- Efforts to achieve NEC's environmental business vision
- A world first: New technology to eliminate the need for standby power in ICT equipment
- Plastic Made from Straw and Nut Shells
- Obayashi Corporation
- A bioplastic with a biomass ratio of more than 75%
- Optimizing Power and Space with ECO CENTER
- Observing Greenhouse Gases Around the Earth from Space
- Monitoring the forests from space
- High-Performance Workplaces
- e-Learning
Industry:Manufacture efficiently.
In the manufacturing and logistics industries, the overstocking of parts and products in the production and logistics processes wastes resources. More energy consumed to maintain or dispose of the stock, leading to an increased environmental impact.
To solve these problems, measures at the global level that cover the entire product life-cycle, not just part of a product's value chain, are necessary. This means that stock must be managed from the procurement of raw materials and parts, through manufacturing, logistics, and sales. Supply chain management, where the flow of supply from production to final demand (consumption and disposal)is clearly nderstood and all business processes are optimized, is already widely used. However, the utilization of ICT can help reduce energy consumption and environmental impact in all processes along the supply chain.
- Integrate and manage all information on product life-cycles, and eliminate waste in production processes.
- Make sure that waste is disposed of properly by managing the usage records and traceability data of used and waste products, and promote reuse and recycling.
Visualizing product life cycle values
At NEC, we centrally manage information and share it with all divisions and companies involved in production processes by using ICT. We synchronize demand and supply by visualizing product life cycle values and supply chains, and help reduce CO2 emissions by reducing stock and goods-in-process.
Promoting reuse and recycling
We promote reuse of products and parts and resource recycling by centrally managing information on product substances, structures, usage records, and the traceability data of used and waste products. In this way we can improve how we dispose of waste and increase our recycling rate.
Developing innovative production techniques and adding value to products
We will continue to promote environmentally friendly manufacturing by developing innovative information technologies that support design and production such as CAD and CAM. These innovations will reduce environmental impact and add value to our products.
