Business Continuity Management

The strengthening of business continuity management throughout the supply chain is essential to maintain a stable supply of products and services needed by customers even during contingencies such as large-scale disasters.
We have sent questionnaire surveys about business continuity management to our main suppliers of raw materials and components every year.  In FY2022, we surveyed 274 major purchases.
The survey confirms each supplier’s status of development of their business continuity plans (BCPs), the establishment of recovery time objectives, the inventory status of products, and problems with manufacturing sites and access to raw materials in the event of a contingency as well as their establishment of backup systems. We then ask suppliers to cooperate in strengthening their business continuity management by enhancing their BCPs and decentralizing sites.
In addition, as our own initiatives, we make sure to maintain several suppliers for primary raw materials and components to reduce procurement risks.