Roland DG Introduces Proprietary Production Technology at Digital Management Seminar in Hamamatsu

12/18/2024　Corporate Activities

The 3rd Digital Management Seminar in Hamamatsu, organized by the Hamamatsu Agency for Innovation, took place at the Grand Hotel Hamamatsu on November 26, 2024. Roland DG participated as a speaker, showcasing our proprietary production technology and the accompanying solution service, Roland DG Assemble, designed for production site improvement.

Addressing digitalization needs with Roland DG technologies

The seminar targeted executives and digitalization representatives from small and medium-sized manufacturers and marked the final session of a three-part series. The first half featured a keynote by Toru Hasegawa, President of Japan IT Produce Inc., who explained the steps and key points for advancing digitalization.

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  Overview of the seminar

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  Roland DG representative speaking at the seminar.

In the second session, Atsumi, General Manager of Roland DG’s Future-Lab, delivered a presentation titled “From Plan to Do! Driving Digital Transformation in People and Organizations Through Production Site Improvements.” Building on the prior lecture about promoting digitalization, Atsumi introduced how Roland DG’s proprietary production systems can support digitalization efforts.

The presentation highlighted the evolution of Roland DG’s products and technologies, which were developed to enhance differentiation and competitiveness. By integrating these advancements, the company has achieved efficiency improvements, as demonstrated with concrete metrics and outcomes.
Attendees also learned about Roland DG Assemble, a solution grounded in over 20 years of our production expertise, embodied in the Digital Yatai system*. Atsumi emphasized the system’s unique ability to support high-mix, low-volume manufacturing operations.
Atsumi highlighted its unique features, such as the ability to bridge analog and digital processes, and demonstrated its strengths with implementation examples where it has helped businesses expand their value.

Atsumi also shared insights from our development journey, discussing trial-and-error experiences such as prioritizing visualization that ended up being underutilized. This led to the advice that prioritizing support for both operators and managers is key to successfully introducing digital tools.

*Digital Yatai: Developed independently by Roland DG in 2000, this system supports the digitization and improvement of production sites, achieving benefits such as going paperless, incorporating IoT, reducing workloads, shortening lead times, and ensuring quality reliability.

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  Roland DG Assemble operation image

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  Digital Yatai

Empowering mindset change with Roland DG Assemble

The presentation concluded by addressing challenges businesses face during transformations, including uncertainty, cost, temporary disruptions, resistance, and risk of failure. Atsumi stressed that Roland DG Assemble mitigates these risks with its fixed monthly fee of 50,000 yen, robust support system, and scalable implementation options that make it easy to start small and foster mindset changes on-site.

Feedback from seminar attendees included comments such as, “It was enlightening to see real examples of on-site improvements” and “The specific insights into digital transformation initiatives were particularly interesting.” Roland DG has since followed up with interested participants through information exchanges and site visits.

In today’s business landscape, digital transformation is becoming increasingly vital. Leveraging data-driven strategies plays a critical role in achieving growth and competitive advantage. At Roland DG, we remain committed to supporting the digitalization of manufacturing in Japan through the continued expansion of Roland DG Assemble.