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CTO STRAIGHT TALK | ISSUE 3

PINPOINTING
THE POSITION
OF A PRODUCT
At the Fujitsu Shimane PC factory,
defective components have to be
IN THE REPAIR
removed from the main floor and taken
to the repair area. The challenge is that
AREA wOULD
within the repair area there are products
at different stages, from initial assembly
HE INTERNET OF THINGS
REVEAL
IMPROVES PEOPLE'S LIVES
to final testing. Without knowing exactly
when the repaired component would be
The IoT can make
lives
wHERE
ITpeople's
IS IN
completed, it is difficult to accurately
better and safer. For example,
assess delivery time. Sometimes delivery
approximately 75,000 trucks travel the
THE PROCESS.
of an order can be delayed or a special
roads of Japan and they could provide
delivery truck must be used just to ship
very valuable data. At one truck fleet
BY ADDING
the part that wasn't ready at the time the
operator where we implemented an IoT
rest of the order went out.
solution, we discovered that the data
A SENSOR
collected
on the road could significantly
Knowing that this was making us less
improve fuel economy. Another IoT-based
efficient, we wanted to better understand
TOtests
EACH
solution
the impact of changing road
the progress of products in the repair
signs on drivers' behavior. This has led to
area. Pinpointing the position of a product new COMPONENT
insights on how to improve the safety
in the repair area would reveal where it is
and driving experience for all drivers.
in the process. By adding a sensor to each
AND A BARCODE
Another example of how the IoT improves
component and a barcode reader, we
safety
is its use in construction sites,
were able to see where repaired products
READER,
were in real time. This told us not only how with sensors that measure a worker's
vital signs, speed, and acceleration of
many components were awaiting repair
wE wERE
movement. When one of the sensors
but also at what point in the process each
detects any abnormality, it sends an alert.
one was, so that we could predict how
TO
That ABLE
can save lives,
as people often fail to
much time would be needed to complete
notice danger signs. A clear advantage
the repair of each one of them.
SEE wHERE
REPAIRED
THE COLLECTION OF REAL-TIME
DATA
PRODUCTS
ENABLED BY THE IoT, COMBINED
IN
wITH USEFUL ANALYSIS,wERE
IS POISED
REAL TIME.
TO CHANGE THE VERY NATURE
OF
particular challenge when coupled with
quality control that requires removing
components that indicate an abnormality,
fixing them, and getting them back into
the production process.

As a result of using the IoT in this manner,
we realized two very positive benefits.
One was a 30% reduction in delivery
costs. The other was a gain in awareness
of the IoT on the factory floor,
encouraging workers to make proposals
for additional improvements using the
real-time monitoring enabled by the IoT.
That holds the promise for even better
results in the future.

T

THE wAY wE DO BUSINESS-AND THE
wAY wE LIVE OUR LIVES.

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