What technologies will Rion contribute to society in the future? In this session, two engineers from the medical instruments division and the environmental instruments division, each with extensive knowledge in their respective fields, talk about their aspirations for the future.Japan is currently facing issues such as declining birthrates, the aging population, and the shrinking working population. These problems are generally thought of as unfavor-able. Are you implying they might also present opportunities for Rion to contribute to society?Do you have any specific strat egies for connecting humans through “hear-ing”?to our customers in less time. Creating a centralized system for managing the data for all the functions of all Rion products might allow us to respond to customers who use our products in ways we never anticipated. We do have customers who are loyal users of our products and ask totally unexpected questions. What I’m saying is knowledge about the technology itself and the flow of development should not be left to the individual employees.measuring instrument field, which is my specialty. Some of the long-selling products have been on the market for de-cades. Sometimes, when I get an inquiry regarding a product like this, I end up having to dive into past resources or find and consult with a longtime employee who is familiar with product develop-ment in the old days. It’s often hard to resolve these issues rapidly. In some cases, the employee who knows about the development may have retired or left the company—then it can take forever to find more information about a specific function. Building a database, like an AI chatbot system, might help us respond I agree with you and like this idea. Medical instruments generally have long product cycles. In extreme cases, I find customers who use products developed before I was born. Creating a database and an AI to respond quickly to inquiries and consultations might significantly improve business efficiency and customers’ service. Yes! It’s just something I’m speculating on now. But I’m hoping we can offer something in the field of risk prevention and rehabilitation for the elderly, such as hearing loss prevention systems or training programs for customers suffering from dizziness caused by ear disorders. It would be fantastic if we could contribute to prevention, rehabilitation, and training, in addition to helping them directly through hearing aids. I think the aging population will intensify the problem of isolation both in sparsely populated and urban areas. Human ties will be more important than ever before. The concept of “hearing” has always been central to Rion’s corporate brand. I hope we can target hearing as an effective theme for maintaining human ties. It might not involve technological advancements. Instead, it may involve establishing remote connections between elderly people or providing an environment in which they can connect in person. As hearing professionals, maybe we can draw on our expertise to create places that allow communication to evolve, beyond solutions that address just physical hearing issues. That’s a unique idea. As you mentioned, I also think that perhaps Rion can branch off into new areas of business, in a totally different direction from our conventional fields. Perhaps by expanding our vision like this, we’ll come to a new understanding of the concept of “sound.” Maybe we should go beyond considering sound in more than just a negative meaning, as noise. Depending on the environment or situation, perhaps demand and interest will grow for an “essential sound” that has positive ef-fects. That viewpoint will un-doubtedly broaden the possibilities linked with sound. Rion is a company that focuses on sound; our business will be broader than ever in the future. Sound level meters, for ex-ample, must be developed and used in accordance with specific laws and regulations. These types of instruments should evolve with the times as a matter of course. However, there may also be ways of thinking outside the box that pave other ways to the future. I think that’s just as promising for Rion.11Azusa IdeManufacturing Engineering Department, Medical Instrument Division. Since joining Rion in 2008, she has worked in product development for more than ten years. Since 2019, she’s worked on design chang-es and dealing with issues to do with discontinued parts in the Manufacturing Engineering Section.A talk session with our core engineersA talk session with our core engineersSESSIONSESSIONgies and Rion’s Futuregies and Rion’s Future
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