Kaonavi's Evaluation Workflow Adds Feature to Automate Final Adjustments through Relative Evaluation

Kaonavi Inc. (Headquarters: Shibuya-ku, Tokyo; Representative Director, President and CEO: Hiroyuki Sato) announced that its talent management system "Kaonavi" will offer a new "Automatic Relative Evaluation" feature within its "Smart Review" evaluation workflow, starting March 31, 2026 (Tuesday). This feature automatically assigns evaluation ranks to employees based on their evaluation scores and according to the distribution ratios set by each company.

By streamlining the burdensome adjustment tasks within the evaluation flow, this feature creates more time for strategic work that truly deserves focus, such as supporting employee growth and engaging in dialogue with the field.

■ Systematizing the Final Process of Evaluation Operations

With the acceleration of human capital management, personnel evaluations are evolving to play multi-layered roles, such as supporting individual growth and achieving optimal talent placement. In recent years, the importance of absolute evaluation, which uses individual goal achievement as an indicator, has increased. However, relative evaluation, aimed at balancing the overall organization, appropriately distributing labor costs, and correcting discrepancies among evaluators, remains an indispensable evaluation method for ensuring fair treatment.

The "Smart Review" evaluation workflow is the most widely used feature within "Kaonavi." In addressing numerous operational realities daily, a situation of dual management, often involving spreadsheets, was still observed in the final adjustment tasks. This feature enhancement was implemented to solve these on-site challenges.

With this update, the entire evaluation flow, from absolute to relative evaluation, can be completed within "Kaonavi." This eliminates human errors caused by dual management and shortens the lead time until evaluation finalization.

■ Overview of the "Automatic Relative Evaluation" Feature

This feature automatically assigns evaluation ranks based on individual evaluation scores collected through the workflow, in accordance with predefined relative evaluation criteria. Furthermore, employees are visualized by rank on a two-axis adjustment map, allowing for an at-a-glance understanding of the organization's overall evaluation status and supporting quick, evidence-based decision-making.

＜Key Features＞

・Flexible Customization of Judgment Items and Distribution Ratios

You can freely select items that serve as criteria for relative evaluation, such as "evaluation points from supervisor" or "overall evaluation points," to match your company's operations. Setting the distribution ratio for each evaluation rank is completed simply by entering numerical values that sum up to 100%.

・Visualization with a Two-Axis Map and Intuitive Drag Operations

Based on prior settings, employee icons are automatically placed on a two-axis adjustment map. This allows for a visual understanding of the overall evaluation balance within the organization. If individual fine-tuning is required, the operation is completed simply by moving the icons on the map.

■ "Smart Review" Feature

This feature provides centralized management of the workflow from goal setting to evaluation and feedback. Complex evaluation systems, which vary by company, can be flexibly reproduced using a rich combination of templates and components. Additionally, the latest AI assistant function supports the concretization of goal settings and the revision of evaluation comments. This enables speedy and highly fair evaluation operations.

＜ Details site:https://www.kaonavi.jp/func/smartreview/ ＞

■ About the Talent Management System "Kaonavi"

"Kaonavi" is a talent management system that maximizes individual capabilities and strengthens organizations. It combines accumulated data on each employee's experience, evaluations, skills, and aspirations with AI to accelerate strategic HR initiatives such as talent development and placement. Furthermore, it includes labor and attendance management functions, consistently supporting everything from strategic decision-making to daily operational efficiency.

＜"Kaonavi":https://www.kaonavi.jp/ ＞

■ About Kaonavi Inc.

As a leading company in talent management systems, our company upholds the purpose of "implementing technology in 'work' to change the specifications of society through individual power." Under the vision of "Talent intelligence™" formulated to achieve this, we bring intelligence to human capital (Talent) with the power of data and AI, evolving talent management to the next stage. As a platform provider that maximizes the power of "individuals," we continue to innovate organizations and society.

＜Company HP:https://corp.kaonavi.jp/　＞

Location: Shibuya Scramble Square 38F, 2-24-12 Shibuya, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo

Established: May 27, 2008

Representative: Hiroyuki Sato, Representative Director, President and CEO

Business Activities: Development, sales, and support of the talent management system "Kaonavi" and the budget/actual management system "Yojitsutics"