RIETI-NISTEP Policy Symposium
Open Innovation as a Key Driver of
Japan’s Industrial Competitiveness
Handout
TANABE Yasuo
Vice President and Executive Officer, Hitachi, Ltd.
August 21, 2015
Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry (RIETI)
http://www.rieti.go.jp/en/index.html
Hitachi’s Social Innovation
Aug. 21, 2015
Yasuo Tanabe
Vice President & Executive Officer
Hitachi, Ltd.
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1. Hitachi Profile
Information & Telecommunication Systems
Financial Services
Other (Logistics &
Other services)
Smart Life &
Ecofriendly Systems
11％
7％
3％
19％
Total
Power systems
4％
US$ 81,350 million
FY 2014
15％
9％
14％
7％
11％
Automotive Systems
Social Infrastructure
& Industrial Systems
Construction
Machinery
Electronics
Systems &
Equipment
High Functional
Materials &
Components
*Figures are on a consolidated basis
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2. Hitachi’s Social Innovation Concept
Serving the world with our social innovation business
SOCIAL INNOVATION – IT’S OUR FUTURE
“IT” × “Social infrastructure”
Energy
Resources
(e.g., water)
Cities
Transportation
Healthcare
Logistics
Manufacturing
and
construction
Finance
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3. Hitachi’s Social Innovation Business
Build-up solutions utilizing IoT and big data
Renewable energy
Safe & secure cities
Rail systems
Raise facility output by detecting PV
module failure or deterioration
Secure safety & comfort by using widearea surveillance & high-speed image
search to protect communities
Raise reliability by remote monitoring of
carriage condition to predict failure
Mega solar
Sensing
Community
Lifestyle disease
Big data analytics
IoT: Internet-of-Things
Rail cars
Distribution
Preventive medicine
Predict and reduce lifestyle disease
related medical costs in groups by big
data analytics on health check-up data
Security
Mining
Improve retail performance by analyzing
customer behavior patterns with AI
Human behavior
AI: Artificial intelligence
Sensing
AI
Improve productivity by optimizing
dispatch through big data analytics of
equipment position & operational status
Mine devt.
Big data analytics
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4. R&D Structure
Reorganize the global R&D structure to address innovation
Customer-driven
顧客協創
Technology-driven
技術革新
社会イノベーション協創センタ
Innovate near customers & markets
HC  500
テクノロジーイノベーションセンタ
Innovate using new and unique technology
HC  2,000
Vision-driven
基礎探索
基礎研究センタ
Innovate based on a vision for innovation
HC  100
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5. Research Sites & Personnel
CSI North America [100]
Santa Clara
Farmington Hills
Sao Paulo
CSI Europe [50]
London
• Sophia
Antipolis
• Munich
• Copenhagen
• Cambridge
CSI Tokyo (APAC) [250]
Bangalore
Singapore
Akasaka
CSI China [100]
Beijing
Shanghai
CTI [2,000], CER [100]
Kokubunji
Hatoyama
Ohmika
Katsuta
Yokohama
[ ]: Head count, APAC: Asia-Pacific
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6. Collaborative Creation with Customers
Solutions & services from the perspective of the customer
Extracting &
understanding the issues
facing our customers
IT Systems
Products
& systems
Maintenance
Big Data / Analytics
System
operation
Resolving
issues
Operation & Maintenance Services
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7. Partnership Strategy for Open Innovation
Acquire necessary resources (customer base, sales channel, technologies)
for growth, optimize business portfolios and increase revenue
Front Office Function
 Prizm Payment Services:
Finance (India)
 Stone Apple Solutions:
Finance/Industry Customer (Asia)
Platform Function
 Pentaho: Data analytics
Product / Service Function
 AnsaldoBreda / Ansaldo STS
: Railway Business
(Europe, Australia, etc)
 Waupaca Foundry: Casting
(Automotive, etc.)
Product / Service
Function
(JV, Collaboration)
 ABB (JV):
High-voltage DC
power transmission, etc
 Mitsubishi Heavy Industries
(JV):
Thermal power generation
systems business
 Johnson Controls (JV)
Air-conditioning systems
business
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