Trigger
MRI has worked with manufacturers in all areas of the food industry, such as feed, breeding stock, feeding, meat, and processing to investigate the use of the IoT. These investigations have produced efficiency improvements in the manufacturing process and traceability improvements for companies. However, much of the food industry consists of medium or small companies, so they are faced with the structural issue of difficulty in making single investment decisions at the company-level investment aimed at improving supply chains.
MRI has focused on the distribution industry , which aims to achieve “livestock integration ,” encompassing feed, animal husbandry, meat, processing, and sales. We have formulated an investigation scheme for supply chain innovation with distribution at its core, and are using this scheme for considering the application of IoT across company lines.
MRI has focused on the distribution industry , which aims to achieve “livestock integration ,” encompassing feed, animal husbandry, meat, processing, and sales. We have formulated an investigation scheme for supply chain innovation with distribution at its core, and are using this scheme for considering the application of IoT across company lines.
Created value
MRI creates opportunities in the distribution industry for the implementation of distribution platform strategies, and has increased approaches in the manufacturing industry from focusing on improving productivity in individual companies (process innovation) to contributing to optimization for all companies (supply chain innovation). By doing so, we have made it possible to actively utilize IoT and create value (reducing inventory excess and shortages, achieving high-mix low-volume production, enhancing food safety and security, and more).
With conventional consulting and solutions, support is focused on each company's competitive fields, but MRI leverages coordination between industry, academia, and government, one of the company's strengths as a think tank, to also take on the challenge of giving support for improving collaborative fields (creating greater added value through the efforts of multiple companies).
With conventional consulting and solutions, support is focused on each company's competitive fields, but MRI leverages coordination between industry, academia, and government, one of the company's strengths as a think tank, to also take on the challenge of giving support for improving collaborative fields (creating greater added value through the efforts of multiple companies).