On April 23, 2021, Panasonic announced that it has decided to acquire an additional 80% stake in Blue Yonder, a supply chain software specialist. The total purchase price is expected to be US$7.1 billion (approximately ¥770 billion). This acquisition, together with the 20% stake already acquired in July 2020, will result in the acquisition of […]
On April 12, 2021, Fujitsu announced that it has reached an agreement with Siemens Digital Industries Software (Japan) to collaborate in order to strengthen the DX field. Through this collaboration, Fujitsu will sell Xcelerator, Siemens’ portfolio of products including Teamcenter and Opcenter, in the Japanese market. The company will also offer the product in combination […]
On March 31, 2021, Hitachi, Ltd. decided to acquire GlobalLogic, a U.S. digital engineering services company. The acquisition is scheduled to close at the end of July 2021, subject to regulatory approvals and other conditions.The total acquisition price is expected to be US$9.6 billion (approximately 1,036.8 billion yen) Hitachi to Acquire GlobalLogic, a Leading U.S.-based […]
In the wake of Industry 4.0 and other initiatives, successful cases of IoT application are being reported around the world.In the past, Japanese workplaces often relied on highly skilled human resources, but with the aging of skilled engineers, small and medium-sized companies are now introducing new systems that are expected to produce significant results at […]
The White Paper on Monodzukuri, Japan 2020 The “FY 2019 White Paper on Promotion of Fundamental Manufacturing Technology(2020 Monozukuri white paper” is a report on measures the government has taken to promote core manufacturing technology. The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, and the Ministry of Education, Culture, […]
NEC and the AIST announced today that they have collaborated with Nissan on a pilot test to improve the efficiency of pre-evaluation and operation of a production line using AI and simulation integration technology, demonstrating a 10-fold increase in the speed and accuracy of production line construction and planning changes with a prediction error of less than 1/6th.
Additive manufacturing and 3D printing are expected to be used more and more widely in the future, even in large-scale production. In such an environment, PLM software vendors are moving forward to provide solutions to support their utilization. Related posts: Production IoT for DX in Manufacturing Industry – Latest Tools and Case Studies IoT for […]
