Exhibitor Seminars
SPR4
Interpreter
Reception Hall A, Conference Tower
10:20-12:00 Thu., 15-Dec
Industrial IoT Forum
Competition in Manufacturing Industry Digitizes
Sponsored by
Session Description
Around the world, manufacturing industry is recovering, innovation in the sector is accelerating, and IoT technologies and digitalization are bringing about great changes in the manufacturing environment. A year ago, the debate centered on whether Germany or the US would take the lead and what Japan could do to catch up. Today, these countries have fallen into step and are establishing collaborative relationships. In this forum, directors of leading Japanese, German and US core companies will explore and debate long-term technological and business outlook and growth strategies at a global level.
Program Agenda
Kazumi Kita, Advantest
Takeshi Fujitani, Hitachi High Technologies
10:20-10:50
Develop your Digital Enterprise to realize Industrie 4.0
Taro Shimada
Senior Executive Operating Officer, Division Lead Japan
Digital Factory/Process Industries and Drives Division
Siemens Japan K.K.
In order to survive in the era of Industrie 4.0, it is necessary for manufacturing industries to reform their existing business model with fully utilizing cutting-edge digital technologies. In this session, Siemens will present the Digital Enterprise concept which realize Industrie 4.0. In addition, it will explain concrete solutions with advanced reference cases from global trend.
10:50-11:20
GE's Industrial IoT Strategy
Akio Shinno
Industrial Internet Commercialization Leader
GE Digital
GE International Inc.
The architecture and basic functionality of the cloud platform, “PREDIX” for industry, which has been developed by GE based on IoT for industry ? in other words, the “Industrial Internet” proposed by GE ? is explained. The basic process to actually install and use this open platform is introduced, including typical application examples operating on PREDIX that have already been installed by dozens of companies worldwide in order to secure business results (outcomes).
11:20-11:50
Future Manufacturing in Keeping with the IoT Era that Fanuc Envisions
Kiyonori Inaba
Member of the Board Executive Managing Officer General Manager,ROBOT Business Division
FANUC CORPORATION
A Variety of ways of utilizing the IoT are making progress in such areas as preventive maintenance and the factory automation. The company, which has been pushing ahead with the efforts of incorporating intelligence into industrial robots and improving the rate of factory operation, will present some case examples of capitalizing on the IoT and talk about future prospects.