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Specifically, along with the elimination of the in-house com-
pany system, we realigned the Head Office’s technology-related
departments according to function and placed them under the
unified control of technology officers. This resulted in the crea-
tion of three key divisions—the Future Core Technology
Development Division, the Technology Infrastructure
Reinforcement Division, and the Companywide Technology
Strategy Planning Division.
The Future Core Technology Development Division encom-
passes the development of key technologies at the Technology
Development Division’s corporate laboratories that will support
the Company today and into the future. To date, the Technology
Development Division’s development activities have been divid-
ed among the Future Product Development Center, which
focused on the development of products to be introduced in 2
to 3 years, and the Core Technology Development Center,
which concentrated on core technologies to be completed 3
years into the future and applied in products to be launched 5
and 10 years down the line. However, we have newly estab-
lished a Consumer AV Development Center to head the devel-
opment of core technologies for new consumer AV equipment.
By integrating laboratories directly linked to the product develop-
ment of business departments within the Technology
Development Division’s Consumer AV Development Center, we
aim to strengthen our development capabilities—from basic
R&D through product commercialization—and harness our col-
lective strengths to facilitate the creation of unique products.
The Technology Infrastructure Reinforcement Division is
responsible for the reworking of product commercialization
processes and support business functions, the enhancement of
initiatives to further develop the skills of technological personnel,
and similar activities. In April 2006, JVC established an
Engineering Innovation Promotion Center to specialize in
Companywide technology development process reform. This
center will lead development process innovation for the true digi-
tal era so that we can meet our time-to-market targets.
Last, the Companywide Technology Strategy Planning
Division will establish the direction of technological development
and encompasses departments in charge of engineering plan-
ning within the Corporate Planning Headquarters. These three
divisions will work closely together to ensure that everyone in the
Company is on the same page when in comes to technological
development to promote the creation of groundbreaking prod-
ucts and leverage JVC’s technological prowess to get the
Company back on the path to growth.
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