horizontal deployment; application to other fields
Business and technical term for taking a successful method, technology, or practice and applying it broadly across different areas, departments, or products.
We plan to horizontally deploy this successful case to other departments as well.
Through the horizontal deployment of the new technology, company-wide efficiency improved.
水平展開 is a near-synonym also used in business contexts, but 横展開 is more common in Japanese corporate jargon.
Compound of 横 (horizontal) and 展開 (development, deployment). The term likely emerged in Japanese business and engineering contexts to describe the lateral spread of practices or technologies.