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November 25, 2025 | OKIEstimated reading time: 1 minute
OKI launched its Projection Assembly System in Thailand and Indonesia, which supports assembly and quality inspection processes, driving the digital transformation (DX) of manufacturing sites on November 25, 2025. The system combines projector-based task guidance with image sensing technologies to help create manufacturing sites where anyone can perform tasks to uniform quality. Marking the starting point for OKI’s global expansion of manufacturing DX solutions, this expansion into Southeast Asia will contribute to the quick solution of a wide range of challenges encountered at manufacturing sites in different countries through local language support, enhanced functionality, and collaboration with local partners.
At manufacturing sites in Southeast Asia, issues such as high labor turnover, workforce diversity, and inconsistent work quality, are becoming more serious. In particular, in assembly processes that rely heavily on manual labor, there is a strong demand for an environment in which anyone can perform tasks to uniform quality, regardless of language or skill level.
OKI promotes the externalization of technologies and expertise developed in its own factories by providing them to external customers as products and services. The Projection Assembly System is part of this initiative, which was developed using insights gained from identifying issues and implementing and verifying improvements in OKI’s factory assembly processes. Since its launch in 2018, the system has been introduced and operated at more than 100 manufacturing sites in Japan and at OKI’s overseas factories. Drawing on practical experience gained from these on-site operations, OKI is to expand support globally, starting in Thailand and Indonesia, to help customers facing similar challenges.
The system improves efficiency both on-site and in management operations by reducing human error and training burdens for assembly and quality inspection work and by boosting productivity through work history analysis. It features various new and enhanced functions, including multilingual support, streamlining of setup procedures, and real-time work status visualization to ensure uniform quality work regardless of worker’s language or experience. OKI also provides comprehensive support in conjunction with local partners from installation to operation, improvement, and maintenance.
OKI is working to provide solutions utilizing its technologies and know-how cultivated in-house, while strengthening its global expansion. OKI will continue to support on-site transformation for global manufacturing through co-creation with industries and customers and through alliances with partner companies in mutually complementary forms.
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