Entering the fourth industrial revolution, advanced technologies are bringing major changes to society, corporate activity, and lifestyles. In the manufacturing and distribution sectors at the core of economic activity, Hitachi is deploying services to satisfy increasingly complex and diverse requirements. This issue showcases technologies and solutions developed by Hitachi.
Digitization including the shift to mass personalization leads to significant changes in manufacturing, especially to making it smart. Thomas Bauernhansl, the director of the Fraunhofer Institute for Manufacturing Engineering and Automation IPA describes Smart Manufacturing, which promotes the Fourth Industrial Revolution.
Innovation has started to take hold in the manufacturing industry based on such digital technologies as the Internet of Things, big data analytics, and artificial intelligence. How should companies view and respond to these new initiatives for transforming the nature of manufacturing?
Changes in economic and social conditions, including growing diversity of consumer needs, changes in purchasing behavior, and the globalization of corporate activity, are also driving innovation in the industrial and distribution sectors. Hitachi is developing a diverse portfolio of businesses that support these sectors.
It is expected to promote initiatives that accelerate the development of smart industries. Seeking to further advance its Social Innovation Business, Hitachi is working to develop a variety of services and other solutions aimed at making industry smarter in ways that help overcome challenges. This article describes some leading initiatives.
Manufacturing urgently needs to find ways to deal with shorter development cycles and high-mix low-volume manufacturing. Hitachi is actively engaged in improving productivity and transferring skills using its IoT platform “Lumada”. This article presents specific examples and future strategies for digitalization.
MonotaRO Co., Ltd. has maintained a remarkable rate of growth as a pioneer of the direct marketing of indirect goods. The company built its new Kasama Distribution Center with the aim of improving customer service. We talk to two people involved in constructing the distribution system at the heart of the project.
Industrial competition in the world is currently entering a critical phase. Amid these developments and in response to a historic opportunity for next-generation industrial innovations in Chinese manufacturing, China has published its Made in China 2025 strategic plan. This article presents an overview of that plan.
The introduction of digital technologies is bringing major changes to manufacturing and to the business environment surrounding it.
Hitachi is looking to draw on its extensive portfolio of accumulated manufacturing knowledge to provide digital platforms that connect the value chain end-to-end.
Achieving a super smart society will require logistics optimized at a global level that brings innovation to the value chain end-to-end.
Hitachi is setting out to overcome these challenges by introducing global logistics services that utilize cyberspace, in the form of technologies like artificial intelligence, as well as robotics and other activities that take place in physical space.