Yokogawa Digital Corporation Established to Support Digital Transformation in Manufacturing

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Yokogawa Electric Corporation announced the establishment of Yokogawa Digital Corporation to provide management consulting services to manufacturers that will cover everything from business management to plant operations. Yokogawa Digital Transformation in ManufacturingDigital will leverage Yokogawa’s operational technology (OT) and information technology (IT) knowledge and capabilities to provide not only consultation but also cloud system implementation, operation, and maintenance services that connect business management and manufacturing operations, enabling the integrated administration of global operations and facilitating digital transformation (DX). The company will start operating on October 1, and will initially provide its services to customers in Japan.

In recent years, manufacturers all over the world have been striving for sustainability transformation (SX). While dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic, supply chain issues, and the need to contribute toward the SDGs and implement ESG management, companies must also optimize all of their business activities operations, from management and the supply chain through production, to increase competitiveness and achieve a sustainable society. To accomplish these objectives, DX, including the utilization of AI, will be essential.

However, as each organization has its own individually optimized systems and processes, integration is not simple, and in many cases the current DX initiatives go no further than partial optimization. To achieve more significant results, it is necessary to globally integrate the management of systems and processes at factories and offices, wherever they may be located, and aim for enterprise-wide optimization.

Solutions introduced by Yokogawa Digital will include subscription-based software as a service (SaaS) services that run on Yokogawa Cloud, an industrial transformation and Internet of Things platform, giving customers immediate access to the latest technologies.

Through the establishment of Yokogawa Digital, Yokogawa is bringing together under one roof personnel with expertise in management/operations consulting and digital technology, and in so doing is enhancing its consulting capabilities that will help its customers in the process industries, and many other manufacturing domains, increase their competitiveness. Yokogawa Digital will provide management consulting services alongside DX, IT, and maintenance services with a view to expanding this business to the global market in the future.

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