Securing Exclusive Sales Rights for High-Gross-Margin Products
First written in FY2019. 4 of 7 entries say "Advanced", first in FY2020. Latest entry: FY2023.
21 other companies' latest entry also says "Advanced".
- FY2023AdvancedAnnual report
「The standalone gross profit margin for the fiscal year was 11.3%, improving by 1.1 percentage points from 10.2% in the previous fiscal year. In addition to continuing to focus on sales of products with high gross profit margins, stronger solution-based systems sales also contributed.」
The non-consolidated gross margin improved from 10.2% to 11.3% through a focus on high-gross-margin products and stronger system proposal-based sales. The previous initiatives to improve gross margin were updated with full-year figures. - FY2022AdvancedAnnual report
「The standalone gross profit margin for the fiscal year was 10.21%, improving by 0.11 percentage points from 10.10% in the previous fiscal year. In addition to continuing to focus on sales of products with high gross profit margins, stronger solution-based systems sales also contributed.」
The non-consolidated gross margin improved from 10.10% to 10.21%, helped by a focus on high-gross-margin products and stronger system proposal-based sales. - FY2022-Q3RestatedAnnual report
「As a result, non-consolidated net sales were ¥52,950 million, up 17.3% year on year, and the gross profit margin also improved by 0.8 percentage points year on year.」
The improvement in gross margin, previously attributed to factors including increased sales of high-gross-margin products, was also 0.8% higher year on year in the cumulative third quarter. - FY2022-Q1RestatedAnnual report
「Sales of high-margin products increased, while travel and transportation expenses and other costs declined due to restrictions on movement, resulting in operating profit of ¥395 million, up ¥307 million year on year.」
The company continued to describe initiatives to increase the handling of high-gross-margin products, explaining that operating income increased by ¥307 million year on year as a result. - FY2021AdvancedAnnual report
「For the fiscal year under review, the non-consolidated gross margin was 10.10%, an improvement of 0.68 percentage points from 9.42% in the previous fiscal year. This resulted from a focus on sales of high-gross-margin products, together with contributions from deliveries of large-scale charge-discharge testing equipment.」
The non-consolidated gross margin improved by 0.68 percentage points, from 9.42% to 10.10%, driven by a focus on high-gross-margin products and deliveries of large-scale charge-discharge testing equipment. - FY2020AdvancedAnnual report
「On a non-consolidated basis for the fiscal year, the gross margin was 9.42%, an improvement of 0.34 percentage points from 9.08% in the previous fiscal year. This resulted from measures including raising awareness of the importance of maintaining gross margins and securing exclusive distribution rights for imported high-gross-margin products.」
The company explained that measures including securing exclusive distribution rights for high-gross-margin products improved the non-consolidated gross margin from 9.08% to 9.42%, a gain of 0.34 percentage points. - FY2019First statedAnnual report
「This resulted from measures including securing exclusive distribution rights for imported high-gross-margin products.」
As a specific measure to raise ROE through higher gross margins, the company cited securing exclusive distribution rights for imported high-gross-margin products.