Learn how Hitachi is helping to drive sustainability in manufacturing through its digital innovation and transformation capabilities, enabling companies to gain market share, retain top talent, enhance brand reputation, and achieve many other benefits beyond operational efficiency.

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Digital Solutions Drive Sustainability in Manufacturing

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Contents
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• The Need for Sustainability in Manufacturing
• The Multiple Advantages of Digital Transformation in Manufacturing
• Top 3 areas to focus for Manufacturing Sustainability & Resilience
• Driving Manufacturing Sustainability through Data
• The Hitachi Advantage : Making Transformation More Simpler

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The Need for Sustainability in Manufacturing
The global pursuit of sustainability will inevitably lead
to direct reductions in carbon emissions and help slow
climate change for the benefit of all.
And correspondingly, manufacturing companies that
successfully contribute to global sustainability will
enhance their own ability to thrive.
However, manufacturers that fail to meet global
environmental, social and governance (ESG)
benchmarks are likely to fall behind their competitors,
be shunned by consumers and ultimately slide into
irrelevance.
While it can be a daunting task to successfully digitally
transform in ways that enhance sustainability, the
potential benefits of that success are virtually
unlimited.

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The Multiple Advantages of Digital Transformation in Manufacturing
Manufacturing companies are beginning to
realize that innovation and digital
transformation can deliver benefits beyond
the primary goals of operational efficiency,
increased profitability, and improved
productivity and safety.
Gain in Market share
Influence on industry and society
Brand recognition and reputation
Ability to attract new talent
Employee retention and morale

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Top 3 areas to focus for Manufacturing Sustainability & Resilience
Digital innovation requires substantial change. But knowing you need to digitally transform and knowing how to
do it or where to start are two different things.
To improve sustainability, manufacturers must look for ways to increase efficiency, reduce their energy
consumption, integrate alternative energy sources and energy management systems, and reduce their carbon
footprint from end to end.
The 3 key areas you need to focus on to achieve sustainability goals are -
Production processes
Streamlined processes that save
energy, reduce waste and increase
visibility all contribute to making
factories more smarter and
sustainable.
Workforce training
Manufacturers can maintain and
improve sustainability-based work
practices and smart-work behaviors
by using digital information-sharing
tools to reduce the knowledge drain
as skilled workers retire.
Supply Chain
More efficient supply chains can save
energy, reduce warehouse storage
needs and streamline logistics to
reduce truck trips - all of which help
lower carbon footprints.

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Driving Manufacturing Sustainability Through Data
Hitachi is a leader in providing sustainable solutions
for manufacturing, having developed and
operationalized many of the cutting-edge digital
technologies that companies use to meet their ESG
goals itself.
Hitachi's Lumada Manufacturing Insights helps
manufacturers develop data-driven operations,
increase supply chain visibility, run predictive models
and enable smart factory solutions that use data to
drive productivity, lower asset downtime, extend
remaining useful life, and promote sustainability in
manufacturing processes.

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The Hitachi Advantage : Making Transformation More Simpler
Hitachi stands ready to help manufacturing companies achieve
their sustainability goals. Recent sustainability-enhancing
successes achieved by Hitachi manufacturing customers include:
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 Improved operating rates achieved by consolidating multiple
factories for a company that manufactures automotive parts
 Improvements in equipment operation rates and reduced
production lead times for an agricultural machinery manufacturer
 Reduced productivity losses from equipment stoppages and
improved preventive maintenance processes for a manufacturer of
printed circuit boards

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