Hitachi and Microsoft Partner to Accelerate Logistics Digitalisation

The multi-year strategic alliance will see the two organisations work together to meet the growing demand for predictive maintenance and process automation in remote areas and support enterprises as they tackle the challenges infused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Hitachi will integrate its industry-leading solutions, such as Lumada, and its IoT-ready industrial controllers HX Series, with the Microsoft cloud platform, leveraging Azure, Dynamic 365 and Microsoft 365 to enable businesses to increase their workforce productivity and operational efficiency. The first solutions are set to be available in Thailand in July 2020, but Hitachi intends to extend the rollout to North America and Japan.