Digital Transformation (DX) Initiatives

Message from DX promote leader

Our group is committed to "promoting Digital Transformation (hereinafter referred to as DX) and reforming work style through improving of operational efficiency" as one of the materialities for mid-to-long term corporate value enhancement in "Vision 2030".
By undertaking a company-wide approach to DX utilizing digital technology, we aim to strengthen our business foundation through further expansion of our existing businesses and creation of new businesses, responding to customer and societal needs, as well as changes in the business environment.
The promotion of DX is not merely about adopting new technologies, but requires a comprehensive approach including a transformation of corporate culture, enhanced flexibility in response to environmental changes, and the construction of a sustainable business model. To this end, it is vital that each employee becomes an agent of change. We are fostering a culture in which every employee, through increased opportunities for IT literacy education and the acquisition of specialized knowledge such as generative AI, can fully develop their skills and be proactive in driving innovation.
In pursuit of realizing our group's PURPOSE, we aim to respond flexibly to societal changes, meet market demands, and exceed customer expectations by providing value. Our DX vision is "To accelerate the realization of a better living environment through chemical technology with DX", and we are committed to advancing our efforts in DX promotion.

Executive Director President
Hiroshi Okubo

DX Strategy and Roadmap

With a vision of utilizing DX to accelerate the realization of better living environments through chemical technologies, we are promoting DX in accordance with the following strategic policies. While our initial goal is to finish a DX-Ready stage, as we work toward Vision 2030, we will foster increasing maturation over the medium- to long-term to transform ourselves into an organization which leverages advanced digital technology.

1. Expanding existing business and creating new business adapted to customers’ and society’s changing needs

• Cross-departmental use of information with an eye to new business creation
• Enhancement of product planning capabilities
• Use of management/business data indicators

2. Reforming workstyles and strengthening manufacturing systems by pursuing streamlining operations

• Company-wide paperless transition
• Promotion of a wide variety of work styles
• Standardization of tools and promotion of their use
• Promotion of the use of an internal information sharing platform

3. Improving IT literacy of all employees and utilization of digital technology and data

• Human resource development program
• Creation of a “Know-Who” database

4. Reforming to the environment and culture where innovative idea can be attempted and implemented easily and swiftly

• Collaboration, co-creation, and dissemination with outside parties
• Establishment of a digital investment platform / budgeting process
• Creation of a system where challenges are praised

Cultivating DX personnel

In order to effectively utilize digital technologies, it’s necessary to cultivate the proper mindset. To spread this mindset as we pursue a digital transformation (DX), we're offering in-house DX mindset training, generative AI workshops, and other programs for employees, including those in management positions.
In addition to building organizations and mechanisms that empower employees to take the initiative in proposing and implementing solutions based on digital technologies in this way, we’re working to train human resources so that they can exhibit leadership in business process reform by connecting issues in site work with improvement measures based on a deep understanding of DX trends and technological expertise.

DX Environment Development

We are building an environment that facilitates safe, internal use of generative AI and other digital technologies, and we’re striving to utilize generative AI with highly sensitive data like research data accumulated by the company over many years and customer information so that we can streamline R&D and create new corporate value. At the same time, cybersecurity is becoming increasingly important as adoption of digital technologies accelerates. We’re strengthening governance based on cybersecurity and computerization while pursuing the DX and building an environment that enables employees to actively embrace new digital technologies with peace of mind.