All articles on "DX"

From the Automation of Processes to Digital Transformation in the Manufacturing Industry

We give an explanation here about digital transformation (DX) in the manufacturing industry – business reform that utilizes digital technology in the manufacturing industry. The approach to business reform is gradually becoming more sophisticated with visualization, optimization, automation, and autonomy in DX in the manufacturing industry. The scope of the application of that is also expanding to systems, factories, companies, and supply chains.

• Smart Factory
• DX
• IoT

Supporting the Realization of a Super-Smart Society: Murata Continues to Respond to the Demands of the Times

The super-smart society that has been the aim of Society 5.0 is coming. A super-smart society that materializes mega trends such as digital transformation (DX) and decarbonization will use greater quantities of more advanced electronic components than ever before to make full use of the latest communication and information processing technologies such as IoT, AI, and 5G. Norio Nakajima, President of Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd., which has a responsibility to supply electronic components required by the times, talks about the company’s future role and the ways in which Murata will contribute to the creation of a sustainable society.

• Smart City
• DX
• AI
• IoT
• 5G
• SDGs
• Co-Creation

Bringing humans and machines even closer with sensors and AI

Technology to quantify an individual's mental state

Sensors and AI can now be used to numerically measure our feelings, including happiness, satisfaction, and motivation. In this section, we introduce some new possibilities made possible through understanding human feelings.

• Sensors
• AI
• Happy technology
• DX

“New on-site capabilities” the construction industry is venturing to build through DX (Part 2 of 2)

Construction sites are areas where it would be difficult to replace people with digital entities, as much of the work is dependent on the experience and judgment of engineers and craftsmen. How should DX proceed in circumstances like this? We continue our interview with JACIC’s Takashi Ozawa from where we left off in the first part of the interview.

• Construction
• DX

“New on-site capabilities” the construction industry is venturing to build through DX (Part 1 of 2)

We asked Takashi Ozawa, executive director of the Japan Construction Information Center (JACIC), which is aiming to build “new on-site capabilities” in the construction industry through DX, about the current progress of DX in the construction industry and his thoughts on the subject.

• Construction
• DX