Hitachi, Ltd. (TSE: 6501, “Hitachi”) and the International Industrial Transformation Center Ltd. (“Incit”) announced that Hitachi will implement the preparation index of the Intelligent Industry of Incit (Siri) and Xiri-Analytics, an analysis platform, to accelerate the digital transformation (DX) of the global manufacturing operations of Hitach.
In the next management plan, Hitachi aims to carry out a “true hitachi” with digital in its nucleus and grow the social innovation business further. To achieve this sustainable growth, it is essential to take advantage of Hitachi’s strengths in it, OT and products, and accelerate the creation of a unique value worldwide. In this context, it is necessary that the commercial divisions that handle products create a production system that carries out all stages, from design to manufacturing in optimal locations in Japan and abroad. It is also important to combine global manufacturing knowledge with digital technology. Hitachi has been working to optimize the entire value chain from development to manufacturing and maintenance, and to improve smart factories. In 2020, Hitachi was the first Japanese company in Beelected as a “lighthouse”, the advanced factories of the world.
Siri de Incit, which will be introduced at this time, is a method to evaluate the digital maturity of manufacturers and is the first method of this type offered by an independent and non -governmental organization in the world. The Xiri-Analytics, an analysis platform is used worldwide in 67 countries, 12 industries and 57 subsegments, and is designed for the DX efforts of the administrators of the supporters, regardless of the business or industry scale. With Xiri-Analytics, interested parties can make more informed decisions and accelerate their efforts to improve DX in manufacturing, sustainability and ESG evaluations.
Until now, Hitachi has been using his own methods based on the deep knowledge of the factory staff to evaluate the ináreas of progress, such as the digitalization of manufacturing departments and design capabilities. From now on, by combining Hitachi’s knowledge with Siri and Xiri Analytics, it will be possible to perform an objective comparative evaluation using the wide range of data from the Incit industry to understand the company’s global position towards the industry
4.0. By combining the manufacturing and digital experience of Hitachi with the analytical capabilities of Incit, Hitachi aims to further accelerate the transformation of the manufacturing sector and improve the global competitive advantage, increasing its social innovation business.
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