Proposing robot systems anticipating
a future society wherehumans and robots collaborate

Priority business measures

Factory automation system

Leader’s Message

Earning high levels of trust with outstanding system
control technologies and safety consulting capabilities
Junichi Tanaka Leader, Sales Department, IDEC FACTORY SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
Currently, I’m responsible for sales of automation solutions for transportation processes utilizing
AMRs and collaborative robots. Lately, there has been an increase in inquiries requiring integration
with higher-level systems such as ERP and Warehouse Management Systems (WMS). With systems
becoming increasingly complex and sophisticated, the key to success in factory automation is striking
a balance between safety and productivity to a high level.
Our solutions, which include safety consulting, are earning a deep level of trust from evenmore customers.

Foundation for
Value Creation
Data andCompany Overview

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AMR use caseBusiness Strategy

As an IoT solution catering to DX needs that integrates thedevelopment of smart factories with monitoring and control
systems (SCADA), we have begun the rollout of a manufacturingexecution system (MES) to not only make individual devices
IoT-capable, but to connect them to further raise productivity.
Meanwhile the pharmaceutical industry is in the midst of anindustry reorganization at the global scale, when investments
in DX to strengthen competitiveness rapidly accelerating. In
the Japanese market in particular, companies are facing anurgent need to deal with “manufacturing data integrity” whichis lagging far behind that of foreign manufacturers.
The use of MES/SCADA systems is an essential part ofefforts aimed at global standard good manufacturing practice(GMP), the standards for manufacturing and quality control ofpharmaceuticals. This goes beyond simply introducing thesesystems; they need to integrate with various manufacturing

processes in production lines and also work with enterprise
resource planning (ERP) systems.
By providing the latest DX solutions as an added
component to the HMI and control panel-driven integrated
production line control we have developed to date, we willdevelop solutions to address these GMP issues.

Initiatives for
Realization of Vision

Launching DX solutions forthe pharmaceutical industry

For industrial machinery including semiconductor fabricationequipment, the control panel is a core component that can beconsidered the brain. While the demand for automation andelectrification is growing worldwide, the situation is becoming
critical at Japanese control panel manufacturers, impacted
by personnel shortages driven by the declining birthrate andaging population.
Approaches that enable even unskilled workers to perform
assembly operations, and initiatives to make full use of theknowledge of skilled workers while raising productivity areneeded. We have led the industry with the introduction of
3D CAD for electrical design, and will significantly improve
production efficiency by seamlessly connecting processes
from design through to manufacturing.

Value Creation Story

IDEC FACTORY SOLUTIONS CORPORATION has developed
a wide array of systems as a solutions-oriented system
integrator in the factory automation and social system fields
leveraging IDEC’s strength in HMI, safety-related products
and safety systems.

Leading the control panel industry
as a driving force in DX

Message

Contribution to resolving
societal issues
by providing optimum solutions

As a measure to improve productivity, there is a growing demand
for utilizing AMRs to automate the transportation processes
within factories. Due to the increasing need to develop
sophisticated systems that broaden the scope of automation
to including picking and serving operations in addition to simply
transporting items, we are making improvements to automation
proposals that add something extra to transportation tasks byequipping AMRs with collaborative robots.
We excel in the developmentof systems that pose highhurdles in terms of safety
aspects, such as controllingthe operation of multiple
units and building systems
that integrate with elevators.
Particularly, there is a rising
trend in inquiries from industries
such as semiconductor andpharmaceutical manufacturing,which face labor shortages andrequire advanced automation
technologies.

Introduction

Systems