OMRON and Cognizant partner for one-stop IT-OT integration

OMRON, known for its advanced automation technology, and Cognizant, with expertise in IT-OT convergence, will offer a unique, one-stop solution for digital transformation. The partnership combines OMRON's OT products, such as sensors, controllers, servo motors, safety equipment and robots, with Cognizant's IT capabilities, including cloud, AI, IoT and digital twin technologies.

Through this collaboration, the companies provide a distinctive capability to achieve flexible and agile operational excellence. This includes consultancy, on-site implementation, operation, and maintenance. Target sectors for the joint capability include automotive, semiconductor, electronics, industrial manufacturing, life sciences and consumer goods industries.

Combining the capabilities of both companies, OMRON and Cognizant strive to establish a unique business model that addresses on-site and management issues through continuous IT-OT analysis and improvements. This IT-OT integration will leverage both companies' strengths to promote sustainable manufacturing, enhancing productivity, improving workforce efficiency and lowering greenhouse gas emissions.

OMRON's broad product lineup (more than 200,000 SKUs) gathers high-quality field data for Cognizant's Asset Performance Excellence (APEx) platform and its Industry 4.0/5.0 maturity assessment tool OnePlant. This data, combined with management information, helps analyse IT-side issues and prioritise improvements from a management perspective. Results can be fed back via OMRON's control application and the i-BELT data utilisation service, working with customers to address on-site challenges linked to management issues in a comprehensive manner.

"OMRON offers one of the largest ranges of industrial automation equipment and Cognizant has immense expertise in establishing a robust and secure technology foundation leveraging data and AI for faster, predictive, and proactive decision-making," said Junta Tsujinaga, CEO of OMRON Corporation. "Together, we are committed to bridging the gap between OT and IT to drive the development of state-of-the-art futuristic factories, which will not only solve pressing issues faced by manufacturing sites - such as significantly enhancing productivity, reducing operational losses, and accelerating management decisions - but will also ensure sustainability in operations."

"Clients are looking for a Strategic Partner with deep industry and domain expertise, end to end capabilities and the ability to manage complex technologies at various layers of digital factory," said Ravi Kumar S, CEO of Cognizant. "We are excited to partner with OMRON in taking integrated value propositions and capabilities to transform manufacturing for our clients globally. OMRON's expertise in OT data and systems, combined with Cognizant's digital manufacturing and IT/OT integration capabilities, will enable manufacturers to make quicker, more reliable decisions using real-time data.

"Together, we are committed to advancing manufacturing by leveraging emerging technologies and integrating IT and OT systems to realize a state of manufacturing in the future that is connected, intelligent, autonomous, sustainable, and resilient," he added.