Human Resource Development

Rengo has enhanced its education and training according to the careers of its employees to actively support their growth. In addition to on-the-job training, in which employees learn through their day-to-day work at their respective workplaces, we are also working to improve the abilities and motivation of employees through job-specific and rank-specific education.
We have particularly extensive education and training structures for employees who have been with the company for up to three years. Departments coordinate with each other to provide employees with knowledge, skills, and positive attitudes, and on-the-job training is used in plant and mill workplaces, based on the principle of the hands-on approach. Employees review their own work styles, and regular follow-up training is used to support the future growth of young employees, who will play an important role in the future. For mid-career employees, we provide more highly specialized training, and for management employees we provide opportunities to improve the knowledge and skills that are essential for management.
In addition, we have created a system that supports the development of employees' capabilities through employee self-fulfillment as an opportunity to achieve growth.

The Rengo Group has employees participate in small-group improvement activities with the aim of further increasing employee growth, invigorating workplaces, and creating the world’s best workplaces. In FY3/2024, we focused on related to initiatives for improving total factor productivity (TFP) such as safety, quality, the environment, productivity improvement, cost reduction, 6S, and customer satisfaction. In total, nearly 6,500 employees in 659 teams from within the Group took part in the activities. Besides leading to the resolution of companywide issues, workplace improvements also further reinforce the frontline strength of the Group.

The Rengo Group is making efforts through the united cooperation of labor and management to increase total factor productivity (TFP) while being conscious of technological innovations and people's work styles and state of mind, by analyzing the many different factors behind productivity. Starting from FY3/2023, we have been conducting a companywide training program for human resource development under the slogan "Cultivate the Mind," returning to the basic principle that productivity can depend on the human mind. All employees are required to participate in the program over three fiscal years, and the first round of the program was held as nationwide training for assistant managers in manufacturing departments. Later on, the training program was deployed in stages to divisions in Japan, each division and business unit, and each rank and job. As of March 2024, the number of participants totaled about 3,500. We believe that communication, especially in workplaces, is an important source of organizational and on-site strengths, bringing all workers together. We are focusing more than ever on investing in and developing human resources by further strengthening on-site strength and improving productivity.