To compete globally, manufacturers must improve operational efficiency, on-time delivery rates, product quality and manufacturing flexibility. Emerging challenges such as the demand for customized products, faster time-to market for new products and increasing reliance on a global supply chain call for data-based solutions.
Hitachi Optimized Factory works toward enabling timely decision-making through communication and continuous monitoring of machines, people, materials and manufacturing processes. The solution aggregates operational technology, information technology and IoT data, and uses predictive analytics and machine-learning methods to provide actionable insights that can drive continuous improvement and leaner operations. With 108 years of operations technologies, 58 years of information technologies, and being one of the largest manufacturing organizations on the planet, Hitachi is uniquely positioned to help drive success with Optimized Factory transformations.
Hitachi Optimized Factory integrates IoT data with Hitachi’s best practices and the Hitachi Digital Manufacturing Suite to help deliver insights and manufacturing transformations. The Microsoft Azure platform provides the solution with global cloud coverage, one of the most complete IoT platforms on the market, and tools to help more rapidly deploy and obtain insights into data.
Hitachi digital services combines Hitachi Optimized Factory with Microsoft’s intelligence and analytics to work toward driving the transformations required for Industry 4.0 directives, helping reduce scrap and product returns, and improving worker health and safety. The solution works toward increasing labor productivity and equipment utilization through Hitachi’s digital manufacturing experience, tools, and best practices.
The Hitachi Optimized Factory on Microsoft Azure solution can power your digital transformation. Hitachi digital services include:
Regulatory compliance
The Hitachi Optimized Factory solution includes tools and processes to help better control discharge limits and other regulatory issues in a factory.
Energy & sustainability
A suite of services helps manufacturers understand energy usage, reduce energy consumption and drive greater efficiencies in operations.
Predictive maintenance
Hitachi digital services offers predictive maintenance options on factory systems integrating IoT data with historical data and machine learning to help reduce downtime and breakdowns.
Process intelligence
Through the intelligence gained in smart manufacturing and predictive maintenance, the solution works toward driving alignment with key business metrics and reporting, offering greater insight into operations and performance.
Transform Operations with the Hitachi Optimized Factory on Microsoft Azure solution
Hitachi engineers, manufactures and deploys digital solutions with a unique combination of OT, IT and IoT experience that works toward enabling organizations to innovate faster and co-create new business models and revenue streams. We monitor, manage and automate operations in near real time to reach entirely new levels of operational efficiency.
Hitachi’s 108 years of operational technologies, combined with Hitachi being one of the largest manufacturers on the planet, provide a foundation for the Hitachi digital services projects. Hitachi digital services is a Microsoft Gold Partner with expertise in both the Azure platform and Azure IoT services. Further, Gartner ranked Hitachi as a Leader in the 2018 Industrial IoT Magic Quadrant. Hitachi digital services offers unique pricing options including outcome-based pricing, value-based pricing, and co-creation options to work toward driving customer success. In addition, Hitachi digital services can offer the complete suite of services and capabilities as-a-service.
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