“meviy Factory Day” Media Event Report

MISUMI Group Inc. (Headquarters: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Japan; Representative Director and President: Ryusei Ono) held a “meviy Factory Day” at the Shimizu Factory of SURUGA Production Platform Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Shizuoka City, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan; Representative Director and President: Takumi Toya). At this grand event, the unmanned production lines of meviy, an AI-based machine parts procurement platform, and its digital manufacturing system were unveiled to the media for the first time. A large number of attendees were welcomed, including representatives from companies using meviy in Japan and abroad, and Professor Takahiro Fujimoto of the Institute for Business and Finance, Waseda Business School, an authority on manufacturing in Japan.

At the meviy Factory Day, the meviy Digital Manufacturing System (developed in-house), an innovation on par with meviy's AI auto-quoting, was presented to the media for the first time. MISUMI has already developed the MISUMI Production System, which produces 800 sextillion (8 billion times one trillion) product variations with short delivery times. Based on the MISUMI Production System, the meviy Digital Manufacturing System supports its digital manufacturing, and realizes reliable, quick delivery for variable mix and quantity production that is technically challenging. To make this core innovation of meviy widely known, we have made the back-end production system open to the media for the first time.

Two presentations were given by MISUMI executives, namely Mitsunobu Yoshida, Senior Corporate Officer of MISUMI Group Inc. and President of its ID Business Company, and Takumi Toya, President and Representative Director of SURUGA Production Platform Co., Ltd.
"This is the first time we’re showing the more important of the two meviy innovations - how our digital manufacturing works. I'm sure you'll enjoy it." With these words, Yoshida began his presentation. He also talked about the challenges facing the Japanese manufacturing industry and the social role and mission that meviy plays in the sustainable development of the industry.
Toya explained the evolution of digital manufacturing that MISUMI has cultivated over the years, including the MISUMI Production System.

By observing both the conventional MISUMI Production System and the meviy production system, the attendees witnessed the evolutionary process of MISUMI's digital manufacturing. They also received detailed explanations from on-site officers in front of each facility inside the factory.
The meviy Digital Manufacturing System, in which unmanned production lines operate, can generate machining programs, transport materials, and process them by intelligent automation. Upon entering the pristine white factory, the attendees were amazed and let out a wow. They enthusiastically asked questions throughout the tour.

In the video, you can see inside the factory where the parts ordered via meviy are produced, and some of the mechanisms of digital manufacturing.

Here are some of the comments we received from the media who attended the event.

“I never imagined that digital manufacturing had come this far. It must have taken an extraordinary effort to bring the manufacturing site of a one-of-a-kind product, or a variable mix and quantity production so close to standardization."
“It was a great learning experience for me to see once again the greatness of MISUMI, which cannot be replicated by others."
“A wonderful event. I was amazed that my wish to see something like this became a reality.”

With meviy, customers simply upload a 3D model of a mechanical component, the AI automatically provides an instant quote, and our unique Digital Manufacturing System enables an order to be shipped in one day at the earliest.
With meviy, customers simply upload a 3D model of a mechanical component, the AI automatically provides an instant quote, and our unique Digital Manufacturing System enables an order to be shipped in one day at the earliest.
meviy received the Prime Minister's Prize at the Ninth Monodzukuri Nippon Grand Awards, achieved the No. 1 market share in Japan for three consecutive years, and is highly regarded for its contributions to improving productivity in the manufacturing industry. For our global customers, the range of services on each meviy website is expanding. meviy delivers "time value" to customers worldwide through digital transformation in component procurement.

MISUMI sells mechanical components required on-site for factory automation, as well as tools, consumables, and other products to more than 320,000 companies* worldwide. We wear two hats: a manufacturer with manufacturing functions and a distributor of other company’s branded products. With this unique business model, supported by a solid business base, MISUMI achieves "globally reliable, quick delivery" for greater customer convenience. (* As of March 2023)