Eliminating Waste in Management Resources and Improving Operating Speed and Efficiency
First written in FY2016. 15 of 28 entries say "Restated". Latest entry: FY2026.
The whole theme swung hardest in 2026: 3 of 24 companies on the "Worse" side.
10 other companies' latest entry also says "Restated".
- FY2026RestatedAnnual report
「We are also working to improve and level out operations.」
The Group has reaffirmed its ongoing efforts to improve and standardize operations. - 2026-05-15RestatedRevision of earnings forecasts
「We are also working to improve and level out operations.」
業務の効率化・平準化を継続している。 - FY2026-H1RestatedAnnual report
「We also worked to improve and level out internal operations, while pursuing store policies focused on quality, price and product range and strengthening employee training to improve customer satisfaction.」
The Group continues its efforts to improve and standardize internal operations and enhance customer satisfaction through store policies and employee training. - FY2025RestatedAnnual report
「We are also working to improve and level out internal operations.」
The Group continues to describe the improvement and standardization of internal operations as an ongoing initiative. - FY2025-H1RestatedAnnual report
「We also worked to improve and level out internal operations, while pursuing store policies focused on quality, price and product range and strengthening employee training to improve customer satisfaction.」
The Group continues to improve and standardize internal operations and seeks to improve customer satisfaction through store policies and stronger employee training. - FY2024-Q3RestatedAnnual report
「We will also work to improve and level out internal operations, while pursuing store policies focused on quality, price and product range to provide attentive responses to customer needs and improve customer satisfaction.」
The Group continues to improve and standardize internal operations and seeks to improve customer satisfaction through store policies focused on quality, price and product range. - FY2024-Q2RestatedAnnual report
「We are also working to improve and level out internal operations, while pursuing store policies focused on quality, price and product range to provide attentive responses to increasingly diverse customer needs and improve customer satisfaction.」
The Group continues to improve and standardize internal operations and pursue store policies focused on quality, price and product range. - FY2024-Q1RestatedAnnual report
「We are also working to improve and level out internal operations.」
The Group has reaffirmed its ongoing efforts to improve and standardize internal operations. - FY2023RestatedAnnual report
「We are also working to renovate existing stores and improve and level out internal operations.」
Renovation of existing stores and the improvement and standardization of internal operations continue as ongoing initiatives. - FY2023-Q2RestatedAnnual report
「We are also pursuing store policies focused on quality, price and product selection to provide attentive responses to increasingly diverse customer needs and improve customer satisfaction.」
The Group continues to improve and standardize internal operations. No new specific measures or numerical targets were disclosed. - FY2023-Q1RestatedAnnual report
「We are also pursuing store policies focused on quality, price and product selection to provide attentive responses to increasingly diverse customer needs and improve customer satisfaction.」
The Group continues to describe the improvement and standardization of internal operations as an ongoing initiative. - FY2022RestatedAnnual report
「We are also working to renovate existing stores and improve and level out internal operations.」
Renovation of existing stores and the improvement and standardization of internal operations continue as ongoing initiatives. - FY2022-Q2SoftenedAnnual report
「With regard to expenses, the entire Group worked to secure earnings and maintain employment by reviewing costs across the company and using the government's various support measures.」
The Group continued to review costs across the company and use government support measures, but the wording was less emphatic than in the prior quarter, when it referred to a "fundamental review" and "maximum use." - FY2022-Q1RaisedAnnual report
「With regard to expenses, the entire Group worked to secure earnings and maintain employment by fundamentally reviewing costs across the company and making maximum use of the government's various support measures.」
In addition to its existing efficiency initiatives, the Group explicitly cited a fundamental company-wide review of costs and maximum use of government support measures to secure earnings and maintain employment. - FY2021RestatedAnnual report
「We are also working to renovate existing stores and improve and level out internal operations.」
Renovation of existing stores and the improvement and standardization of internal operations continue as ongoing initiatives. - FY2020RestatedAnnual report
「We will strive to improve the efficiency of management resources and constantly seek to enhance corporate value.」
The policy of enhancing corporate value through more efficient use of management resources has been reiterated. - FY2020-Q3AdvancedAnnual report
「Operating profit was ¥1,065 million, up 17.0% year on year, mainly due to lower selling expenses resulting from the reduction of unprofitable stores in the jewelry business.」
Lower selling expenses from the reduction of unprofitable stores continued, lifting operating profit for the nine months ended December 31 by 17.0% year on year to ¥1,065 million. - FY2020-Q2AdvancedAnnual report
「Operating profit was ¥743 million, up 165.1% year on year, mainly due to lower selling expenses resulting from the reduction of unprofitable stores in the jewelry business. Ordinary profit was ¥710 million, up 187.3% year on year, despite foreign-exchange losses at overseas subsidiaries.」
Lower selling expenses from the reduction of unprofitable stores continued, resulting in operating profit of ¥743 million, up 165.1% year on year. The benefits of improved resource efficiency are reflected in performance. - FY2020-Q1AdvancedAnnual report
「Operating loss was ¥0 million, compared with a loss of ¥75 million in the same period of the previous year, due to lower selling expenses from the consolidation of unprofitable stores in the jewelry business and other factors,」
Lower selling expenses from the consolidation of unprofitable stores reduced the operating loss from ¥75 million to ¥0 million. - FY2019RestatedAnnual report
「We are focusing on improving operating speed and efficiency by implementing measures in every Group division to eliminate waste in management resources, including personnel, materials, money and time.」
The Group continues its policy of eliminating waste in management resources and improving operating speed and efficiency through company-wide measures. - FY2019-Q1AdvancedAnnual report
「Operating loss was ¥75 million, compared with a loss of ¥146 million in the prior-year period, due to lower selling expenses resulting from the consolidation of unprofitable stores in the jewelry business, among other factors.」
The continued consolidation of unprofitable stores reduced selling expenses, narrowing the operating loss from ¥146 million to ¥75 million. - FY2018AdvancedAnnual report
「Operating income was ¥1,545 million, up 13.5% year on year, due to lower costs for in-house products and lower selling expenses resulting from the consolidation of unprofitable stores, among other factors.」
Lower costs for in-house products and reduced selling expenses from consolidating unprofitable stores lifted full-year operating income 13.5% year on year to ¥1,545 million. - FY2018-Q3AdvancedAnnual report
「Operating income was ¥1,154 million, up 64.3% year on year, due to lower costs for in-house products and lower selling expenses resulting from the consolidation of unprofitable stores, among other factors.」
The Group specifically cites lower costs for in-house products and reduced selling expenses from consolidating unprofitable stores. Operating income rose 64.3% year on year to ¥1,154 million, demonstrating concrete progress in improving resource efficiency. - FY2018-Q2AdvancedAnnual report
「Operating income was ¥481 million, up 237.2% year on year, due to lower selling expenses resulting from the consolidation of unprofitable stores, among other factors, while ordinary income was ¥436 million, compared with an ordinary loss of ¥64 million in the prior-year period.」
The decline in selling expenses from the continued consolidation of unprofitable stores resulted in operating income of ¥481 million, up 237.2% year on year. - FY2018-Q1AdvancedAnnual report
「Operating loss was ¥146 million, compared with a loss of ¥370 million in the prior-year period, due to lower selling expenses resulting from the consolidation of unprofitable stores and an improvement in the gross profit margin. Ordinary loss was ¥202 million, compared with a loss of ¥453 million in the prior-year period.」
Lower selling expenses from the consolidation of unprofitable stores and an improved gross profit margin narrowed the operating loss from ¥370 million to ¥146 million. - FY2017-Q3AdvancedAnnual report
「Operating income was ¥702 million, up 82.5% year on year, as selling expenses declined due to more efficient sales-promotion activities and the consolidation of unprofitable stores, among other factors.」
The Group continued to improve sales-promotion efficiency and consolidate unprofitable stores. Operating income for the nine months ended December 31 was ¥702 million, up 82.5% year on year. - FY2017-Q2AdvancedAnnual report
「Operating income was ¥142 million, up 170.4% year on year, as selling expenses declined due to more efficient sales-promotion activities and the consolidation of unprofitable stores, among other factors.」
More efficient sales-promotion activities and the consolidation of unprofitable stores reduced selling expenses, resulting in operating income of ¥142 million, up 170.4% year on year. - FY2016First statedAnnual report
「We are focusing on improving operating speed and efficiency by implementing measures in every Group division to eliminate waste in management resources, including personnel, materials, money and time.」
The Group describes company-wide improvement measures to eliminate waste in management resources and improve operating speed and efficiency.