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Business innovation through the application of information technology is essential for maintaining and developing social infrastructure systems at low cost, and for optimizing decision-making and creating new services across the entire value chain in the industry. This issue introduces cases in which Hitachi has created value at actual locations through efforts that it has systematized as "Intelligent Operations."

From the Editor

From the Editor
Masaharu Akatsu, Ph.D.

Expert Insights

Open Innovation Accelerating Social Innovation
Professor Osamu Sudo, Ph.D.

Technotalk

Contributing to Social Innovation through Services that Create Customer Value
Michitaka Kosaka, Dr. Eng. / Keiichi Shiotsuka

Overview

Business Innovation through Workplace Use of Information
—Intelligent Operations—
Toshiyuki Moritsu, Ph.D. / Keiko Fukumoto / Takeshi Ishizaki / Masaharu Akatsu, Ph.D. / Katsuya Koda

Featured Articles

Proof of Concept Project for a Diabetes Prevention Service in Greater Manchester, United Kingdom
Steven Zhang / Shuntaro Yui, Dr. Eng. / Takuya Akashi / Kenichi Araki / Jackie Stedman / Angela Paisley, M.D. / Paul Jarvis, Ph.D. / Katherine Grady
O&M Cloud Service for Expediting Business Innovation
Junichi Sato / Takeo Shirai / Hideyuki Sakai / Takao Baba
Cloud-based Fleet Management System Proof of Concept
Ken Sodeyama / May Takada / Shingo Hane, Ph.D. / Yoshinori Furuno / Hiroshi Watanabe
Use of EAM and Equipment Operation Technology for Sophisticated Operation and Maintenance of Electric Power Distribution Equipment
Kazuhiro Hiraki / Shigehiro Eda / Yuichi Mashita / Yoshio Maruyama / Shinichi Imai
M2M Solutions that Use IT for Energy Efficiency and Comfort in Offices
Nobuhiro Matsudaira / Masataka Hozoji / Kiyokazu Nishioka / Kazuhiro Maeda
Spatial Data Management for More Advanced Facility Management
Masatsugu Nomiya / Koichi Seto / Eiichi Hara / Mariko Doi
City Management Platform Using Big Data from People and Traffic Flows
Michio Morioka, Ph.D. / Kyoji Kuramochi / Yusuke Mishina / Takayuki Akiyama / Naoyuki Taniguchi
More Advanced Use of Information in Retailing
—Hitachi's Solution for Analyzing Distribution Data—
Hideki Negishi / Atsumi Mano / Naoya Sugiyama / Atsushi Shimada / Kazumasa Tashima
Cloud Services Supporting Plant Factory Production for the Next Generation of Agricultural Businesses
Shunsuke Shimizu / Norihiko Sugihara / Naoki Wakizaka / Koichi Oe / Mitsuhiro Katsuta
IT Platform Solutions for the Social Innovation Business
Yasushi Kuba / Emiko Fukuhara / Tatsuya Saito / Yuichi Mashita / Yukio Funyuu
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