Summary : Kazuo Ushida, Masashi Oka, & Toshikazu Umatate: For executing Nikon's turnaround to deal with the shifting market realities in the camera and scanner markets
Kazuo Ushida, Masashi Oka, & Toshikazu Umatate — All Stars 2018: For planning and executing a major turnaround at Nikon to deal with the shifting market realities in the camera and scanner markets
- They made a radical pivot in 2016: Abandoning revenue growth at any cost in favor of bringing profitable value to their markets
- They focused on vision, right-sizing, strategic sales management, and making each group a profit center over the skipping-stone strategic-growth model
- Rightsizing the lithography group was corporate brain surgery at its best
- Operating profit was up >1700% in FY 2018
