Next-generation air-conditioning equipment production method developed by the SIMA Project
First written in FY2020. 10 of 22 entries say "Restated". Latest entry: FY2026.
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- FY2026AdvancedAnnual report
「As DX strategy has expanded in stages from SIMA to SSA and SWA, its scope has grown beyond improving the efficiency of core operations to creating value across various internal and external areas.」
The DX strategy originating with SIMA has expanded in stages through SSA to value creation inside and outside the company. The company has also described the operation and release of production reservations, customer-facing product searches, maintenance information via two-dimensional codes, and image recognition and generative-AI search. - FY2026-H1RestatedAnnual report
「In addition to initiatives to increase production capacity through the digitalization and efficiency improvements of production processes, we strengthened sales measures to capture the target markets under the medium-term management plan.」
The company continues its initiatives to digitize and improve the efficiency of production processes linked to SIMA and SSA, as well as to increase production capacity. - FY2025AdvancedAnnual report
「New changes are taking place in production planning, cost estimation, marketing, maintenance and the use of technical data. These include a production reservation system launched using AI technology; SINKO Direct, a service that allows customers to search the company's proprietary product database themselves; SINKO Touch Maintenance, which provides access to maintenance information via the QR code on the product; an internal drawing search system using image recognition technology; and the release of a system using generative AI to search unused technical data.」
SSA, with SIMA as its hub, has progressed to the operation and release of multiple systems, including production reservations, customer-facing product searches, maintenance information via QR codes, and image recognition and generative-AI search. - FY2025-H1AdvancedAnnual report
「In addition to initiatives to visualize and improve the efficiency of production planning using DX and AI, the company has also strengthened sales initiatives for five priority targets: data centers, individual air-conditioning systems (heat-pump air-conditioning equipment), replacement projects including air-conditioning construction, and large buildings.」
The business digitization related to SIMA and SSA is taking concrete form through the visualization and efficiency improvement of production planning using DX and AI. - FY2024ReframedAnnual report
「SINKO Scalable Architecture (SSA), which aims to digitize the business including manufacturing, sales and product development, has reached the stage of phased implementation after the 3D CAD system was partially completed through the development undertaken to date.」
The company is broadening SIMA's positioning from a standalone production-method reform project to SSA, a concept for digitizing the entire manufacturing, sales and product development operations with SIMA as its hub. The 3D CAD system is partially complete and has moved into phased implementation. - FY2024-Q3RestatedAnnual report
「Against this backdrop, the Company advanced the SIMA (SINKO Innovative Manufacturing of AHU) project to digitize operations and sales initiatives for products and services targeting 5 priority markets, including industrial and data center applications.」
The company continues to digitize its business through the SIMA project. No new completion or measurable milestone has been disclosed. - FY2024-Q2ReframedAnnual report
「Under the new medium-term management plan, the company will seek to further improve profitability in existing markets and pursue opportunities in new markets, using as its foundation the business platform being built through the SIMA (SINKO Innovative Manufacturing of AHU) project advanced under the current medium-term management plan.」
SIMA has been repositioned from a measure under the current medium-term management plan as the foundation for improving the profitability of existing businesses and pursuing opportunities in new markets under the new medium-term management plan. - FY2024-Q1RestatedAnnual report
「Advancement of the SIMA (SINKO Innovative Manufacturing of AHU) project under the medium-term management plan "move.2025" to shift away from a labor-intensive business」
The company continues its transition to next-generation design and production methods through SIMA under the medium-term management plan. - FY2023AdvancedAnnual report
「The company has also partially introduced a line production system in the product assembly process and is developing an optimal production system by using it alongside a cell production system.」
Regarding the SIMA project, the company has moved beyond the introduction of 3D CAD, BOM and AI systems to the partial implementation of a line production system. - FY2023-Q3RestatedAnnual report
「Advancement of the SIMA (SINKO Innovative Manufacturing of AHU) project to digitalize operations,」
The company continues to digitize its business through the SIMA project. No new completion or measurable milestone has been disclosed. - FY2023-Q2RestatedAnnual report
「Advancing operational digitization through the SIMA (SINKO Innovative Manufacturing of AHU) project」
The company continues to digitize its business platform through SIMA under the medium-term management plan. - FY2023-Q1RestatedAnnual report
「Promotion of the SIMA (SINKO Innovative Manufacturing of AHU) project to improve productivity under the medium-term management plan “move.2025”」
The company continues to improve productivity through the SIMA project under the medium-term management plan “move.2025.” No new completion or measurable milestone has been disclosed. - FY2022AdvancedAnnual report
「Through innovation in business processes centred on building a digital design and production system based on a product database (BOM), improving the accuracy of demand forecasts and establishing impact-based sales, we will balance responsiveness to made-to-order requirements with production efficiency. This will address intensifying price competition between companies and rising costs resulting from higher raw-material prices and labour costs, thereby improving the business’s growth potential and profitability over the medium to long term.」
Regarding SIMA, the company has clarified the overall framework for a digitally enabled design and production system, including BOM, demand forecasting and impact sales, as well as its objective of responding to rising costs. - FY2022-Q3RestatedAnnual report
「Against this backdrop, the Company worked to improve the long-term growth potential and profitability of the business by advancing the SIMA (SINKO Innovative Manufacturing of AHU) project to rebuild the operational platform through digitization and expanding its product lineup of heat-pump air-conditioning units.」
The company continues to rebuild its business platform through SIMA and is also expanding its lineup of heat-pump air-conditioning equipment. - FY2022-Q2AdvancedAnnual report
「Against this backdrop, under the medium-term management plan “move.2025,” which began this fiscal year, we advanced the SIMA (SINKO Innovative Manufacturing of AHU) project, including the implementation of artificial intelligence (AI) technology in the business and the development of a product database (BOM), and worked to strengthen our business platform over the medium to long term.」
The company is pursuing specific initiatives for the SIMA project, including implementing AI technology in the business and developing a product database (BOM). - FY2022-Q1RestatedAnnual report
「Under this plan, fundamental transformation of the air-conditioning business is the central theme. The company is strengthening its business platform by advancing the SIMA (SINKO Innovative Manufacturing of AHU) project, which uses digitalization to move away from a labor-intensive production system, while aiming for further growth in heat-pump AHUs, the construction business and the China business as priority initiatives.」
The SIMA project continues as a core theme of the four-year medium-term management plan beginning in fiscal 2021, with the aim of moving away from labor-intensive production through business digitization and strengthening the business foundation. - FY2021-Q3RestatedAnnual report
「The company has been promoting the SIMA (SINKO Innovative Manufacturing of AHU) project to convert design and production know-how into digital technology and rebuild its business platform. It will continue working to enhance the business's growth potential and profitability over the medium to long term.」
The company continues to digitize design and production know-how and rebuild its business platform through the SIMA project. It has also reaffirmed its policy of improving growth potential and profitability over the medium to long term. - FY2021-Q2AdvancedAnnual report
「Against this backdrop, the company has been promoting the SIMA (SINKO Innovative Manufacturing of AHU) project to accelerate the organizational integration of manufacturing and sales following the merger with a consolidated subsidiary and to rebuild its business platform by converting design and production know-how into digital technology. This includes developing a 3D CAD system that enables linked changes to equipment dimensions and other specifications and outputs the processing data required for production, as well as using artificial intelligence (AI) to forecast production man-hours previously planned by experienced employees. The company will continue working to enhance the business's growth potential and profitability over the medium to long term.」
For SIMA, the company is specifically advancing the integration of manufacturing and sales and the digitization of design and production know-how using 3D CAD and AI. - FY2021-Q1RestatedAnnual report
「We focused on advancing the “SIMA (SINKO Innovative Manufacturing of AHU)” project, which aims to merge the manufacturing and sales cultures through the merger with 新晃空調工業株式会社 and 三井鉄工株式会社, formerly consolidated subsidiaries, while evolving the strengths of the made-to-order production model for the next generation.」
The company continues the SIMA project, aimed at integrating the corporate cultures following the merger of the manufacturing and sales operations and developing made-to-order production for the next generation. - FY2020First statedAnnual report
「The company also launched the “SIMA (SINKO Innovative Manufacturing of AHU)” project to integrate the sales and manufacturing cultures through the merger and evolve the strengths of its make-to-order production model into a next-generation format.」
The company aims to establish a new air-conditioning equipment production method that digitizes customer requirements, design and manufacturing instructions, and customization know-how, integrating end-to-end design and production from the upstream stage.