Toyota City, Toyota National College of Technology, and the Toyota Chamber of Commerce and Industry have signed a “Partnership Agreement for Revitalizing Regional Industries through DX Promotion” with three companies that have knowledge of DX and are active in supporting the introduction of digital technologies and services in order to promote DX (digital transformation) of companies in the city (manufacturing, construction, and transportation).
Following the signing ceremony, the Toyota City DX Promotion Platform Kick-off Meeting was held to launch new businesses to support the promotion of DX in local industries.
【Agreement Signing Ceremony】Friday, March 11, Reiwa 14:00~14:20 Toyota Business Fair (Sky Hall Toyota)
【Contracting Companies】
West Japan Telegraph and Telephone Corporation
Ricoh Japan K.K.
Sunflower Network Corporation
【Main Agreement】
(1) Operation of the Toyota City DX Promotion Platform
(2) Initiatives for the implementation of digital technologies
(3) Provision of demonstration opportunities using local 5G
(4) Solving industrial issues using big data
(5) Initiatives to promote telework
(6) Development and retention of digital human resources
【Toyota City DX Promotion Platform Kick-off Meeting】After the agreement signing ceremony 14:20~16:00 in Toyota Business Fair (Sky Hall Toyota)
(1) Opening Remarks (Toyota National College of Technology, Principal Tomohiko Tagawa)
(2) Keynote Speech “What Does Not Change with DX ~Recommendation for DX~” (Junichi Yokoyama, Vice President of Nagoya Institute of Technology)
(3) Explanation of Toyota City DX Promotion Platform Project (Professor Hiroshi Inagaki, Director of Techno Center, Toyota National College of Technology)
(4) Examples of DX initiatives
・Overall explanation (Toyota Innovation Center Mr. Yoshihiko Maeda)
・Case (1) (Mr. Koshiro Yokota, President of Toyotake Kogyo Co., Ltd.)
・Case (2) (SATO Press Industry Co., Ltd. Aki Takama)
(Front row, left: Principal Tomohiko Tagawa, center: Toshihiko Ota, Mayor of Toyota City, right: Hideomi Miyake, president of the Toyota City Chamber of Commerce and Industry)
(Back row, left: Tetsuhiko Ono, President of Himawari Network Co., Ltd., Center: Masahiro Abe, General Manager of Tokai Branch, Nishi Japan Telegraph and Telephone Co., Ltd., Right: Katsuhisa Tayasu, Executive Officer, Ricoh Japan Co., Ltd.)