CIMPLICITY Open Solutions
Seminar in Japan
March 6, 2002
Microsoft Manufacturing
& Retail B2B Industry Department and Toshiba IT Solutions -CIMPLICITY
Distributor in Japan incorporated this seminar.
Invitation was extended to
various customer bases in Japan, which covered DataViews Industrial customers,
Microsoft's Industrial News readers and Toshiba IT Solutions customers. Total
30 customers participated this seminar from 22 different companies. Major
companies attended include:
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Hitachi (Industrial Systems
MES Solutions Dept.)
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Toshiba (Yokohama Compornents Works, Public &
Social Systems Dept., Production Technologies Center)
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Toshiba Engineering
(Instrumentation Systems Dept. Power Systems Dept.)
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Yokogawa (Power Systems
Dept., System Marketing Dept.)
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Yamatake (Research
Development Div.)
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Mitsubishi Heavy
Industries (Environmental Equipment Technologies Dept.)
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Niigata Engineering
(Power System Technology Dept.)
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Fujitsu Techino
Research (Technology Div.)
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Suzuden (GEIS
Distributor)
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Tsubakimoto Chain
(Automotive Components Div.)
This seminar has 5 sessions
to explore integration of GE Fanuc Software Solutions and Microsoft Software.
1
st session
Presented by
Mr. James Toh on company profile, overview of market potential and Global
Software Solutions including Supply Chain solution.
2
nd session
Presented by Mr. Yanagisawa
who is Manufacturing Solution Specialist of Microsoft. He discuss Microsoft'
approaches to industrial market and overviews of latest technology in COM.DNA, OPC and networking.
3
rd session
Presented by Mr. Mamoru
Fujinaka to explain unique features of CIMPLICITY Plant Edition (PE)
4
th session
Demonstration on CIMPLICITY
PE by BanJi Gong.
5
th session
Provided by Mr. Nakajima who
is sales manager of Toshiba IT Solutions. He explained CIMPLICITY pricing and
their services in system integration.
CIMPLICITY Business in Japan
foresees as a growing market, and with more understanding on customer
requirements would get GE Fanuc there.
