Learning Factory DX through Manga: 'Let's Try DX Once Again'

Production Manager Takahashi learns with the digital twin fairy, the first step towards improving productivity without relying on theoretical values.

Although theoretically this number should flow, for some reason the line stops." The cause of this concern faced by manufacturing sites lies in the "variability" that is difficult to quantify, such as failure rates, minor stoppage rates, operator skill levels, and changeover times. This document is a white paper that introduces, through a comic, the process of a manufacturing manager encountering digital twins (factory simulations) and practicing digital transformation (DX). [Contents] - Introduction: The dilemma of being tasked with DX but not knowing where to start - How to identify bottleneck processes: Identifying root causes that are not visible through cycle times alone - Optimization of buffers (inventory): A way of thinking that reduces stoppages and maximizes production numbers - Formulating feasible production plans: Creating production plans that are realistic - Investment decision-making: Methods to avoid over-investment and determine the necessary scale of investment - Utilization for company-wide decision-making: Transitioning from decisions based on intuition and experience to those based on future predictions At the end, there are also records of support achievements such as reducing production planning time, a 28% reduction in work-in-progress inventory, and a 32% reduction in labor costs. Recommended for production management, process improvement, and DX promotion personnel in manufacturing who feel, "Previous improvements have ended in partial optimization" and "I want a basis for investment decisions.

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