A5：Production Process Innovation

About Course

Would you like to join us in creating unique and innovative ideas using your expertise to work toward the realization of Super Smart Society? Specialist lecturers from companies and organizations participating in the Super Smart Society Promotion Consortium will provide you with on-demand lectures on initiatives, issues, and actual examples toward the realization of Super Smart Society.

How will Japan’s “MONOTSUKURI” change with cutting-edge technology and AI? We will learn how it should be and the challenges it faces through a variety of examples of related companies.

The evaluation of your academic achievement will be made through online discussions with other students after the lectures, which will be delivered every week.

Course schedule/Required learning

Lecture 1: Beyond “Growth”: Connecting the virtual and real worlds to accelerate change in the era of resilience

Lecture 2: Revitalize Japan’s manufacturing industry with ‘D’ and ‘X’

Lecture 3: Use of AI for labor-saving in production of automotive parts

Lecture 4: Use of software for efficient operation of AI

Lecture 5: Production Process Innovations in Kawasaki Heavy Industries

Lecture 6: Inspection solutions with robotic systems in manufacturing

Lecture 7: Mazda‘s “MONOTSUKURI” leads to customer brilliance