The "365241" project - One may think this is a strange project name as it contains only numbers. However, this name was chosen with the idea of managing a single shift that runs 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. The aim of this project is to attain complete automation outside of the 8-hour daytime shift.
  Why are we doing this? I want to establish a system that allows individuals to choose their "work days." I said above that the working needs of the company member change "depending on the lifestyle of the individual." For example, for new college graduates, there is probably not that much difference between working on weekdays or weekends. Therefore, if they choose to work on weekends and take a weekday off, they are then able to enjoy skiing, golfing and other leisure activities at empty facilities and at an inexpensive price as the result of weekday rates. However, these individuals will probably get married eventually. If their wives or husbands also work and have weekends off, the pattern of taking weekends off and working on weekdays will probably better fulfill their lifestyle needs.
  Or when the children are old enough to begin attending school, the male worker will have to take weekends off and work on weekdays if he is going to "be a father." A father is not a true father when only considered from the "biological aspect." Being a father involves building the family, and this is an important part of one's life.
  Children grow up eventually, leave the family and get married, and a stage is once again entered where there isn't any particular hindrance to working on weekends.
  If it is more convenient to work on weekends, or there is an incentive of higher pay or there is a supply and demand relationship of options, the total time someone spends at the company fits their lifestyle better.
  To realize the "Win-Win" relationship described previously, that which consists of both the success of company members' lives and the success of the business, an important means is to propose options for combining company members who work on weekends and company members who work on weekdays together. Additionally, we must implement as fully as possible a system that doesn't force company members to work shifts as the result of an order, rather those who want to work on weekends will work on weekends and those who want to work on weekdays will work on weekdays.
  Initially, we will have to ask some Katoites to fill in. However, this measure will allow the factories and plants we have invested enormous amounts of capital into to operate at full capacity 24 hours a day even on weekends and holidays. This means that a drastic reduction in costs will be achieved.
  We are now in an era characterized by intense and speedy technological innovations and continuous change. If the depreciation burden for machines and facilities is quickly reduced, a company is then able to avoid the risk of emerging technologies outdating existing facilities as much as possible.
  Moreover, this measure enables "reduced costs and increased profits by shortening the working hours of individuals and lengthening the operating hours of the company." This is because almost all overtime work is eliminated since there is also a work shift for Katoites on weekends. The current status of the "365241 Project" of Kato Spring is that it is proving that such a system is possible to achieve without placing an excessive burden on company members.

  This series of production innovations began from the recognition that each person is seeking different values and that the company didn't understand the happiness being sought by its company members.
  We are no longer in an era in which happiness can be pushed on company members. For example, we cannot think that company members are happy just because we have excellent lodging facilities for them. There are many people who are working for the money rather than the holidays. There are also people who want to realize a specific dream.
  There is no need to compete over common ideas and matters. In the end, all Katoites are associates who have gathered at a company called Kato Spring to devote precious time from their lives. This means that individuals will not have to work in a sacrificial manner even if they work at the same company for tens of years or until they retire. Chances for enlightening oneself are available as options. This is what makes one like the company and hold it important. This sympathy creates the "Win-Win" wave by triggering the company member morale of "Doing what I want to do." I have never doubted this realization.