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Net Sales
(Billions of yen)
1,200
1,000
800
600
Others
Wiring
Harnesses
400
200
0
1,199 917 817 960 992
2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
R&D Expenses
and as a Percentage
of Net Sales
R&D Expenses
R&D Expenses / Net Sales
(Billions of yen) (%)
50
5.0
40
30
20
4.2
4.6
4.7
4.9
4.0
10
0
3.5
41 39 38 45 49
2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
3.0
Capital
Expenditure
(Billions of yen)
80
70
60
50
40
30
20
10
0
73 70 30 46 61
2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
Issues Being Tackled in Fiscal 2013
We aim to expand sales to overseas automobile manufacturers,
where our market share has so far been small, and to
strengthen our marketing system.
We will enhance productivity through measures such
as automation, optimization of global production systems
utilizing our bases in Mexico and Southeast Asia, where
capacity has been strengthened, and acceleration of local
procurement of parts and materials.
We are working to increase sales of high-voltage
harnesses for hybrid and electric vehicles and aluminum
harnesses that help to realize more lightweight vehicles as
well as to develop next-generation optical harnesses. We
also focus on product development targeting diversified
parts manufacturers including in fields such as reactors and
automotive batteries.
Regarding vibration-proof rubbers, we are developing
and increasing sales of products targeted at compact and
lightweight requirements, while also working to further reduce
costs.
Strategic Topics
Development of next-generation harness design
system “HARBEST” and start of production runs
Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd. has completed the first phase of
development of the Harness Best Engineering System (HARBEST), a nextgeneration
harness design system that is to be used at our design bases
throughout the world, and commenced production runs.
The main features of “HARBEST” include the following: multiple
operators can concurrently implement design of the manufacturing drawing
for the same product; an enhanced automatic manufacturing drawing check
function greatly reduces manual check work; and the navigation function
has been enhanced and operability is improved. With these functions, we
expect a great reduction in the lead time from the point the customer’s
development drawing is received to creation of the manufacturing drawing,
significant improvement of design quality, reduction in design personnel
training timescales, easy global development, and global standardization of
design work (worldwide uniform design), etc.
We also intend to centrally allocate the manufacturing design
personnel in Japan to other strategic departments in the future to reduce
design costs. We will continue the second phase of the development
for operations related to mass production and the final phase of the
development for operations related to cost management and sales, aiming
at full-scale implementation of the new system in 2014.
Annual Report 2012
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