Hitachi, Microsoft partner for manufacturing and logistics digital solutions
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailPredictive maintenance, process automation focus use cases Hitachi and Microsoft Corp. announced a multi-year strategic alliance to accelerate the digital transformation of the manufacturing and logistics industries across Southeast Asia, …
World Economic Forum issues blockchain toolkit to strengthen global supply chains
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailThe World Economic Forum has released a blockchain toolkit offering guidance to enterprises seeking to deploy the distributed ledger technology. It cited the global pressure created by the COVID-19 outbreak …
Hitachi snaps up German software firm Seneos as car industry gets electrified
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailHitachi has acquired automotive software developer Seneos, based in Germany, for an undisclosed fee. The deal, by Hitachi Automotive Systems, bolsters the Japanese firm’s software capabilities in the automotive space, …
Nokia joins with Hitachi, Globalstar to push private LTE and 5G in Japan and Africa
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailNokia is working with Hitachi Kokusai Electric in Japan to deploy private LTE and 5G networks for industrial and government customers in Japan. It has struck a parallel deal in …
NHS trust signs £25m deal with Hitachi for digital twin and control centre
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailAn NHS trust in Manchester, in the UK, has agreed a £25 million deal with Hitachi Consulting to use advanced data analytics and IoT tools to digitise its processes and …
The top industrial IoT platforms – and the only three worth considering?
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailOld familiars Hitachi, PTC, and Software AG ranked top again among industrial IoT (IIoT) platforms in Gartner’s latest ‘Magic Quadrant’ assessment of the sector. But Software AG swapped places with …
Supply chain modernization underlies effective digital strategy
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailHitachi sees traditional supply chain management as a road block to disruption The broad Industry 4.0 conversation focuses on how the internet of things and data analytics can add value …
Hitachi enters robotic SI business in North America
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemail Japanese giant Hitachi entered into a definitive agreement to acquire a robotics business operated by American firm JR Automation Technologies. The acquisition price for JR Automation is US$ 1.42 …
The supply chain is dead; long live the demand chain! How AI is tilting the balance between supply and demand
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailFor digital transformation of the supply chain, artificial intelligence (AI) is effectively the only game in town. This is because it is the only technological discipline that knits together a …
State of things | Smart manufacturing (part 4): Buying digital change
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailThis article is the fourth instalment in a series taken from a longer report, Smart manufacturing: asset management, predictive maintenance, dynamic scheduling and other use cases, from August 2018. The …
