Sustainability
Human Resource Development and Fair Evaluation
Basic Stance toward Human Resource Development
Fuji Electric views the development of employee skills as a top priority for management. Training at Fuji Electric is intended to give form to the corporate philosophy and management policies. In addition, having declared our promise to “Respect and value all people” in our Code of Conduct, we have announced our intent to reinforce human resource development programs to drive the growth of individual employees and to heighten the overall potential of teams. We are also proactive in providing education and training opportunities for employees to cultivate professionals that can contribute to increased global competitiveness.
Education and Training Systems
As well as on-the-job training and specific education run by business divisions or sites, a wide array of education and training is provided through Company-wide training and level-specific specialty training courses. We aim to achieve the growth of individuals, which is the source of our competitive strength, and to improve our comprehensive strength as an organization.
In order to foster strong team building capabilities, level-specific training is provided to individuals receiving promotions or new appointments to help them improve their management skills, people skills, and logical thinking skills. A total of 1,355 individuals underwent such training in fiscal 2023.
We provide selective training to identify individuals with the potential to become future division or business leaders at an early stage and to promote ongoing and Companywide cultivation of candidates for future positions in senior management. Selected individuals are submitted to an education program that includes external training, which also serves as an opportunity for them to interact with people from other companies. A total of 49 individuals were selected for such training in fiscal 2023.
The aim of specialty training is enable employees to enhance their individual abilities and to learn new specialized knowledge and skills. In particular, we systematically structure our technology seminars into several specific categories, offering seminars by segment and level. A total of 8,146 individuals underwent such training in fiscal 2023.
We are working to amass manufacturing technologies and expertise in-house while nurturing production engineers and technicians who can succeed at overseas manufacturing bases.
In Japan, for the first year after joining the Company, we provide technical training for technicians involved directly in manufacturing and three months’ specialized technical training for new engineers who are posted in the production technology divisions of factories. For mid-level technicians, we provide Monotsukuri Meister training to develop human resources with advanced skills and excellent improvement and rationalization capabilities.
For overseas production engineering employees, we systematically provide technical education through core technology courses and practical training locally.
Manufacturing technology and Management technique training for employees in production engineering and technical fields in Japan and overseas.
Practical group training on production technologies for all new university-educated employees
Training on core manufacturing technologies for all university-educated employees in their second year at Fuji Electric
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Quality control course
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Industrial engineering course
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Value engineering course
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Cost management course
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Basic course on Fuji Electric Production System
Level-specific training (manufacturing supervisors, process supervisors, and leaders) for cultivating supervisors
This is basic and applied training for mid-level leaders to learn superior technical skills necessary to improve and streamline work processes. Those who have been certified as Monotsukuri Meisters are given incentives to increase their motivation and strengthen the craftsmanship capabilities of our factories.
Training program for all new employees from vocational schools during first year at Fuji Electric during which employees live in dormitories
Education and Training Aligned to the Promotion of Globalization
We are cultivating human resources based on the belief that to provide maximum satisfaction to customers around the world, it is important for persons employed in countries and regions outside Japan and employees in Japan to work together as one team across countries and regions.
Basic Policy for Cultivating Globally Competent Employees
We are developing human resources in Japan and overseas who can create new value in teams with local employees in the host country. Based on self-understanding and understanding of others, we value the ability to recognize the individuality of each individual, respect each other, and cooperate with each other, transcending cultural and customary differences between countries and regions.
Through the Global Specialist Program, which sends employees from Japan to overseas positions, and the National Staff Program, which sends employees from overseas to Japan, we promote the exchange of human resources both in Japan and overseas, and promote the development of future global human resources through the acquisition of work skills at the assigned workplace.
We are also working on the systematic development of local production engineers to strengthen the manufacturing capabilities of our overseas production bases.
Introduction of New Human Resources Development Programs
1.Cultivation of domestic employees—Global Specialist Program (about 5 employees dispatched per year)
The Global Specialist Program entails overseas assignments of approximately two years for mid-level employees that have accumulated a certain degree of experience in Japan. This program is aimed at expanding the number of future global business leaders, driving further global business development, and accelerating business growth. A total of 50 employees have been dispatched through this program since its introduction in fiscal 2017.
2.Developing overseas recruits: National Specialist Program (about 20 employees accepted per year)
In order to develop human resources who can contribute to the future expansion of our overseas operations, we offer an OJT program where local employees from our overseas sites receive training in Japan for a period of approximately three months to one year. This program has accepted a cumulative total of 80 people since fiscal 2017.
3.Language skill improvement program—Fuji Global 1 (about 300 participants per year)
Improving the language skills of employees that are dispatched overseas and the key personnel in Japan that serve as venues for contact from overseas will be crucial as Fuji Electric continues to globalize its business. An aggregate total of 2,900 employees have participated in this program since fiscal 2017.
We aim to supply the individuals who will be central to future development with opportunities to acquire the language skills that will enable them to function on the global stage. This program is thus anticipated to help accelerate the pace at which we are able to foster globally competent human resources that can be effective contributors to the workplace.
Reskilling
We are working on human resource development, such as reskilling according to business needs, upskilling to improve productivity, and support for autonomous career development, so that diverse human resources can realize "autonomous and highly productive work styles."
In particular, as the world changes dramatically with the rapid spread of advanced DX technologies such as AI and IoT, we are actively working to develop digital human resources to solve problems using digital technology, create new value, and improve the productivity of internal operations. We are providing education to improve DX literacy not only for engineers responsible for service development, but also for factories and production departments and sales and service departments close to customers. The number of participants in DX-related courses has exceeded 9,000 in total over the three years from 2021 to 2023.
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A Fair Remuneration System
Fuji Electric has introduced a remuneration philosophy that focuses on rewarding employees for results and corresponds to the value of their work.
For management employees, Fuji Electric utilizes a remuneration system that reflects levels of goal, role and responsibility. This system was designed to strengthen employees’ commitment toward achieving their own individual goals in order to contribute to the accomplishment of the Company’s performance targets and to nurture the leaders of the future that will drive the organization (teams) forward.
Our compensation system for general employees, meanwhile, is based on a job qualification system for planning positions, where not only results but also processes (behavioral characteristics) are evaluated. Those in skill-based and practical positions are assessed annually, and increases in their work proficiency are reflected in their compensation. For technicians above a certain level, we have a system in place to reward their improvements and rationalization efforts in the form of an added bonus. As a side note, the targets and achievements which are the basis of the operation of each evaluation system are checked by superiors and subordinates at each interview.