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Realization of efficient and effective personnel planning and personnel allocation

EBARA CORPORATION 10 in 2020 years later 2030 Long-term vision for the fiscal year E-Vision2030” was formulated.
E-Vision2030 Now, with the slogan, "Technology, Passion, Supporting the World," EBARA the group 2030 A year Achieving our vision and resolving social issues through business Solution/Improvement aiming for, Five We have set three materialities (priority issues). Achievement of “E-Vision 2030” targets Optimal company-wide management decisions * Aiming to be data-driven, Data Strategy Team Data Strategy & Analysis Director Cum HR Tech Senior Data Scientist Hikaru Misumi but Data strategy team led by is 2022 Year 7 launched on the moon.

* data driven = Business decision-making and problem-solving based on analysis results processed by big data and algorithms, which accumulate various types and enormous amounts of information, rather than experience and intuition. A business process that performs

In addition, in the realization of "E-Vision 2030", we will not only make data-driven management decisions, but also promote the active participation of human resources as one of the important issues. I believe that it is essential to develop human resources who can bring about change by thinking and acting on their own.

Mr. Misumi: In order to bring about innovation and breakthroughs in the future, we need a variety of“human resources”, and if the population becomes uniform, we will not be able to face it. In order to face various difficulties in the world, people are important among people, things, and money, and it is necessary to improve people. Otherwise, you'll end up not being able to do what you want to do.

In 2021, we will visualize the qualifications and aptitudes of our employees and enable more efficient and effective personnel planning and personnel allocation. A “HR tech specialist team” led by Mr. Misumi was launched, and HR tech began in earnest. By collecting and analyzing information based on objective data, we strategically design the human resources that Ebara Corporation seeks.

I want my data to be objective

Currently, Ebara Corporation has introduced its own people analytics and is data-driven to consider better personnel strategies and measures to promote the active participation of human resources, but there is a drawback that the data reported by the person is subjective.

Mr. Misumi: There is a lot of subjectivity in the person's declaration, and it is difficult to know whether it is true or not.​ I wasn't sure, so I was considering incorporating elements that could be judged objectively.


Incorporating human biological information could bring objectivity to human judgment. As I was looking for a solution that would allow me to collect biological information, I came across Macnica, a company that handles brain​ ​waves.

Aiming for the well-being of working people

Mr. Misumi: I always wonder how many people understand themselves and decide on their careers.

Therefore, if it is possible to objectively understand one 's own characteristics using biological reactions, it may lead to the well-being of workers *. I would like to convey the image that if it is possible to homogenize the conditions, create more reliable data, and create a database, it will lead to the solution of the company's problem of promoting the active participation of human resources, which is the well-being of workers. Mr. Misumi thinks that this will help solve the management issue of promoting the active participation of human resources.

* “Well-being” is a concept that means being in a good state physically, mentally, and socially.

As a result, the Sense Plus platform, an InnerEye solution that measures changes in emotions from electroencephalogram data, was adopted to measure biological reactions.

Visualize concentration, interest, attention, and fatigue for tasks

In an attempt to solve the above-mentioned issues, we will use the brainwave solution provided by Macnica to obtain and analyze objective data on actual employees' aptitude for work.

Regarding the verification of the measurement of brain waves this time, 20 employees in the planning and management departments of Ebara Corporation were asked to copy sentences, enter data, and compose for the purpose of visualizing the characteristics of behavior by brain waves.​ We measured the brain waves when performing the task, and measured parameters such as concentration, interest/attention, and fatigue in each task.

As a comprehensive result of 20 people,
In terms of concentration, high scores were recorded for all items, and the scores for data entry tended to be slightly lower than those for copying sentences and composition.
In the items of interest and attention, the results showing the highest reaction to writing were the most common. Despite the similarity in the work itself to writing and copying sentences, there were many cases in which responses were low, and 19 people showed low responses to data entry, clearly showing a different result from copying sentences and composition. rice field.

As for the degree of fatigue, there were many cases of high responses in data entry and writing, but higher responses were seen in writing. Data entry is designed to be more stressful than document copying, and the results also show this.

Mr. Misumi: My impression is that it is difficult to understand everything from just one​ ​electroencephalogram measurement, but when I saw the results of the first measurement, I realized that some characteristics came out.
I feel that repeated measurements are necessary, but I think it can be used as an approximate indicator of whether the task is suitable or not.

``Since this was my first attempt, I had no knowledge or consideration of what kind of test to use to measure brain waves, but Macnica consulted me on that point, and I was able to use the Israeli company InnerEye. It was very helpful that they communicated closely with the experts and made solid proposals.I look forward to consulting with them again in the future depending on my goals.'' said Mr. Aoki.

Utilization in other occupations

Whether or not the same subject will be used for measurement in the future Although it is undecided, I would like to measure data input several times in an environment where the conditions are set to some extent, and repeatedly measure whether the task is really suitable for that person. Since people become accustomed to the work when they are repeatedly measured, it may be an issue to set a threshold for how to eliminate the"familiarity"part. and Mr. Misumi​

In addition, although this time it was a demonstration in the planning and management system, we would like to use dynamic data in other occupations from now on. If we can observe electroencephalograms dynamically, the possibilities will further expand. By equipping factory employees with electroencephalogram measurement equipment, which is the cornerstone of Ebara Corporation's technological capabilities, and measuring what they are paying attention to, I expect that this will lead to the passing on of technology.

In order to do so, it is necessary to deal with the"habituation"part of the above people and to innovate the electroencephalogram measurement equipment.

Impressions about the possibility of using BrainTech

Through this project, he has high hopes for the possibilities of BrainTech using brain waves. “I had high hopes that I would be able to make objective judgments based on biological reactions, including brain waves, in assigning human resources. It's interesting," said Mr. Misumi's ideas.

EBARA CORPORATION's advanced HR tech x data-driven efforts will likely be expanded to other companies in the future.

at the end

In this experiment, we were able to realize the possibility of"brain waves"as a biological response to some extent.
We will continue to​ ​​HR tech and We would like to provide support so that it can be used for data-driven management decisions.