Volume 70 Number 5 Digital Transformation of Operational TechnologyInformation and Control Systems Supporting Innovation in Society and Industry
Many global corporations are being inspired by the SDGs to take action on societal challenges. DX is of the utmost importance to these endeavors. Hitachi is pursuing DX as a means of comprehensive system-wide optimization. This issue describes the activities of a Lighthouse, an advanced factory, and also reports on the latest information and control systems for social infrastructure sectors.
Cover Story
Challenge of the Global Lighthouse Network to be Accelerated toward the Resolution of Social Issues
Since 2018, the World Economic Forum has recognized “Lighthouses,” factories that have succeeded in adopting Fourth Industrial Revolution technology. The Forum selected Hitachi Omika Works as the first Lighthouse in Japan. Francisco Betti from the Forum talks about the decisive factor for this selection and the role Omika Works is expected to play.
A Factory of Total Integrated Systems with Domain Knowledge that Underpins Social Infrastructure
A Lighthouse Driving the Digital Transformation of Manufacturing
Hitachi’s Omika Works, the center of providing Hitachi's information and control systems for social infrastructure, was recognized as a “Lighthouse” advanced factory by the World Economic Forum in January 2020. How is Hitachi utilizing information and control systems to contribute to the digital transformation of society and industry?
Toward DX as Means of Overcoming Societal Challenges
Revisiting Society and Industry on Basis of Information and Control
With a long history of supplying information and control systems that support social infrastructure, Hitachi is combining DX with its domain knowledge as it seeks to help resolve the challenges facing society while also providing the public with a comfortable and convenient way of life. What form should future information and control systems take?
FEATURED ARTICLES
Information and Control Systems for Advanced Factories and Social Infrastructure
Since Hitachi’s Omika Works was founded, it has provided information and control systems to support social infrastructure, while responding to increasingly complicated societal challenges. In January 2020, Omika Works was selected by the World Economic Forum as the first “Lighthouse” advanced factory in Japan. This section describes representative efforts by the factory and the latest examples of information and control systems that support DX in social infrastructure and industry.
Overview
［ⅰ］World-leading Advanced Factory “Lighthouse”
- Next-generation Autonomous Decentralized Architecture and DX-ready Industrial Edge Computers
- Highly Efficient Production Solutions Linking Design and Operations for Manufacturing DX
- Stable Operation Service for Control Systems Based on Maintenance Service Platform Combining OT and IT
Total Support across Entire System Lifecycle
