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>>> Basic Strategies
On the basis of the corporate management policies and the issues that need to be addressed, mentioned
earlier, we have set forth four basic strategies. First, in formulating the medium-term vision we clearly
redefined our chosen business domains and the businesses in which we should invest. There are three core
business domains: the Medical Business, Life Science & Industrial Business, and Imaging Business. We will
concentrate management resources principally on the Medical Business, a growth driver, and transform
Olympus into a medical-field focused company. Second, we will thoroughly review cost structures and aim
for profitable growth. Third, we will urgently improve our current vulnerable financial position, one of the most
important management issues. The fourth strategy aims at restructuring governance. By implementing these
four strategies, we will achieve the rebirth of Olympus.
For the first time, under the current medium-term vision, we have clearly defined our business
domains. Let’s consider the roles of these business domains. The Medical Business is a profit and
growth driver. Within the Life Science & Industrial Business, the life science business is an optical technologies
driver, and the industrial business is a growth driver. The Imaging Business is a driver of leading-edge imaging
technologies as well as optical technologies and a driver of the Olympus brand.
Four Basic Strategies
Rebuilding of business
portfolio/
Optimal allocation
of management
resources
Review of cost
structures
Restoration of
financial health
Restructuring
of governance
Q4
Please discuss how you arrived at
positioning the Medical, Life
Science & Industrial, and Imaging
businesses as core business
domains and the growth strategies
for each. Business Domain Clarification and Growth Drivers
Driver of profit and growth
Strategic investment of
management resources
Driver of optical
technologies and growth
Driver of optical and imaging
technologies and the
Olympus brand
Medical Life Science & Industrial Imaging
Olympus aspires to be a medical-field focused company that contributes
to people’s physical and mental health.
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