Value Creation Process

Ever since a design firm was started by our founder, we have made continual changes in our mindset to cater to the evolving trends of the times, eventually developing our current business model as a technical service provider and creating value for engineers.

External environment and social issues

Inputs

Solid and strong financial base supporting sustainable growth

Equity ratio

Net assets

Cash flows from
operating activities

69.9％

42.7billion yen

11.2billion yen

Practical education and training by training managers with engineer backgrounds, based on training curricula aligned with clients’ work

Percentage of training
managers with
engineer backgrounds

Average hours of annual
training per
employee (engineer)

Average cost of annual
training per
employee (engineer)

100％

73.2hours

54,000yen

Regular employment of engineers with STEM backgrounds who can be placed in
upstream/midstream work processes of manufacturers

Number of engineers

Percentage of
engineers with
STEM backgrounds

Engineers who can be
placed in upstream/
midstream work processes
of manufacturers

1,192

100%

88%

Long-term partnerships with clients, schools, academic societies, and organizations

Transaction history

Schools from which we hired (graduate, undergraduate, junior college, technical, and professional schools)

Roughly1,200 companies

Roughly 350 schools

Papers published

Part-time lecturing at universities by
our training managers

166

15 courses at 8 schools

Business Activities

１.Trust from our clients built on our long history
Founded in 1962 as a design and development firm, the Company grew by winning contract work for design and development from manufacturers in the Keihanshin region, which drove Japan’s rapid economic growth. In our nearly 60-year history, we have succeeded in building trust with many client companies and accumulating a proven track record as a group of engineers with roots in design and development.

２.The business model we have developed over many years
Even during the global financial crisis of 2008, not many engineers who were placed in the upstream work processes of manufacturers (R&D) experienced contract cancellations. As such, we decided to increase our engineers’ upstream assignment ratio. To help us recruit excellent students who may be suited for upstream assignments, we have introduced internal programs based on the needs of engineers (e.g., job change assistance program, performance-based salary system, and limited area system).

３.Placement of engineers in technical fields with high market needs
Our engineers’ business fields are wide-ranging. At major companies in the automobile, home electronics, industrial equipment, medical device, and information and communications sectors, engineers participate in and provide a variety of technical services for cutting-edge projects, including eco cars such as electric vehicles (EVs) and fuel cell vehicles (FCVs), driver assistance technologies, racing cars, semiconductor lithography equipment, industrial robots, and system and application development.

４.Job-based employment that allows career development within the Company
We employ talent with STEM backgrounds as regular employees in technical jobs and offer an environment where they can focus on honing their skills as engineers. We classify the work processes of our clients into three categories: R&D; product development; and production. Correspondingly, we have established three groups for each area (High Value Group, Wide Value Group, and Product Value Group). Engineers can move between these groups according to their preferences and competence and develop their careers within the Company.

【Detailed processes】
(1) Advanced development of an upcoming product, including market research
(2) Development of core technologies, development of new functions, preparing specifications

(3) Requirements analysis, functional design
(4) Product design for mass production, functional testing
(5) Detailed design, coding, design and improvement of additional functions, modeling, simulation, code generation
(6) Production facility design and maintenance, production tool design, drafting, performance evaluation
(7) Unit/integration testing, log data analysis, failure analysis
(8) Revision of the schematic diagram/parts list, operational checks
(9) Drawing revisions, failure analysis, operational checks

(10) Reliability testing, test result and log data organization
(11) Product quality assurance testing, standards-based testing
(12) Quality control, operational maintenance
(13) Production plan development and coordination, parts procurement, quality assurance
(14) System testing, pre-shipment inspection, kitting
(15) Product manufacturing and assembly, quality checks

Outcomes

Medium- to long-term goals