified. - FY2020RestatedAnnual report
「In recent years, technological innovation in the industrial sector has advanced at a remarkably rapid pace, and the products handled by the machinery and tools industry to which the Group belongs have become more precise and diversified, requiring specialised knowledge to handle them.」
The importance of securing and developing specialised personnel in response to technological innovation and increasing product precision and variety continues to be identified as a risk. - FY2019RestatedAnnual report
「The industrial sector as a whole is expected to undergo significant change, including an acceleration in factory automation driven by the global decline in the working population and advances in AI and IoT.」
The global decline in the working population is described as a factor driving change in the industrial sector, with its relationship to the acceleration of factory automation indicated. - FY2018-Q1First statedAnnual report
「Meanwhile, although the Japanese economy faces concerns including worsening labour shortages and political and economic developments overseas, it has generally continued on a gradual expansionary trend.」
The worsening labour shortage is described as a concern for the domestic economy.