Macnica collaborates with the Jikeikai Group as a DX co-creation partner in medical care, wellness, and smart cities - Utilizing cutting-edge technology in Aomori Prefecture, the northernmost tip of Honshu, to contribute to local communities and solve social issues -

Macnica (Headquarters: Yokohama City, Kanagawa Prefecture, President: Kazumasa Hara, hereinafter Macnica), a total Services & Solutions provider in semiconductors, networks, cybersecurity, and AI/IoT, is a medical nursing care and wellness business located in the northernmost tip of Honshu. Jikeikai (Head Office: Aomori City, Aomori Prefecture, Chairman: Tomohiro Tanno, hereinafter referred to as Jikeikai), which operates a complex business, and Jogakura Kanko Co., Ltd. (Head Office: Jikeikai), which operates tourism and restaurant businesses among its group companies. As a co-creation partner for DX (digital transformation) promoted by Aomori City, Aomori Prefecture, CEO: Tomohiro Tanno, we provide comprehensive Services & Solutions that combine the world's most advanced digital technology with Macnica 's intelligence. We would like to announce that we will improve the value of the Jikeikai Group's services, reduce the burden on staff, resolve labor shortages, and further contribute to the local community and support regional revitalization.

The introduction of DX in Japan varies widely depending on region and industry, especially in rural areas compared to urban areas such as Tokyo and Osaka. The current situation is that we are far behind compared to other industries. Therefore, Macnica deeply sympathizes with the aspirations of the Jikei Association, which operates medical care, wellness, and tourism businesses in Aomori Prefecture, the northernmost part of Honshu, with the mission of contributing to the community through digitalization, and decided to utilize Macnica 's world-leading digital technology. We will utilize these technologies to bring about innovation and collaborate together to solve various social issues.

As a first initiative, Macnica will utilize digital twins (twins in digital space), which are being introduced in smart factories in the manufacturing industry, at Seishouen a nursing care facility run by the Jikei Association, to optimize the bathing order. This will improve services for users and reduce the workload of nurses and caregivers. In addition, we use digital twins to plan the optimal introduction of bathing equipment, and support the mastery of its use through training and accompanying services.
Furthermore, by installing bed sensors on all 100 beds at Seishouen and monitoring the sleeping conditions of the users, it is possible to prevent falls and detect sudden changes at an early stage. In the future, we will accelerate DX in the healthcare field by utilizing digital data linked with vital data such as body temperature and blood pressure.
Next, by providing Macnica 's various cutting-edge technologies, such as virus countermeasures using odor, temperature, and humidity sensors and sterilizing LEDs, radiant heat air conditioning, and dry heat sterilization equipment for industrial waste such as diapers, we will help the environment. As a nursing care facility with gentle and clean air, we will provide comfortable living rooms and common spaces, and reduce the burden on staff. These are scheduled to be implemented by the end of 2022. In the future, we will also deploy this technology at Aomori Jikeikai Hospital, which is run by the Jikeikai.
The Jikeikai Group plans to open a hotel directly connected to Aomori Station in 2024 that will make travelers healthy.The facility will use WELL technology to help relieve stress and maximize air quality by measuring sleep quality and brain waves. We aim to become a Wellness Hotel that includes authentication, guide robots, etc. Furthermore, the Hakkoda version of the smart city concept aims to preserve Japanese culture and become a tourism-based nation, including tourism support for Tsuta Onsen, which has a history of more than 1000 years in the Hakkoda Mountains, and mobility services that include transportation support for employees. We are planning. Macnica will realize these activities as a co-creation partner of Jikei-kai by comprehensively providing Services & Solutions that combine cutting-edge digital technology and Macnica 's intelligence.

Tomohiro Tanno, Chairman of the Jikei Association, said:
``Aomori City, where the Jikei Group is located, is located in a region with a typical aging and population decline, with an aging rate of 35% in 2025 and 45% in 2040. In this situation, in order to realize the greatest value of health and longevity with a small workforce, we will work with Macnica, which is at the forefront, as a comprehensive DX co-creation partner regarding the use of digital technology. Local issues are more than just one problem; they are wide in scope and highly complex, and I believe that a company like Macnica that can take a holistic view and come up with optimal solutions is the only way to comprehensively solve them. .”

Optimization of bathing order by digital twin

User risk management with bed sensors

Building on the track record and experience gained through its co-creation activities with The Jikeikai, Macnica will act as a DX co-creation partner and provide cutting-edge digital technology to all companies and local governments considering introducing DX, thereby generating innovation and solving social issues.

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