Komori
Nihon Flush (7820) · InitiativeAdvanced

Cost Reduction While Maintaining Quality and Safety, and Intellectual Property Management

First written in FY2016. 5 of 10 entries say "Advanced", first in FY2017. Latest entry: FY2026.

10entries
11years
0from disclosures
Share on X
How it moved
ProgressHeldSoftenedWorseRestatedFY2021AdvancedFY2023 – FY20262016: 120162017: 120172018: 120182019: 120192020: 220202021: 220212022: 020222023: 120232024: 020242025: 020252026: 12026
Same theme, other companies
Transitioning to a High-Quality, Low-Cost Operating StructureA theme 43 companies write about · 1 as a headwind · 42 as a tailwind

The whole theme swung hardest in 2026: 6 of 32 companies on the "Worse" side.

13 other companies' latest entry also says "Advanced".

Ridges = years it wrote progress, valleys = years it wrote worse. Most hopeful companies at the back. Drag to turn, scroll to zoom, right-drag to pan. On a phone, two fingers turn and pinch to zoom; one finger scrolls the page.
Showing 14 of the 43 companies compared. The sentences above are computed from all 43.
Full recordFilings, disclosures and news, newest first
  1. FY2026AdvancedAnnual report

    「At the request of Tokyo Tatemono Co.,Ltd. and 三井不動産レジデンシャル株式会社, we jointly developed a wall door for reverse beams that accommodates the space beneath reverse beams. We have jointly filed an application for design registration for this product with both companies.」

    Joint development based on customer requests and applications for design registration gave concrete form to the development of quality and functional products and intellectual property management.
  2. FY2023AdvancedAnnual report

    「Improvement of Movable Partition Walls We developed a product that can provide a secure partition all the way to the edge even where beams in the ceiling create a difference in level. We have obtained design rights for this product.」

    The company improved its movable partition wall and obtained design rights for the product, advancing the development of quality and functional products and intellectual property management to the concrete acquisition of rights.
  3. FY2021RestatedAnnual report

    「In addition, we are working to improve our competitive advantage by applying the technological development capabilities we have built up, including cost reduction while maintaining quality, product design that takes safety and productivity into account, consideration of immediate response measures when complaints arise, and the establishment of material evaluation standards. Furthermore, recognizing that intellectual property, including patents and technical know-how, is an important management asset, we are working to strengthen its management.」

    The company has continued efforts to improve its competitive advantage through design that considers quality, safety and productivity, complaint response, material evaluation and intellectual property management.
  4. FY2021-Q3AdvancedAnnual report

    「On the production side, we have worked since the beginning of the year under the slogans of a 10% year-on-year improvement in productivity, halving in-process defects and eliminating customer complaints. We achieved these targets during the third quarter, making a significant contribution to profits.」

    The company described its targets of increasing productivity by 10%, halving in-process defects and eliminating customer complaints as progress in improving quality, costs and productivity.
  5. FY2021-Q1RestatedAnnual report

    「On the production side, we will further refine Q (quality), C (cost) and D (delivery), the enduring challenges for a manufacturer.」

    The company has continued its policy of improving production with a focus on quality, cost and delivery times.
  6. FY2020RestatedAnnual report

    「In addition, we are working to improve our competitive advantage by applying the technological development capabilities we have built up, including cost reduction while maintaining quality, product design that takes safety and productivity into account, consideration of immediate response measures when complaints arise, and the establishment of material evaluation standards. Furthermore, recognizing that intellectual property, including patents and technical know-how, is an important management asset, we are working to strengthen its management.」

    The company has continued efforts to improve its competitive advantage through design that considers quality, safety and productivity, complaint response, material evaluation and intellectual property management.
  7. FY2019AdvancedAnnual report

    「To avoid the risk of children and older people trapping their fingers in doors, we obtained design rights for a finger-pinch-reduction door with a gap on the hinge side.」

    The company obtained design rights for a finger-pinch-reduction door designed with safety in mind, giving concrete form to its initiatives in intellectual property and product safety.
  8. FY2018RestatedAnnual report

    「Furthermore, recognizing that intellectual property, including patents and technical know-how, is an important management asset, we are working to strengthen its management.」

    The company has continued product design based on quality, safety and productivity, along with stronger management of patents and technical know-how, as measures to improve its competitive advantage.
  9. FY2017AdvancedAnnual report

    「Accordingly, we developed a new door called “Super Warping Countermeasure.” By reviewing the moisture-barrier sheet inside the door and the frame configuration, we reduced the amount of warping to half the current level.」

    The company reviewed the moisture-barrier sheet and frame configuration inside the door and developed a product capable of reducing warping to half the current level.
  10. FY2016First statedAnnual report

    「We are working to improve our competitive advantage by applying the technological development capabilities we have built up, including cost reduction while maintaining quality, product design that takes safety and productivity into account, consideration of immediate response measures when complaints arise, and the establishment of material evaluation standards.」

    The company identified quality, safety, productivity, complaint response, material evaluation and intellectual property management as means of improving its competitive advantage.
Moved together

"Product Development for the Nursing Care, Welfare and Medical Sectors and Functional Products" moved the same way as this thread, in the same document, in 5 of its 10 moves.

544433★123456
  1. ★This thread
  2. 1Product Development for the Nursing Care, Welfare and Medical Sectors and Functional Products5×
  3. 2Expansion of China's manufacturing and sales network4×
  4. 3Capital investment to improve productivity and support new products4×
  5. 4Labor-saving equipment and line reorganization at the head office, Kunshan and Jiangxi plants4×
  6. 5Developing new customers and expanding into furniture storage and medical and nursing care3×
  7. 6Tap into China's shell-apartment market through its distributor network3×

★ is this thread; numbers match the list above. The number on a line is how many documents both moved the same way in; lines between the other threads count the documents they moved together in too. Threads that move together often sit closer.

When this could move next
No upcoming earnings preview for Nihon Flush yet.
News
No news is linked to this thread yet. When an article touches it, it will appear here by date.
Cost Reduction While Maintaining Quality and Safety, and Intellectual Property Management | NIHON FLUSH CO.,LTD. (7820) | Komori