Solasto
Basic Information
- Stock Code
- 6197
- Industry
- Services
- Category Detail
- Professional Services for Businesses
- Prefecture
- Tokyo
- Establishment Year
- October 1968
- Listing Year
- June 2016
- Official Website
- https://www.solasto.co.jp/
- TSE Information
- TSE Information
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Overview
Solasto is a leading company founded in 1968 in the fields of medical-related outsourcing, nursing care, and childcare, operating widely across the nation with a focus on major metropolitan areas.
Current Situation
Solasto achieved consolidated sales of 117.2 billion yen and total assets of 70.7 billion yen in the fiscal year ended March 2022, with medical clerical outsourcing at its core and nationwide expansion in nursing care and childcare businesses. It is a pioneer in the medical clerical field, operating 650 nursing care facilities and 66 childcare facilities nationwide, establishing a major position. In recent years, it has launched smart hospital services, focusing on enhancing medical support through IT technology. It promotes both quality and work-life balance with ISO 9001 certification and Kurumin recognition. Moving forward, it plans to expand staffing and recruitment businesses in response to increasing needs in an aging society. After MBO and relisting, it has established a stable governance structure and aims for sustainable growth. Utilization of digital technology and new business developments through integration of childcare and nursing care are also noteworthy. As a service industry company with a strong sense of social mission, it is positioned for future market expansion.
Trivia
Interesting Facts
- Japan's first founder company as a medical clerical education institution.
- Formerly known as Japan Medical Clerical Center Co., Ltd., a pioneer.
- Built a community-based model through combined nursing care and childcare businesses.
- Renowned for quality management as an ISO 9001 certified company.
- Focus on childcare support with Kurumin certification.
- Major operator with over 31,000 employees nationwide.
- Successfully strengthened governance after MBO and relisting.
- Smart hospital business is an advanced domestic initiative.
- Mammies Hand nursery brand is established in the community.
- Holds numerous subsidiaries and engages in diversified businesses.
Hidden Connections
- Deep network with medical institutions and local governments nationwide, serving as a central player in the industry.
- Succeeded in developing demand across multiple sectors through business collaboration between nursing care and childcare.
- Daiwa House Industry is a major shareholder, ensuring management stability and financial strength.
- ISO 9001 certification contributes to enhancing reliability of medical clerical services.
- Smart hospital business collaborates with IT companies to incorporate the latest technologies.
- Deploys composite facilities combining home-visit nursing care and infant care.
- Number of employees stands at 31,338 standalone, top class in the industry.
- Comprehensive education and training system that brings together specialists from medical, nursing care, and childcare sites.
Future Outlook
Growth Drivers
- Increasing nursing care demand due to aging society.
- Expansion of administrative outsourcing in medical institutions.
- Diversification of childcare needs and waiting child issues.
- Growth in smart hospital business through ICT utilization.
- Strengthened government support policies for nursing care and childcare.
- Expansion of staffing and recruitment market.
- Service diversification through strengthened regional collaboration.
- Business efficiency through introduction of digital technology.
- Workstyle reform対応 labor environment improvements.
- Enhanced contribution to community-based integrated care systems.
Strategic Goals
- Strengthen nationwide deployment of nursing care and childcare businesses.
- Aim for industry leadership in smart hospital business.
- Achieve sustainable quality management and service improvements.
- Enhance competitiveness through securing and developing diverse talent.
- Build community-rooted comprehensive care service systems.
- Complete company-wide business efficiency through DX promotion.
- Ongoing implementation of environmental and social contribution activities.
- Service innovation for improved customer satisfaction.
- Establish flexible response systems to legal system changes.
- Gain trust through transparency in management and strengthened governance.
Business Segments
Medical-Related Outsourcing
- Overview
- Provides various services to support the efficiency of administrative tasks in medical institutions.
- Competitiveness
- High expertise in medical clerical know-how and nationwide network
- Customers
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- Hospitals
- Clinics
- Medical offices
- Medical corporations
- Local government medical institutions
- Products
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- Reimbursement Claim Agency Services
- Medical Clerical Staff Dispatch
- Medical Information Management Services
Nursing Care Services Business
- Overview
- Provides diverse nursing care services nationwide in response to the needs of an aging society.
- Competitiveness
- Extensive nursing care facility network and service quality management
- Customers
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- Elderly
- Their families
- Nursing care facilities
- Home-visit nursing care support providers
- Local governments
- Products
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- Home-Visit Nursing Care
- Day Care (Day Services)
- Nursing Care Prevention Services
- Home-Visit Nursing Care Support
Childcare Services Business
- Overview
- Nursery operations and parenting support services mainly in the Tokyo metropolitan area.
- Competitiveness
- Community-based childcare services linked with nursing care business
- Customers
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- Local governments
- Corporate nurseries
- Parents of young children
- Nursery operators
- Products
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- Licensed Nursery Operations
- Corporate In-House Nursery Operation Consignment
- Infant Childcare Programs
Staffing and Recruitment Business
- Overview
- Meets customer personnel needs through specialized technical staff dispatch and job placement.
- Competitiveness
- High-quality personnel matching and extensive recruitment network
- Customers
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- Medical institutions
- Nursing care providers
- Childcare facilities
- Corporations
- Public institutions
- Products
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- Medical Clerical Personnel Dispatch
- Nursing Care Staff Dispatch
- Childcare Staff Dispatch
- Recruitment Services
Smart Hospital Business
- Overview
- Supports operational efficiency and service improvement in medical institutions through IT utilization.
- Competitiveness
- Proposal capabilities based on deep knowledge of medical sites and system implementation track record
- Customers
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- Hospitals
- Medical facilities
- Medical IT vendors
- Products
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- Medical IT Solutions
- Business Efficiency Tools
- Remote Medical Support Services
Competitive Advantage
Strengths
- Abundant track record in medical clerical outsourcing
- Extensive nursing care facility network
- Synergies between childcare and nursing care businesses
- Quality management system with ISO 9001 certification
- Reliability from Tokyo Stock Exchange Prime listing
- Sales base centered in major metropolitan areas
- Ability to meet diverse customer needs
- Comprehensive specialized technical staff dispatch services
- Promotion of smart hospital business
- Community-based service deployment
- Stable management due to solid shareholder composition
- Diversified business portfolio
Competitive Advantages
- One-stop provision possible through comprehensive services in medical, nursing care, and childcare
- Demand generation capabilities through nationwide facility network
- High quality of dispatch and recruitment services leveraging medical clerical know-how
- Competitive edge secured through IT utilization in smart hospital business
- Solid foundation in quality and human resources with ISO 9001 and Kurumin certifications
- Focus on building long-term transaction relationships with customers
- Enhanced service levels through comprehensive personnel training and education systems
- Flexible response to diversifying elderly support and childcare needs
- Improved credibility as a Tokyo Stock Exchange Prime listed company
- Agility and efficiency in management from MBO experience
Threats
- Challenges in service provision due to labor shortages
- Risks from revisions to the nursing care insurance system
- Regulatory strengthening and increased operational costs in childcare business
- Risk of reduced outsourcing due to deteriorating management environment in medical institutions
- Intensifying price competition with competitors
- Upward pressure on labor costs
- Increasing new entrants and intensifying industry competition
- Possibility of business activity restrictions due to infectious disease outbreaks
- Decline in competitiveness due to delays in IT investments
- Difficulty in balancing service deployment due to regional disparities
Innovations
2021: Launch of Smart Hospital Business
- Overview
- Deployment of IT-utilizing services to improve operational efficiency in medical institutions.
- Impact
- Contributes to improved operational efficiency and patient satisfaction in medical settings.
2022: Integration of IT Systems for Nursing Care and Childcare Services
- Overview
- Unified implementation of business management systems for nursing care and childcare.
- Impact
- Achieved significant improvement in business operation efficiency.
2023: Enhanced Training Programs for Medical Clerical Staff
- Overview
- Expanded online training and specialized qualification acquisition support.
- Impact
- Achieved improvement in personnel skills and retention rate.
2020: Introduction of AI Utilization in Nursing Care Services
- Overview
- Introduced AI technology for care plan creation and workload reduction.
- Impact
- Contributes to efficiency and standardization of nursing care operations.
2024: IoT Environment Setup in Childcare Facilities
- Overview
- Introduced IoT to enhance safety management and communication.
- Impact
- Improved safety in childcare environments and increased parent satisfaction.
Sustainability
- Focus on promoting work-life balance for employees
- Nursing care and childcare business deployment for coexistence with local communities
- Promotion of eco-offices and paperless operations
- Promotion of disabled employment and respect for diversity
- Support for activating employment of the elderly
- Building support systems for regional disasters
- Encouragement of employee volunteer activities
- Ongoing improvement of workplace environments for ease of work
- Active participation and sponsorship in local events
- Provision of educational support programs