Since KEYENCE's establishment in 1974, we have been dedicated to contributing to society through the creation of added value, viewing it as the fundamental purpose of our business. We believe it is our responsibility to accurately understand what is happening at our customers’ manufacturing sites, anticipate challenges that have not yet become apparent, and continuously deliver added value through our products.
The environment surrounding our company is changing greatly due to technological advancements. From rising automation needs driven by a shrinking workforce to rapid advancements in artificial intelligence, there is a transformation happening in how manufacturing is done. Due to these changes, we must capture, adapt to them, and evolve further to create more value than before.
We believe our added value comes from our innovative products. One of our most important missions is to continue creating highly valuable products that truly help our customers — such as products that can change the world or products with “world-first” or “industry-first” features.
The foundation of our growth is each employee’s strong desire and passion to achieve high performance. Together as one company, every one of us maintains a clear sense of purpose — “why we do our work” — and an improvement-oriented mindset — “what challenges do we need to address” — and we take on each challenge together.
To achieve the next stage of evolution, we need the power of the new colleagues. We look forward to meeting our new employees, individuals who are ready to take on challenges together.
Keyence is a company that solves customers' problems by providing added value through consulting sales.
Can you imagine salespeople being thanked by customers? Normally, we are the ones who thank customers for purchasing our products. At Keyence, however, our consulting sales sometimes lead to customers thanking us. Why is that? When a customer needs a Keyence product, it is almost always because a problem has occurred — for example, defective products being shipped, equipment failures, or a need to eliminate downtime. The situations vary, but when our products solve a customer's production-line problem, customers sometimes express gratitude for our consultation, and that becomes a powerful motivation for us.
Of course, true consulting is not easy: it requires correctly understanding the customer's problem, selecting the appropriate product, and making the right proposal. We always strive to be a team of professionals who can meet our customers' needs.
For that reason, we place great importance on employee training.
We expect our employees to learn and become contributors quickly. This quick development of our employees is one of our competitive advantages, and is a win-win for both KEYENCE and our employees. KEYENCE is a company that is well known for innovation, not only for our products, but for our business model as well. At KEYENCE, one of our guiding principles is to focus on "added value". This concept is one that is simple to understand, but difficult to implement in practice. This is why we need hard-working, talented employees to help fuel our growth in the future.