Hisao sakuta biography samples

Abstract

"Leading profitable growth is only part of the goal. We cannot live without breathing, but we do not live in order to take a breath,” said Omron's President and CEO, Hisao Sakuta, in 2008.

Omron, a $7B global supplier of sensors, control system components, advanced electronics, and related services, had thrived on its ability to spot social needs and innovate. By May 10, 2008 (Omron's 75th Anniversary), Sakuta had led Omron out of a difficult time and into 6 years of consistently strong results, on the foundation of Omron's unique, socially-focused values: "At work for a better life, a better world for all." His goal now was “continuing to lead profitable, globally-distributed growth” in spite of major shifts in Omron's markets: from components to systems; from products to solutions; from standardized to ‘mass customized' products; from longer-cycle to shorter-cycle technologies; from home-country dominated innovation to distributed innovation media