Nippon Shokubai builds next-generation plant operations with Cognite Data Fusion®
Nippon Shokubai, a leading manufacturing company, leverages Cognite Data Fusion® to revolutionize its data handling and operational efficiency.
Enhanced equipment uptime
9,000 hours saved annually in information retrieval
Faster decision-making and execution
Transforming operations and driving efficiency
Nippon Shokubai wanted to democratize in-house data to ensure that necessary information is readily available to users at the required times, which led to:
- Seamless information gathering and utilization by the manufacturing, quality, and technical departments.
- Adoption of computational tags for trend monitoring.
- Enhanced understanding and collaboration across departments, including those not well-versed with the equipment.
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In their own words
Cognite Data Fusion® is vital for our transformation towards more efficient and productive operations.

Hiroki Nakagawa
Director of the DX Promotion Division, Nippon Shokubai
Cognite Data Fusion® clearly surpassed others. The speed at which we could access the desired information was overwhelmingly fast.

Hiroki Nakagawa
Director of the DX Promotion Division, Nippon Shokubai
The feedback from the field was very positive, and numerous requests were received for the incorporation of additional data and the expansion to all plants.

Hiroki Nakagawa
Director of the DX Promotion Division, Nippon Shokubai
The Total Economic Impact of Cognite Data Fusion®
Customer interviews and financial analysis reveal an ROI of 400% and total benefits of $21.56M over three years for the Cognite Data Fusion® platform.
Summary of benefits
(three-year risk-adjusted)
Improved SME efficiency
$1.5M
Revenue gains arising from shorter shutdown period
$4.8M
Real-time data efficiencies
$2.3M
Optimized planned maintenance programme
$4.3M
Energy efficiency savings
$5.1M
Optimization of heavy machinery and industrial work-flow
$9M