Securing and developing personnel and establishing home-delivery operations in line with the expansion of sales routes
First written in FY2016. 19 of 31 entries say "Mitigated", first in FY2019-Q1. Latest entry: FY2026.
0 other companies' latest entry also says "Mitigated".
- FY2026MitigatedAnnual report
「We reduced the burden of cash collection operations and established the foundation for a structure that enables personnel who had effectively been responsible only for delivery operations to be redirected toward acquiring new customers and deployed in pursuit of greater results.」
The Group explained that the shift to cashless payments reduced the burden of cash collection and enabled it to establish a structure for redeploying personnel toward new customer acquisition. - FY2026-H1MitigatedAnnual report
「At the same time, the Group has focused on creating a work environment conducive to employees, raising base wages from the August payroll and introducing an electronic workflow system company-wide to enable faster internal approvals, thereby promoting employee retention.」
The Group has implemented specific measures to create a more employee-friendly work environment and improve retention through base-wage increases from the August payroll and the introduction of a company-wide electronic workflow system. - FY2025RestatedAnnual report
「In response to this issue, the Group is strengthening its recruitment activities and working to secure talented personnel, while also providing training, improving the efficiency of its home-delivery operations through the use of a delivery-efficiency system, and aligning instructions and policies through company-wide morning meetings in order to support future business expansion.」
The Group describes recruitment activities, training, the delivery-efficiency system and policy alignment through company-wide morning meetings as ongoing measures to secure and develop personnel and address home-delivery operations. - FY2025-H1MitigatedAnnual report
「Selling, general and administrative expenses decreased by ¥59 million from the same period of the previous year to ¥1,143 million, as personnel expenses declined after the benefits of actively hiring personnel suited to "flexible working styles" and converting fixed costs into variable costs began to emerge.」
Personnel expenses decreased as a result of hiring personnel suited to "flexible working styles" and converting fixed costs into variable costs, and selling, general and administrative expenses declined by ¥59 million year on year. This indicates the effects of measures addressing personnel recruitment and home-delivery operational issues. - FY2024MitigatedAnnual report
「The Group is strengthening its recruitment activities and working to secure talented personnel, while also providing training and improving the efficiency of its home-delivery operations through the introduction of the delivery-efficiency system "Rugia" in order to support future business expansion.」
In addition to recruitment and training, the Group continues to use the delivery-efficiency system "Rugia" to secure and develop personnel and improve the efficiency of its home-delivery operations. - FY2024-Q3MitigatedAnnual report
「For deliveries to individual homes, the Group began improving delivery efficiency using the delivery-support system "Rugia" and aims to establish a system that can accommodate "flexible working styles" by actively hiring part-time and temporary workers. It has begun operating the system at some sales offices and is converting fixed costs into variable costs in order to rapidly strengthen its earning capacity.」
The Group is addressing delivery efficiency, personnel recruitment and the conversion of fixed costs into variable costs through the use of the delivery-support system "Rugia," active recruitment of part-time and temporary workers, and the launch of operations at some sales offices. - FY2024-Q2MitigatedAnnual report
「The Group is promoting the use of AI in deliveries to individual homes and introduced the delivery-support system "Rugia," making it possible for part-time and temporary workers with limited experience to deliver efficiently. This has made it easier to secure and retain personnel, while also shortening the period required for initial training after hiring, thereby reducing labor shortages.」
The introduction of the delivery-support system "Rugia" has enabled less-experienced personnel to make deliveries efficiently, contributing to personnel recruitment and retention and shortening post-hire training periods. The system has helped address personnel recruitment and development and home-delivery operational issues. - FY2023AdvancedAnnual report
「In response to this issue, the Group is strengthening its recruitment activities and working to secure talented personnel, while also providing training and improving the efficiency of its home-delivery operations through the introduction of the delivery-efficiency system "Rugia" in order to support future business expansion.」
The Group identified recruitment activities, training and the introduction of the delivery-efficiency system "Rugia" as specific measures to secure and develop sales personnel and address home-delivery operational issues. - FY2022MitigatedAnnual report
「To address labor shortages, the Group sought to retain employees by raising base wages. In delivery operations, it supplemented its workforce by entering into delivery outsourcing agreements with 3 logistics companies, thereby establishing a system to mitigate labor shortages, and worked to secure personnel by actively hiring foreign workers under the Specified Skilled Worker program.」
The Group established specific measures to address labor shortages through base-wage increases, outsourced delivery to 3 logistics companies and the hiring of foreign workers under the Specified Skilled Worker program. - FY2022-Q3MitigatedAnnual report
「Partnerships with logistics companies to address labor shortages」
The Group has partnered with logistics companies to address labor shortages and is developing specific measures to secure personnel and address home-delivery operational issues associated with expanding its sales routes. - FY2022-Q2The effects of consolidation and higher advertising expensesAnnual report
「Selling, general and administrative expenses increased by ¥25 million from the same quarter of the previous year to ¥1.252 billion. Labor and rent expenses declined following the consolidation of sales offices, but advertising expenses increased.」
Personnel expenses and rent decreased following the consolidation and closure of sales offices, but total selling, general and administrative expenses increased due to higher advertising expenses. - FY2022-Q1MitigatedAnnual report
「Selling, general and administrative expenses increased by ¥13 million from the same quarter of the previous year to ¥628 million, as advertising expenses increased despite decreases in personnel expenses and rent resulting from the consolidation and closure of sales offices.」
Personnel expenses and rent decreased following the consolidation and closure of sales offices, but total selling, general and administrative expenses increased due to higher advertising expenses. - FY2021MitigatedAnnual report
「In response to this issue, the Group is strengthening its recruitment activities and working to secure talented personnel, while also providing training and improving the efficiency of its home-delivery operations in order to support future business expansion.」
The Group continues to address personnel recruitment and development through recruitment activities, training and more efficient home-delivery operations. - FY2021-Q3MitigatedAnnual report
「Selling, general and administrative expenses decreased by ¥38 million from the same quarter of the previous year to ¥1,863 million as a result of consolidating and closing sites and reviewing expenses overall and working to reduce costs.」
Consolidating and closing sites and reviewing expenses overall reduced selling, general and administrative expenses by ¥38 million from the same quarter of the previous year, indicating the effect of addressing the burden on the sales structure, including personnel-related costs. - FY2021-Q2MitigatedAnnual report
「Selling, general and administrative expenses declined by ¥66 million from the same quarter of the previous year to ¥1.227 billion, as the consolidation of sales offices reduced labor and rent expenses.」
Consolidating and closing sales offices reduced personnel expenses and rent, resulting in a ¥66 million year-on-year decrease in selling, general and administrative expenses. It indicates the effect of addressing personnel-related costs associated with the sales structure. - FY2021-Q1MitigatedAnnual report
「Selling, general and administrative expenses decreased by ¥64 million from the same quarter of the previous year to ¥615 million as a result of consolidating and closing sales offices, which reduced personnel expenses and rent.」
Consolidating and closing sales offices reduced personnel expenses and rent, resulting in a ¥64 million year-on-year decrease in selling, general and administrative expenses. - FY2020-Q3MitigatedAnnual report
「Selling, general and administrative expenses decreased by ¥207 million from the same quarter of the previous year to ¥1,901 million as a result of consolidating and closing sites and reviewing expenses overall and working to reduce costs.」
Consolidating and closing sites and reviewing expenses overall reduced selling, general and administrative expenses by ¥207 million year on year. It indicates the effect of addressing costs associated with the sales structure. - FY2020-Q2MitigatedAnnual report
「Selling, general and administrative expenses decreased by ¥90 million from the same quarter of the previous year to ¥1,294 million as a result of reviewing personnel expenses and expenses overall and working to reduce costs.」
Reviewing expenses overall, including personnel expenses, reduced selling, general and administrative expenses by ¥90 million from the same quarter of the previous year, indicating the effect of addressing the burden on the sales structure, including personnel-related costs. - FY2020-Q1MitigatedAnnual report
「Selling, general and administrative expenses decreased by ¥12 million from the same quarter of the previous year to ¥679 million as a result of reviewing personnel expenses and expenses overall and working to reduce costs.」
Reviewing expenses overall, including personnel expenses, reduced selling, general and administrative expenses by ¥12 million year on year. It indicates the effect of addressing personnel-related costs. - FY2019RestatedAnnual report
「To address this challenge, we are strengthening recruitment efforts and working to secure talented personnel. We are also implementing training and promoting greater efficiency in the home-delivery operations system to develop human resources and support future business expansion.」
It continues to identify securing and training sales personnel and establishing home-delivery operations as challenges, with recruitment, training and operational efficiency measures as its response. - FY2019-Q3MitigatedAnnual report
「Selling, general and administrative expenses decreased by ¥236 million from the same quarter of the previous year to ¥2,109 million as a result of reviewing personnel expenses and expenses overall and working to reduce costs.」
Reviewing expenses overall, including personnel expenses, reduced selling, general and administrative expenses by ¥236 million from the same quarter of the previous year, indicating the effect of addressing the burden on the sales structure, including personnel-related costs. - FY2019-Q2MitigatedAnnual report
「Selling, general and administrative expenses decreased by ¥196 million from the same quarter of the previous year to ¥1,384 million as a result of reviewing personnel expenses and expenses overall and working to reduce costs.」
Reviewing expenses overall, including personnel expenses, reduced selling, general and administrative expenses by ¥196 million from the same quarter of the previous year. It continues to disclose the effects of addressing personnel-related costs. - FY2019-Q1MitigatedAnnual report
「Selling, general and administrative expenses decreased by ¥128 million from the same quarter of the previous year to ¥692 million as a result of reviewing personnel expenses and expenses overall and working to reduce costs.」
Reviewing expenses overall, including personnel expenses, reduced selling, general and administrative expenses by ¥128 million year on year. This indicates a specific effect of addressing personnel-related costs, but does not state that the risk of securing personnel itself has been resolved. - FY2018-Q3AdvancedAnnual report
「Meanwhile, in our sales structure, we sought to improve sales efficiency by reviewing home-delivery routes and through other measures. Selling, general and administrative expenses therefore decreased by ¥248 million from the same quarter of the previous year to ¥2,346 million.」
It reports a specific effect of improving sales efficiency through measures including a review of home-delivery routes, with selling, general and administrative expenses decreasing by ¥248 million year on year. - FY2018-Q2MaterialisedAnnual report
「In terms of profit, procurement prices were generally stable during the second quarter, but higher manufacturing costs due to increases in labor and other expenses caused the cost of sales ratio to rise 1.2 percentage points from the same quarter of the previous year to 62.3%.」
It explains that higher manufacturing costs due to increased personnel and other expenses actually occurred, resulting in a 1.2-percentage-point increase in the cost of sales ratio from the same quarter of the previous year. - FY2018-Q1MaterialisedAnnual report
「Meanwhile, on the profit side, although purchase prices for vegetables and other items remained stable, the cost of sales ratio increased by 1.7 percentage points year on year to 61.7% due to higher personnel expenses caused by labor shortages and increases in other expenses.」
It explains that higher personnel expenses caused by labor shortages and increased expenses actually occurred, resulting in a 1.7-percentage-point year-on-year increase in the cost of sales ratio. - FY2017AdvancedAnnual report
「Selling, general and administrative expenses decreased by ¥69 million from the previous fiscal year to ¥3,236 million. This was mainly because the effects of cost reductions emerged as a result of improving sales efficiency through measures including a review of the sales system.」
It reports a specific effect of improving sales efficiency through measures including a review of the sales system, with selling, general and administrative expenses reduced by ¥69 million year on year. - FY2017-Q3RestatedAnnual report
「Meanwhile, in our sales structure, we sought to improve sales efficiency by reviewing home-delivery routes and through other measures. Selling, general and administrative expenses therefore decreased by ¥67 million from the same quarter of the previous year to ¥2,456 million.」
It continues to improve sales efficiency through measures including the review of home-delivery routes. At the same time, it continues to indicate the difficulty of securing personnel amid labor shortages. - FY2017-Q2WorsenedAnnual report
「The business environment remains uncertain, including the difficulty of securing personnel amid tight labor market conditions.」
The difficulty of securing personnel amid labor shortages was identified as a risk in the business environment. In addition, selling, general and administrative expenses decreased by ¥71 million year on year due to the review of home-delivery routes. - FY2017-Q1AdvancedAnnual report
「Meanwhile, in our sales structure, we began reviewing home-delivery routes to improve sales efficiency. As a result, selling, general and administrative expenses decreased by ¥38 million from the same quarter of the previous year to ¥826 million.」
It began reviewing home-delivery routes, resulting in a ¥38 million year-on-year decrease in selling, general and administrative expenses. - FY2016First statedAnnual report
「We recognize that the key challenges in increasing the number of customers using our products are increasing the number of sales routes, securing and strengthening the sales workforce accordingly, developing appealing products, and establishing a prompt and accurate home-delivery operations system.」
It identifies securing personnel in line with the number of sales routes, developing human resources, product development and a prompt, accurate home-delivery system as challenges in expanding the business.