Bio Industry Hokkaido Sugar Co., Ltd.

SDN Solutions Takeuchi Mfg. Co., Ltd

Takeuchi Mfg.'s core products are compact excavators, track loaders, and other compact construction equipment used to build homes and other buildings. Internet of Things (IoT) utilization has recently become a major topic in the manufacturing industry, and Takeuchi Mfg. has set its sights on leveraging IoT as it continues to push reforms, implement a wide variety of IT systems, and build new fa...

Global Logistics System Asia Co., Ltd

Louisiana's "sugar tramps" in the Caribbean sugar industry.

The linkage of the Caribbean and the United States in the international sugar economy has been long noted, specifically in connection with trade, technology and ownership. Yet the management aspect has been overlooked. This article attempts to redress this historical lacuna by analyzing the development of the LouisianaCaribbean connection following the introduction of the central factory in tha...

Nippondenso Co. Ltd.: a Case Study of Strategic Product Design

Nippondenso Co. Ltd. (NDCL) is Japan's foremost manufacturer of automotive components. It faces the challenge of manufacturing massproduction-volume products in unpredictable model mix in order to meet the high variety Just In Time (JIT) production requirements of its customers, notably Toyota. Over the past 25 years it has increased its ability to meet this challenge and indeed has made the co...

Medium voltage drives in the sugar industry

This paper first outlines the benefits of medium voltage variable frequency drives compared to classical drivers or control methods (i.e. steam/gas turbines, hydraulic coupling and Direct-On-Line operation with, for example, valve/damper control). The paper then focuses on typical variable frequency drive applications in the sugar industry and also describes two real cases, namely an ABB drive ...