Workflow DX Using Small-Lot Software and Controllable Hardware
First written in FY2022-Q1. 11 of 24 entries say "Advanced", first in FY2023. Latest entry: 2026-09-18.
1 other company's latest entry also says "Advanced".
- FY2026-H1RaisedAnnual report
「The Company will build an overwhelming competitive advantage in high-mix, ultra-small-lot production through advanced integration of AI and hardware.」
The Company explicitly targets a competitive advantage in high-mix, ultra-small-lot production through advanced AI-hardware integration. - FY2026-H1RaisedAnnual report
「To achieve these goals, the Company is accelerating development of design assistance using image-generative AI and an autonomous control system for inspection and production processes using AI cameras, promoting a “factory that never stops,” with extensive labor saving and a manufacturing workflow DX that prevents errors before they occur. Its system of making “what is needed, when it is needed, and only in the quantity needed” through thorough on-demand production eliminates excess inventory and directly reduces environmental impact from an SDG perspective.」
The initiatives have expanded to image-generative AI design assistance, AI-camera inspection, autonomous production-process control and a highly labor-saving, autonomous “factory that never stops.” - FY2025AdvancedAnnual report
「In addition to our existing automation and semi-automation initiatives, we are advancing an automated inspection system using AI-based image analysis and optimizing production schedules through machine learning, thereby addressing labor shortages while stabilizing quality.」
The company has added automated inspection using AI image analysis and production-schedule optimization using machine learning to its workflow DX and automation initiatives. - FY2025-H1AdvancedAnnual report
「In July, we also established the Solutions & Automation Division and strengthened our organization to create a more agile structure.」
The Company reports the organizational creation of the Solutions & Automation Division in July in connection with workflow DX and automation initiatives. - FY2024-H1RestatedAnnual report
「To achieve this, the Company is developing software capable of handling small-lot orders and hardware controllable by systems, and is promoting the digital transformation of its workflows.」
The Company continues to develop small-lot software and controllable hardware and to digitally transform its workflows. - FY2024-Q1RestatedAnnual report
「To achieve this, the Company is developing software capable of handling small-lot orders and hardware controllable by systems, and is promoting the digital transformation of its workflows.」
The Company continues to develop small-lot software and controllable hardware and to digitally transform its workflows. - FY2023-Q4RestatedAnnual report
「To achieve this, the Company is developing software capable of handling small-lot orders and hardware controllable by systems, and is promoting the digital transformation of its workflows.」
The Company continues to develop small-lot software and controllable hardware and to digitally transform its workflows. - FY2023-Q3RestatedAnnual report
「To achieve this, the Company is developing software capable of handling small-lot orders and hardware controllable by systems, and is promoting the digital transformation of its workflows.」
The Company continues to develop small-lot software and controllable hardware and to digitally transform its workflows. - FY2023AdvancedAnnual report
「For both direct sales and orders received from partner companies, the cloud-based production management system automatically generates the data required for printing from order data. Production instructions are automatically allocated to our factories or partner factories connected to our systems, enabling packing and shipment to be completed as soon as 5 minutes after an order is received.」
The Company discloses the operating level of its workflow DX, including automatic data generation, automatic allocation of production instructions and packaging and shipment within as little as 5 minutes. - FY2023RaisedAnnual report
「The Company has worked to improve the efficiency of processing and printing and reduce costs through IT. As automation and labor-saving accelerate worldwide, it will further advance automation and semi-automation by collaborating with companies possessing industrial robotics technologies and with hardware manufacturers.」
The policy has expanded to further automation and semi-automation through collaboration with industrial robotics companies and hardware manufacturers. - FY2023-Q1RestatedAnnual report
「To achieve this, the Company is developing software capable of handling small-lot orders and hardware controllable by systems, and is promoting the digital transformation of its workflows.」
The Company continues to develop small-lot software and controllable hardware and to digitally transform its workflows. - FY2022-Q4RestatedAnnual report
「To achieve this, the Company is developing software capable of handling small-lot orders and hardware controllable by systems, and is promoting the digital transformation of its workflows.」
The Company continues to develop small-lot software and controllable hardware and to digitally transform its workflows. - FY2022-Q3RestatedAnnual report
「To achieve this, the Company is developing software capable of handling small-lot orders and hardware controllable by systems, and is promoting the digital transformation of its workflows.」
The company continues developing software for small-lot orders and controllable hardware and advancing workflow DX. - FY2022RaisedAnnual report
「The Company plans to make every step of the production line, from order receipt through shipment, IoT-enabled to significantly improve production efficiency. It will develop hardware capable of achieving high productivity without relying on skilled artisans and equip its machinery and systems so that even inexperienced operators without specialized skills can use them easily.」
The initiative has expanded from workflow DX using small-lot software and controllable hardware to IoT-enabling the entire process and making equipment operable by inexperienced workers. - FY2022-Q1First statedAnnual report
「To achieve this, the Company is developing software capable of handling small-lot orders and hardware controllable by systems, and is promoting the digital transformation of its workflows.」
Software and hardware-enabled digitization of business processes is presented as the means of handling small-lot orders.