Vol. 63 No. 3 (2026)   Advanced Digitalization
Technical Papers
 
Driving Digital Transformation in Naval Ship & Maritime Systems Division

KAZUHISA IMANAKA
TSUYOSHI NOZAKI
HIROSHI HASHIGUCHI
JUNICHI ARAKI
TAKEHIKO KOBAYASHI

The Naval Ship & Maritime Systems Division of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. is promoting end-to-end digitalization from design to manufacturing to adapt to changes in the business environment. To boost overall productivity and achieve labor savings, the division is advancing paperless operations by leveraging digitized forms and tablets, while also promoting cross-site know-how sharing. In the future, advanced technologies such as AI will be incorporated to further advance the digitalization of the engineering chain and supply chain.