OMRON has launched the development of its i-DMP (i-BELT Data Management Platform) which is embedded with the i-BELT manufacturing site data utilisation service.
OMRON launches i-DMP for rapid implementation of data-driven solution service. The i-DMP sorts and converts data gathered from production sites.
In its effort to accelerate digital transformation at manufacturing sites and to achieve carbon neutral manufacturing, the data-driven service streamlines the integrated management of diverse data.
This brings about improvements on manufacturing floors, thus assisting customers in tackling their issues both effectively and efficiently.
More details below from the press release.
In recent years, high-speed networks and other advanced information technologies have been introduced to manufacturing sites, making it possible to store and analyze a variety of field data.
This in turn has turned greater attention to shop-floor initiatives that utilize such data to make positive differences in productivity and product quality.
Taking a closer look at the realities on the manufacturing floor, however, there are not a few instances where efforts have been made to take advantage of various software and devices that support data utilization, with no tangible results.
Having been introduced to several of OMRON’s plants, the i-DMP has demonstrated its merits.At OMRON Kyoto Taiyo Co., Ltd., it is catering to the specific needs of a welfare factory that employs persons with disabilities.
In response to the growing focus on diversity in corporate management, the factory uses the system to constantly gather data on manual labor, as well as equipment data, with which to monitor the status of each worker in real time.
As a result, productivity was successfully increased by 11%. Another benefit of the i-DMP is the time it takes to build a system, which is one-eighth of its predecessor.
This can also be seen in the push to attain carbon neutrality, one of the prime imperatives for manufacturing businesses.
Many of them say, “We’ve visualized the energy data, but we don’t know where to start to seek solutions. We also find it difficult to connect data-gathering software and devices to existing systems.”
To tackle these challenges, OMRON began offering the i-BELT on-site data utilization service in 2017.
And now, this innovative service has been updated to better focus on issues unique to each manufacturer.
The i-DMP, as it is called, provides manufacturers with quicker access to the i-BELT service and makes it possible for them to continuously advance solutions to their issues.
With the i-DMP, for instance, they can integrate energy data and productivity data to produce an indicator for energy productivity, which may be used to drive initiatives to achieve carbon neutrality.
Currently, the i-DMP is typically offered as an add-on to the i-BELT service, but going ahead OMRON also plans to provide its partner businesses with the i-DMP under a license agreement.
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