Fujitsu Case Studies Real-Time IoT Tracking and Visualization Improve Manufacturing

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Real-Time IoT Tracking and Visualization Improve Manufacturing

Fujitsu

Technology Category	Analytics & Modeling - Computer Vision Software Analytics & Modeling - Process Analytics Analytics & Modeling - Real Time Analytics Functional Applications - Remote Monitoring & Control Systems Sensors - Camera / Video Systems
Applicable Industries	Electronics
Applicable Functions	Discrete Manufacturing Quality Assurance
Use Cases	Track & Trace of Assets Visual Quality Detection
Challenge	Shimane Fujitsu, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Fujitsu and a leading manufacturer of business notebooks and tablets, set out to improve processes where factory inspections found product errors. Prioritizing product rework based on shipping date was challenging, and it caused Shimane Fujitsu to incur additional shipping fees. The company needed a way to collect data to better track the location of products in the rework cycle as well as monitor progress in real time. The collected data would also help process analysis for future improvements. Read More
About Customer	Shimane Futjisu is one of Japan's largest manufacturers, producing notebooks and tablets from the system board all the way to the finished product. It operates two 23,000 square-meter factories and employs 1,100 workers. Many models of business notebo Read More
Customer Name	Shimane Fujitsu Read More
Solution	Fujitsu Group and Intel jointly developed a solution using the Fujitsu Cloud Service IoT Platform and Intel IoT Gateway products. Phase 1 involved using IoT sensors on products identified for rework. The solution provides a visual map of the network area, including information about each product's location and status. With Fujitsu's distributed service platform technology, large volumes of sensor data can be processed in real time through a production information control system. Phase 2 of the pilot, which is ongoing, involves collecting video images of the inspection process for later analysis to provide a better understanding of why errors associated with rework products sometimes cannot be reproduced. Read More Log in to view content
Data Collected	Asset Location, Asset Registry, Fault Detection, Tracking Of Assets Read More Log in to view content
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Technology Category

Analytics & Modeling - Computer Vision Software

Analytics & Modeling - Process Analytics

Analytics & Modeling - Real Time Analytics

Functional Applications - Remote Monitoring & Control Systems

Sensors - Camera / Video Systems

Applicable Industries

Electronics

Applicable Functions

Discrete Manufacturing

Quality Assurance

Use Cases

Track & Trace of Assets

Visual Quality Detection

Challenge

Shimane Fujitsu, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Fujitsu and a leading manufacturer of business notebooks and tablets, set out to improve processes where factory inspections found product errors. Prioritizing product rework based on shipping date was challenging, and it caused Shimane Fujitsu to incur additional shipping fees. The company needed a way to collect data to better track the location of products in the rework cycle as well as monitor progress in real time. The collected data would also help process analysis for future improvements.

About Customer

Shimane Futjisu is one of Japan's largest manufacturers, producing notebooks and tablets from the system board all the way to the finished product. It operates two 23,000 square-meter factories and employs 1,100 workers. Many models of business notebo

Customer Name

Shimane Fujitsu

Solution

Fujitsu Group and Intel jointly developed a solution using the Fujitsu Cloud Service IoT Platform and Intel IoT Gateway products. Phase 1 involved using IoT sensors on products identified for rework. The solution provides a visual map of the network area, including information about each product's location and status. With Fujitsu's distributed service platform technology, large volumes of sensor data can be processed in real time through a production information control system. Phase 2 of the pilot, which is ongoing, involves collecting video images of the inspection process for later analysis to provide a better understanding of why errors associated with rework products sometimes cannot be reproduced.

Data Collected

Asset Location, Asset Registry, Fault Detection, Tracking Of Assets

Benefit #1	Shimane Fujitsu has improved its prioritization and management of rework products, reducing the lead times during the rework process by 15 to 20 percent.
Benefit #2	Shipping costs for reworked products have also been reduced by 30 percent.

Benefit #1

Shimane Fujitsu has improved its prioritization and management of rework products, reducing the lead times during the rework process by 15 to 20 percent.

Benefit #2

Shipping costs for reworked products have also been reduced by 30 percent.

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Real-Time IoT Tracking and Visualization Improve Manufacturing

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