Japan Aviation Electronics Industry Adopts "Skillnote" as Foundation for Skill Transfer and Clarifying Employee Skills

Skillnote Inc. (Headquarters: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo; CEO: Takashi Yamakawa), a company solving manufacturing human resource challenges through skill data, has announced that Japan Aviation Electronics Industry, Ltd. (Headquarters: Shibuya-ku, Tokyo; President: Masayuki Muraki; hereinafter "JAE") has implemented the "Skillnote Skill Management System" for approximately 200 employees in its Aerospace Division. In addition to streamlining competency management, the system will support planned skill transfer and clarify employee "skill paths" (*) by identifying skills at risk of being lost due to an aging workforce and visualizing individual employee competencies.

* Skill Path: A framework that organizes required skills by occupation or role and outlines future growth steps based on the skills to be acquired.

Since its founding in 1953, JAE has expanded its product range across three business areas: Connectors, Interface Solutions, and Aerospace. The Aerospace Division, which adopted Skillnote, centers on motion sensing and control technology, providing inertial systems and various automatic control equipment to sectors such as aerospace, industrial machinery, and infrastructure. JAE's high-quality, high-precision products are utilized in equipment operating in extreme environments from the deep sea to outer space, including deep-sea explorers, industrial machinery, aircraft, and rockets.

Skillnote is a skill management system that enables planned human resource development and optimal placement by utilizing employee skill data. By centrally managing skill information in conjunction with educational data (OJT, training plans, and history) and certifications, it facilitates the formulation of organizational HR strategies and individualized development plans.

Background of Skillnote Introduction: The Aerospace Division manufactures a wide variety of products in small batches with frequent specification changes. As a result, many manufacturing processes are manual, making quality highly dependent on the advanced skills of the workforce. Furthermore, since products are often used for decades, long-term repair support is required. Consequently, transferring skills from veterans to younger employees is vital for maintaining quality.

However, the division's age demographic is skewed toward veterans, making the planned development of the next generation a challenge. Some younger employees also requested clearer long-term skill paths. To address this, it was necessary to identify critical skills to be passed on before veteran retirements and to visualize the steps required for career advancement.

Previously, competency management was handled via spreadsheets within individual departments, leading to a heavy administrative burden. In the manufacturing sector specifically, managing the vast number of skill items for diverse product lines was extremely difficult. Moreover, because data was siloed by department, it was hard to assess skills across the organization, forcing managers to rely on memory when selecting support staff. To resolve these issues, JAE began implementing Skillnote in November 2025, enabling the prediction of skill loss risks, reduction of management man-hours, and cross-departmental skill visualization.