- Realizing "Automation Beyond Human Abilities" and "Advanced Collaboration 
Between People and Machines" by Accelerating DX at Manufacturing Sites 


OMRON Corporation (HQ: Shimogyo-Ku, Kyoto. President and CEO: Yoshihito Yamada) 
has announced the future course of "innovative-Automation", OMRON's 
manufacturing innovation concept, as the direction of manufacturing evolution 
for its next decade in light of the diversified and complex changes in the 
market environment and based on its past achievement of three "i's" of 
automation. 

OMRON aims for on-site innovation by embodying three goals of renewed 
automation concept: "Digital engineering transformation", "Automation beyond 
human abilities," and "Advanced collaboration between people and machines."

Currently, manufacturers around the world are facing the challenge to renew and 
evolve manufacturing toward the post-COVID world. In addition to responding to 
technological innovations and changes in products and manufacturing methods, 
manufacturers' emphasis is placed on the transformation of manufacturing 
processes that takes into consideration of the global environment represented 
by the SDGs, the diversification of people's values, and the wellbeing of their 
employees. Since 2016, OMRON has solved the manufacturing issues of many 
customers through realizing its unique manufacturing innovation concept of 
innovative-Automation. 

For achieving this new course of innovative-Automation, OMRON will enhance its 
collaboration with the customers to solve the issues of the manufacturing 
industry, which are becoming more diversified and complicated, with unique 
automation that realizes coexistence with the global environment and wellbeing 
of the employees.

According to Mr Takehito Maeda, MD, Industrial Automation Business, OMRON Asia 
Pacific Pte Ltd, "The concept of 'innovative-automation' has helped OMRON a lot 
in enhancing its presence in the industrial automation segment by solving 
manufacturing issues of many sectors across Asia Pacific such as automotive, 
food & beverage, FMCG, infrastructure & digital to name just a few. With this 
evolution, we are confident to contribute more via advanced technology 
solutions, better reach and improved service."    

<Three forms of the future manufacturing>

1. Manufacturing site innovation by "Digital engineering transformation"

At OMRON, simulations and remote monitoring using virtual technology played a 
major role in the development of our products and the maintenance of our 
manufacturing sites in terms of movement restrictions and access restrictions 
faced by the COVID-19 pandemic. OMRON believes that such on-site innovation 
based on Digital Experience (DX) is indispensable for the sophistication of 
manufacturing even in the post-COVID world and will strengthen the development 
of technologies and solutions that accelerate the DX evolution of manufacturing 
sites.

2. "Automation beyond human abilities," Let the machine do what the machine can 
do

While manufacturers are faced with the difficulty of securing human resources, 
they are also under pressure to continuously improve production efficiency in 
order to fulfill their supply responsibilities and maintain and strengthen 
their competitiveness. In the concept of the "Automation beyond human 
abilities", based on high-speed and high-precision control application 
technology, OMRON aims to innovate manufacturing sites where people can engage 
in creative work with feeling at ease by making full use of IoT, AI and 
robotics technology, and leaving the work that depended on people to the 
machine. In addition, with the automation that balances productivity and energy 
efficiency, OMRON will contribute to establish new manufacturing that meets the 
rapidly changing product needs while considering the global environment.


3. "Advanced collaboration between people and machines" that allows people to 
maximize their potentials.

Human dexterity and creativity are indispensable for manufacturing that 
responds to the diversification and personalization of product needs. It is 
necessary for the evolution of manufacturing to maximize human abilities. OMRON 
aims to develop new manufacturing that allows people to maximize their 
potential and experience growth and motivation by making people as a leading 
role while advancing the substitution from people to machines. Leaving the 
heavy labor and simple repetitive work to robots, machines support human 
proficiency, and in the event of a sudden trouble, people and robots shall 
cover each other. OMRON aims to realize a manufacturing site where workers can 
enjoy their work and enjoy manufacturing, and at the same time achieve high 
productivity by embodying the concept of the "Advanced collaboration between 
people and machines".

About innovative-Automation

Recently, OMRON has developed a manufacturing innovation concept, called 
"innovative-Automation". With this concept, OMRON is currently committed to 
bringing innovation to manufacturing sites through three key innovations, or 
three "i's." Through these innovations in the area of automation, OMRON aims to 
enable significant productivity improvements in manufacturing sites in order to 
achieve high-value-added manufacturing. With the first "i," "integrated" 
(control evolution), OMRON will seek to advance automated control technology so 
that virtually any operator, even inexperienced operators, can effortlessly 
perform work that previously required the expert skills of experienced workers. 
With the second "i," "intelligent" (development of intelligence by ICT), OMRON 
seeks to create constantly evolving equipment and production lines. By adopting 
a wide range of control devices and artificial intelligence (AI), machines can 
learn through experience and maintain themselves in optimal condition. For the 
third "i," "interactive" (new harmonization between people and machines), OMRON 
pursues the development of a new harmonious relationship between human 
operators and machines; as they work together in the same workspace, machines 
will be able to assist human operators by recognizing human thoughts and 
behavior in a way that only OMRON, a specialist control equipment manufacturer 
who knows production floors inside and out, can realize.

About OMRON Corporation

OMRON Corporation is a global leader in the field of automation based on its 
core technology of "Sensing & Control + Think". OMRON's business fields cover a 
broad spectrum, ranging from industrial automation and electronic components to 
social systems, healthcare, and environmental solutions. Established in 1933, 
OMRON has about 30,000 employees worldwide, working to provide products and 
services in around 120 countries and regions. For more information, visit : 

https://www.omron.com/global/en/

https://www.omron-ap.com/ 

SOURCE: OMRON Asia Pacific