Unique holding-company management centered on the “SERENDIP Standard”

セレンディップ・ホールディングス introduced the practice of holding company management centered on the セレンディップ Standard, drawing on the experience of its Representative Director, President and CEO, Takeuchi Aru (竹内 在), as a serial acquirer that has carried out M&A continuously. The presentation formed part of a study group held as a forum for learning advanced examples of group management, and the contents of a panel discussion were also shared in a report on the presentation.

The presentation explained a system that, in addition to standardizing and visualizing management control and manufacturing operations, dispatches professional managers and specialist personnel to successor companies and involves them deeply, from identifying management issues through to implementing reforms. セレンディップ stated that, with the holding company responsible for management, it is building a structure that allows operating companies to focus on manufacturing, while centralizing functions such as finance, human resources and IT at the holding company and pursuing cross-selling across corporate groups and industries.

The company said it had named this model the “セレンディップ Standard” and was systematizing it by researching and applying management methods used by overseas companies such as Danaher, adapting them to the operations of mid-sized and small Japanese manufacturers. It indicated a policy of implementing management reforms through team management centered on the セレンディップ Standard and professional managers, while making use of the strengths of successor companies.

The company said it would continue to evolve its group management model and, under its management philosophy of creating 100-year companies, aims to contribute to the sustainable growth and enhancement of corporate value of Japanese manufacturing companies.