[Press Release] Implementing "Danshari Month" to improve business efficiency! Cut wasteful expenses and cut costs by "900,000 yen per year"

Beyond Inc. implemented "Danshari Month" in December 2022, and engaged in activities to eliminate waste, such as disposing of unnecessary equipment, saving electricity in the office, and reducing consumables. By shortening the length and frequency of meetings, the company has succeeded in "saving 1,612 hours per year" and "reducing costs by 900,000 yen per year" by scaling back over-spec services

The purpose of "Danshari Month"

At Beyond, we have implemented a "Danshari" (Decluttering) month to reduce waste and create a smarter work environment. The goals are as follows:

・1. Rethinking the time and things we use every day can reduce costs and time, thereby increasing productivity within the company.
・2. Cleaning up the office by cleaning and discarding unnecessary items.
・3. Accepting a little patience by reducing the ordering of consumable goods and the use of electricity.

Implementation details

○ Cost reduction

The company reduced usage fees by eliminating and scaling down cloud services used within the company. In addition, by focusing on small cost savings such as canceling company mobile phones that were not used frequently and making sure to turn off office monitors when leaving work, the company reduced costs by 900,000 yen per year

○ Reduce meeting time

Reduced lengthy internal meetings. By changing weekly meetings to every other week and shortening one-hour meetings to 45 minutes, we were able to reduce the time spent on these meetings by 1,612 hours per year

○ Unnecessary files/data organization

Improve work efficiency by selecting and discarding information, such as organizing data on internal shared drives, reducing data by deleting previously attached data (such as videos) on internal chat tools, and stopping the delivery of unnecessary emails

Participating in efforts to achieve the SDGs by reducing waste

Danshari Month is also an effort to achieve three of the 17 goals of the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): "3. Good health and well-being for all," "7. Affordable and clean energy," and "8. Decent work and economic growth."

"Good health and well-being for all"

...Maintaining a clean office promotes employee health

"Affordable and clean energy"

...By being conscious of reducing waste, you can save on electricity bills and consumables

"Decent work and economic growth"

...By reducing meeting time, individual work time is secured and productivity is improved

As mentioned above, by gradually changing the way we work, we hope to contribute to future economic growth and the improvement of environmental issues

Other initiatives

Beyond is also engaged in a variety of other initiatives. Based on our corporate philosophy of "Continuing to create and support together," we will continue to be flexible and realize work styles that are in line with the changing times

● "White Company Certification" upgraded to Silver rank
● List of initiatives related to work style reform
● List of initiatives to combat COVID-19

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