In response to the demand for automation and labor savings in the Industrial Automation (IA) industry, MISUMI has expanded its digital manufacturing capabilities by combining its manufacturing and distribution businesses.

The components for automation devices and equipment required for Industrial Automation (IA) sites are unique to each item. Blueprint creation, quoting, and ordering tasks involve extensive manual effort and long lead times for each component, leading to inefficient operations scattered throughout.

To address this challenge, MISUMI has "standardized" custom parts and listed on our e-commerce site. We have devised a unique method where customers can select the dimensions and specifications of parts from the list and place an order. This significantly reduces the time spent on inefficient tasks by our customers.

By achieving a delivery compliance rate of 99.7% or higher on a global scale, MISUMI reduces customers' unnecessary inventory and eliminates lost opportunities such as production and operation stoppages. 

Furthermore, through digital services integrated with 3D CAD, we reduce inefficiencies and workload in the procurement process by approximately 90%, contributing to the efficient use of resources. We continue to contribute to the sustainable development of society by fostering "time innovation" in the IA industry.

Digital manufacturing is rapidly advancing within global Industrial Automation (IA) sites. As a unique deployment offering innovative time value, MISUMI provides 3D CAD collaboration tools such as "meviy" and has received high praise from many customers. We will continue to advance our digital manufacturing responsiveness, promote digital transformation in procuring machine parts needed for automation, and strive to eliminate customer inefficiencies. By empowering customers to focus on more value-added core tasks, we enhance quality and productivity in the IA industry.

At Industrial Automation (IA) sites, structural components for equipment, machine parts, and mold parts are unique, and for each part, a designer had to draw a blueprint, obtain quotes, and place orders with multiple part processing manufacturers.
MISUMI standardized the made-to-order parts and listed them in the catalog. It is possible to place an order by simply selecting the dimensions and specifications of the part from the list. The size of the parts can be specified in microns, and the number of items reaches 80 sextillion (80 billion times 1 trillion).

Notwithstanding the huge variety of 80 sextillion product variations that MISUMI offers, our success in minimizing inventory and ensuring reliable, quick delivery is anchored in our use of "semi-finished products." We mass-produce these semi-finished products at factories in Vietnam and other locations, and perform final finishing at the factory closest to the consumption area based on customer orders, ensuring Reliable & Quick Delivery with Each Cusom-made Item.

"meviy" is a platform that digitalizes the quoting and manufacturing of machine parts. This platform has shortened the process of creating 2D drawings and obtaining quotes, which can take dozens of hours after completing the 3D CAD design, to approximately one minute. When you upload the design data (CAD data) of the parts, the AI responds immediately with the price and delivery date, then an auto-generated manufacturing program enables the parts to be shipped in as little as one day. Even complex parts that are difficult to list in catalogs can now be easily procured through data alone, without any human intervention.

RAPiD Design is a 3D CAD data library software for components used in automation devices and equipment. It is a service tailored for designers of automation devices and equipment.
Traditionally, customers have been forced to perform inefficient and time-consuming tasks, going between CAD and online catalogs to download parts information as they design, select, and request quotes.
With Rapid Design, the entire process from design to quote is completed in CAD, eliminating downloads and making specification changes incredibly easy. By drastically reducing the number of complicated tasks, customers can now focus on their core business of design and development.

MISUMI FRAMES is an installable software that allows you to intuitively design and order aluminum frame enclosures with a simple mouse operation. It automates labor-intensive tasks and reduces the time from design to order by up to 90% compared to conventional CAD software methods. In the two and a half years since the launch of MISUMI FRAMES, we have continuously updated this service by redesigning the user interface and adding new functionalities. As a consequence, we now have more than 50,000 users.