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Metrics and Targets

The group has established sustainability metrics (KPIs) and sustainability targets to achieve the goals in each materiality and is working to enhance corporate value in terms of both profit opportunities and risks.

[Medical service supply]

Material issues Initiatives Action plan/target (KPI) FY2024
Targets/Results
FY2025
Targets
Support for construction of sustainable medical service system
  • Support to increase patients through utilization of information
  • Make proposals to increase patients based on market research
Targets: 70 proposals

Results: 53 proposals
(75.7%)
Targets: 60 proposals
  • Support hospital management through strategic procurement of medical devices
  • Make proposals to improve profitability for medical institutions by consolidating devices used or reducing devices close to sterilization deadlines, etc.
Targets: 130 proposals

Results: 204 proposals
(156.9%)
Targets: 210 proposals
Higher penetration and improved accessibility of minimally invasive medical care
  • Start up and support medical workshops and research activities centered on customer facilities
  • Support to enhance medical skills of doctors
  • Set up external study groups and seminars
  • Support doctors to study abroad or to participate in academic conferences
Targets: 55 plans

Results: 95 plans
(172%)
Targets: 60 plans
  • Support doctors to learn and use medical devices properly for improving technique
  • Provide latest medical information
  • Plan to start up workshops and study groups
Promotion of DX in the medical industry
  • Support for promotion of customer DX
  • Shin SHINZOKUN
    Make SHINZOKUN (unique medical device management system) connectable with external systems and applicable to new technology, including RFID, to contribute to higher operational efficiency and productivity for customers
Targets: Expand on-cloud operation of SHINZOKUN
Make SHINZOKUN accommodate QR codes

Results:Started to accommodate QR codes and released RFID-compatible version
Targets: Expand on-cloud operation of SHINZOKUN to 50 facilities

Connect SHINZOKUN with internal sales management system to interact with information on-line
Innovation in the medical industry
  • Create new businesses collaborating with medical venture enterprises and start-ups
  • Collect information, exchange information with external organizations and perform feasibility studies in internal section
Targets: 6 feasible studies

Results: 6 feasible studies
(100%)
Targets: 6 feasible studies
Support the physician’s work style reform (New)
  • Support customers to proceed with work style reform
  • Make proposals to improve the work environment by raising operational efficiency and implementing new systems
Targets: 10 feasible studies

Results: 26 feasible studies
(260%)
Targets: 10 feasible studies

[Supply chain]

Material issues Initiatives Action plan/target (KPI) FY2024
Targets/Results
FY2025
Targets
Sustainable medical device supply system
  • Promote logistics reform
  • Concentrate logistics and improve operational efficiency as a result of separation of sales and logistics due to the start of WIN Heart Gate
Results:Separated sales and logistics at additional 2 facilities (5 in total) Target:Increase the number of facilities to be transferred to WHG from those currently managed by the Kanto region business office
  • Develop a new sales and inventory control system
Results:Considered phased release. Released ver.1.0 and developed ver.1.05 Target:Release ver.1.1 and develop ver.1.2

Inventory control using serial numbers and utilize handheld terminals
  • Secure traceability and the stable supply of medical devices utilizing RFID
Results:Inventories have been managed by RFID at additional 3 facilities (4 in total) and they are inventories in common Target:Expand RFID operation to facilities managed by the Kanto region business office
Resilient supply chains
  • Strengthening the supply chain
  • Reorganize rules responding to system failures
Results:Shifted focus to preventing system failures and minimizing their impact, and considered countermeasures Target:Consider data storage methods, etc.
  • Expand “milk run” operation
Target:Increase volume collected through “milk run” as a result of increasing facilities to be transferred to WHG

Switch to “milk run” for major manufacturers not supported

[Support for employee participation]

Material issues Initiatives Action plan/target (KPI) FY2024
Targets/Results
FY2025
Targets
Human resource development to support sustainable corporate activities
  • Enhance human resource development and education programs
  • Promote increase in cardiac device representative (CDRs)

    Skill improvement training (tiered training, training for 1st to 4th year employees, on the job training by trainers)
Target: 140

Result: 124
(88.5%)
Target: 140

Target: Attendance rate: 100%
  • Prepare and review working environment for promoting work style reforms
  • Promote flexible work styles
  • Utilization rate of staggered working hours and flextime
Target: 70%

Results: 67.4%
Target: 70%
  • Enhance systems for promoting employee growth including reviewing the performance assessment system
  • Enhance education system
  • Utilization rate of level-based education lessons and education tools for self-enlightenment
Target: 70%

Result: 95.1%
Target: 80%
Promotion of diversity to enable employees to demonstrate their skills and talents
  • Promote employment of female, non-Japanese, and people with disabilities
  • Increase percentage of female managers
  • Maintain 25% female employment ratio
Target: 25%

Result: 45.0%
Target: 30%
  • Percentage of promotion-to-manager recommendations for female employees:
Target: 20% (3-year average)

Result: 21.6% (3-years average)
Target: 20% (3-year average)
  • Percentage of male employees taking childcare leave:
Target: 50%

Result: 37.5%
Target: 50%(acquired rate)

Target:Number of days taken: 14 days
  • KURUMIN certification in FY2024(an enterprise regarded as “childcare supportive” by Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare)
Target: Retain certification

Results: Retained certification
Target: Achieve action plan and meet certification criteria (to continue retaining certification)
Respect for human rights
  • Enhance education on human rights
  • Thorough education on compliance and human rights
  • Percentage of employees attending lectures
Target: 100%
Result: 100%
Target: 100%

[Environment]

Material issues Initiatives Action plan/target (KPI) FY2024
Targets/Results
FY2025
Targets
Realization of decarbonized society
  • Promote measures for decarbonized society
  • Reduce unused and discarded medical devices
  • Reduction of entrusted inventories by central inventory control at WIN Heart Gate
  • Precise inventory control with new sales and inventory control system
Target:Reduction in rate of discarded medical devices:5% cut YoY in H1 and H2 respectively

Result: 9.1% cut
Target:Reduction in rate of discarded medical devices:5% cut YoY in H1 and H2 respectively
  • Promote hybrid car introduction
Target: 50%
Result: 56%
Target: 60%
Contribution to global environment
  • Promote paper-less
  • Electronic administrative procedures
Target: 10% cut in annual print volume

Results:+2% increase (from 3,901 print to 3,990 print)
Target: Increase electronic contract: +5%

[Corporate base]

Material issues Initiatives Action plan/target (KPI) FY2024
Targets/Results
FY2025
Targets
Succession/continuity of business from a medium- to long-term perspective
  • Prepare succession plan
  • Formulate programs for next-generation management personnel
Results: Next-generation management personnel made action plan for FY2024 and monitored its progress Target: Direct discussion with department manager by CEO (called Akizawa-Juku)
Information security
  • Implement information security measures to ensure stable operation of sales and inventory control system
  • Reinforce cyberattack countermeasures


  • Education and training through e-learning
Results: Conducted training for targeted email


Results: Conducted e-learning education (once a year)
Target: Conduct training for targeted email

Target: Conduct e-learning education (once a year)
Compliance system
  • Enhance internal education framework
  • Enhance internal education framework
  • Training participation rate
Target: 100%

Result: 100%
Target: 100%
Secure resilience for disasters
  • Enhance business continuity structure in the event of disasters
  • Practice in line with BCP and review the plan
  • Training using safety confirmation tools
Results: Considered BCP for fires

Results: Conducted safety checks using safety confirmation tools (twice a year)
Target: Prepare for fire response plan

Target: Conducted safety checks using safety confirmation tools (twice a year)