New Medium-Term
Business Plan
Reform and Creation for Strong Growth
Under our new Medium-Term Business Plan, which covers the three fiscal years beginning with the one ending March 31, 2018, our top priorities are to revitalize the competitiveness of the domestic AUTOBACS business and develop future growth drivers to address medium-to-long term changes in our business environment. By also advancing reforms in our cost structure, we aim to improve our earnings performance in the near term and achieve new growth.
Consolidated Group Vision (to be achieved by March 31, 2020)
By turning around the domestic AUTOBACS business and reforming our cost structure, we will improve our business performance and achieve consolidated ROE in excess of our weighted average cost of capital. Furthermore, we envision that our revitalized domestic AUTOBACS business and newly developed key earnings sources will enable us to record even higher earnings and consolidated ROE under our next Medium-Term Business Plan.
Basic Directions
- Revitalize the competitiveness of the domestic AUTOBACS business
- Create workplaces that are invigorating for employees
- Reform the cost structure and increase asset efficiency
- Achieve stable, high-level returns to shareholders by increasing earnings
- Make new businesses and overseas businesses into growth drivers
Management Targets (Fiscal year ended March 31, 2020)
Growth Vision
Strategies and Measures by Business
Domestic AUTOBACS Business
Improve profitability by creating new value and revitalizing existing stores
Creating New Markets and a New AUTOBACS
Know our customers
Identify needs and develop markets by analyzing customer feedback and applying big data
Change products and sales approaches
Develop new lifestyle products and services, and create retail spaces for them
Change customer contact points
Remodel stores with a worldview that expresses a lifestyle, and develop business formats that respond to the needs of local customers
Revitalize Existing Stores – Improve earnings and strengthen ability to execute
- Expand stable earnings from statutory safety inspection and maintenance, and automobile purchase and sales, operations
- Eliminate waste and establish efficient operations at the individual store level
- Human resource development
New Business*
Create new core earnings sources by strengthening and nurturing businesses
Strengthening of Ongoing Initiatives, and Undertaking of New Initiatives
- Expand earnings from imported car dealerships
- Increase awareness that stores specializing in automobile purchases will purchase vehicles at customer locations, and increase the earnings contribution of the automobile purchase business
New Initiatives
- Work with consolidated subsidiaries to expand the BtoB business
- Offer car-related services for newly identified customer needs
* Beginning with the first quarter of the fiscal year ending March 31, 2018, this reporting segment is being referred to as the “used car buying, dealer and BtoB business.””
Overseas Business
Strengthen earnings power through business development suited to conditions in each country
Expand earnings in both the retailing and services business and the wholesale business
- Develop business by changing partners and channels in line with local business customs and needs
- Offer PB and exclusive merchandise
- Strengthen competitiveness through joint purchasing