Industry: Manufacturing

One of the production management methods that consider material procurement is material requirements planning = MRP. What is the purpose of this MRP and what steps is it done? We will introduce the meaning and standard idea of MRP, the flow of MRP implementation, and the purpose and effect.

With IoT in the spotlight, “predictive maintenance” is also attracting attention. This article describes the differences in terms, and explains the definition of the entire conservation activity, the benefits and specific examples of predictive maintenance automation, and the need for artificial intelligence and edge computing.

Factory Automation is about to change dramatically. FA has been aimed at saving labor and labor in factory work. However, the point of saving labor and labor saving is changing now. While looking back on the history of FA development, we will think about the FA in the future.

In recent years, “smart” factories have been called out. In this article, we will introduce the efforts of the Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry, the definition of smart factories, how they are implemented concretely in the field, and the importance of edge computing in smart factories.

SCADA is a system that performs “monitoring control and data acquisition”. What does this control monitoring system, which is beginning to be widely used overseas, enable? Learn about SCADA’s capabilities, its role across the facility, and how it relates to edge computing.

Automation has been one of the long-standing challenges that have been pushed to reduce costs and increase profits in manufacturing. This automation is accelerating and evolving to the next level. Learn about the three technologies that accelerate automation and their relationships.

If you’re in the manufacturing industry, you may have heard the term manufacturing management. However, can you tell exactly the difference between production management and quality control? In this article, we will also look at the differences in the meaning of confusing words and the importance and benefits of manufacturing management systems.

In the robot industry, where Japanese companies account for more than half of the world market share. Introducing fields that are expected to be utilized in the future, market trends in robotics-related industries, and so on.

Despite emerging benefits there remains an undeniable resistance to converging OT and IT. A recent Automation World article shared that the two departments, “not only operate in a very separate way, but sometimes even have conflicting approaches.” The solution is to ensure that leadership brings the benefits of such a merger to the forefront. The positive impact the convergence brings to both OT and IT is the great equalizer that unites two distinct organizational cultures.

There is one simple truth in computing—systems crash and so do hard drives. If not properly monitored, server rooms can overheat. The best hardware is not immune to problems.