{"id":1266,"date":"2024-05-27T10:00:56","date_gmt":"2024-05-27T01:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cm-plus.co.jp\/id\/?post_type=column&#038;p=1266"},"modified":"2025-05-02T15:07:18","modified_gmt":"2025-05-02T06:07:18","slug":"dx_technology1","status":"publish","type":"column","link":"https:\/\/cm-plus.co.jp\/id\/column\/plant_dx_itot\/dx_technology1\/","title":{"rendered":"Application of DX Technology in Pharmaceutical Manufacturing 1"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"toc_container\" class=\"toc\"><p class=\"toc_title\">Table of Contents<\/p><ul class=\"toc-list\"><li><a href=\"#toc1\"><span class=\"toc_number\">1<\/span> What is DX (Digital Transformation)?<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#toc2\"><span class=\"toc_number\">2<\/span> DX for digital data handling<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#toc3\"><span class=\"toc_number\">3<\/span> Organizing the control system hierarchy<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\n<h2 class=\"headLine05\">What is DX (Digital Transformation)?<\/h2>\n<p>First, let us explain DX (Digital Transformation) from the example of the roadmap.<br \/>\nThe progress levels of DX are shown in the upper part of the fig.1 as &#8220;Digitize,&#8221; &#8220;Digitalize,&#8221; and &#8220;Digital Transformation. While anticipating the digitalization of the industry, it is important to raise issues from the three perspectives shown in the left part of the Fig.1 and utilize digital technology to solve them.<br \/>\nThe three perspectives are &#8220;business category perspective,&#8221; &#8220;customer perspective,&#8221; and &#8220;own company perspective,&#8221; and it is important to address issues from each perspective in the existing business model area and the business model transformation area. The ultimate goal of DX is to promote individual digitalization, which will lead to business and management restructuring.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center imgTtl\">Fig. 1: Roadmap for DX implementation<\/p>\n<figure class=\"pop-pc pop-sp\">\n<div class=\"photo\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4846\" src=\"https:\/\/cm-plus.co.jp\/id\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/dx_technology1_img1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"860\" height=\"414\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cm-plus.co.jp\/id\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/dx_technology1_img1.png 860w, https:\/\/cm-plus.co.jp\/id\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/dx_technology1_img1-300x144.png 300w, https:\/\/cm-plus.co.jp\/id\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/dx_technology1_img1-768x370.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 860px) 100vw, 860px\" \/><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<h2 class=\"headLine05\">DX for digital data handling<\/h2>\n<p>Let us consider the case where the focus is on handling digital data as DX implementation.<br \/>\nWe believe that the ideal situation is to start from the first stage of digital data collection shown in the left part of the Fig.2 and move toward the upper right, through data visualization\/sharing\/analysis, to forecasting\/learning\/automation, leading to corporate transformation. What level to aim for and where to set the goal as &#8220;To Be&#8221; are also important factors.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center imgTtl\">Fig.2 DX on Digital Data (DX Progress Level &#8211; Expected Effectiveness)<\/p>\n<figure class=\"pop-pc pop-sp\">\n<div class=\"photo\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4847\" src=\"https:\/\/cm-plus.co.jp\/id\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/dx_technology1_img2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"996\" height=\"462\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cm-plus.co.jp\/id\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/dx_technology1_img2.jpg 996w, https:\/\/cm-plus.co.jp\/id\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/dx_technology1_img2-300x139.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cm-plus.co.jp\/id\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/dx_technology1_img2-768x356.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 996px) 100vw, 996px\" \/><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>KPI\uff1aKey Performance Indicator<br \/>\nIT\/OT\uff1aInformation technology \/ Operational technology<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"headLine05\">Organizing the control system hierarchy<\/h2>\n<p>The hierarchy of control systems, including production management, in a factory is generally structured as shown in Fig.3.<br \/>\nThis is based on the ISA95 (International Society of Automation: an international standardization organization for automated equipment) reference model of a factory, which defines the interface between the management system and the boundary of the manufacturing system.<br \/>\nThis Fig.3 shows the data cycle and processing details handled at each level.<br \/>\nEach levels are defined as follows: from the field at Level 0, Level 1 field devices such as sensors, valves, motors, and instruments, Level 2 various control devices, Level 3 MES (Manufacturing Execution System), and Level 4 ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning).<br \/>\nIt is easy to start considering how to solve issues at each level, but with the development of ITOT, it is becoming possible to process data at higher levels.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center imgTtl\">Fig.3 Control Level Hierarchy defined by ISA<\/p>\n<figure class=\"pop-pc pop-sp\">\n<div class=\"photo\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4848\" src=\"https:\/\/cm-plus.co.jp\/id\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/dx_technology1_img3.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"826\" height=\"509\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cm-plus.co.jp\/id\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/dx_technology1_img3.png 826w, https:\/\/cm-plus.co.jp\/id\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/dx_technology1_img3-300x185.png 300w, https:\/\/cm-plus.co.jp\/id\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/dx_technology1_img3-768x473.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 826px) 100vw, 826px\" \/><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>ERP:Enterprise Resources Planning<br \/>\nMES\uff1aManufactureing Execution System<br \/>\nDCS\uff1aDistributed Control System<br \/>\nSCADA\uff1aSupervisory Control and Data Acquisition<br \/>\nPLC\uff1aProgramable Logic Controller<\/p>\n<div 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