Grand Prix Winner

Deliver sustainable water resources through Hitachi's expertise in New Water plant operation in 2024

Hitachi Asia Ltd. - Philippine Branch

To help address the severe water shortages in Metro Manila, Hitachi proposed Maynilad to collaborate on the planning and implementation of the New Water to deliver sustainable water resources in a city that is facing a shortage of potable water.

By 3Q of 2024, 12 million liters per day (MLD) of New Water will be delivered to Pasay City that has a population of over 450,000 which will augment the water scarcity problem. The government and regulatory boards have been encouraging enterprises to implement new technologies such as the New Water. As such, our project is aligned with the PH government's initiatives on the integration and harmonization of all government efforts and regulatory activities to ensure the availability and sustainable management of water resources in the Philippines.

Hitachi's expertise in water recycling will contribute significantly to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDG 6: Clean Water and Sanitation aims to ensure the availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all). We have ensured that the high-grade recycled water produced from treated used water has a multi-barrier using ultrafiltration, advanced membrane technologies (Reverse Osmosis), and UV disinfection.

With thorough planning, studies, and the involvement of many experts, Hitachi will contribute to delivering safe drinking water to the Philippine society. The project opened the door of opportunities and possibilities on the Collaborative-Creation with one of the biggest concessionaires in the Philippines (Maynilad) by sharing Hitachi Engineers' knowledge and skills to level up and empower the Filipino Engineers.

2nd Prize

Collaboration of medical research institutes in and outside

Hitachi Vantara Pte. Ltd. (Singapore)

Singapore Health Service (SingHealth) is embarking on ODySSEy initiative (Modern Research Data Science Platform - MRDSP) to address the Research and Innovation needs within the Singapore medical research institutions. Using advanced data science and artificial intelligence capabilities, SingHealth seeks to bring transformative enhancement in the health services, and to proactively adapt to the evolving needs of Singapore's population health and respond quickly to challenges during peace time and in crisis.

Hitachi's proposed MRDSP can be accessed by the research scientists to access the patient and health care data for their research to transparently orchestrate and automate the life cycle, management, compliance and governance of SingHealth research data.

Our customized and flexible data platform also acts as an additional level to leverage on the existing data architecture to serve SingHealth's researchers, data scientists and collaborators in a sustainable and future-proof manner.

3rd Prize

Hitachi Government-Industry (SIRIM) Partnership to introduce and deploy Hitachi technologies and smart manufacturing solutions to accelerate IR4.0 adoption for SMEs in Malaysia

Hitachi Asia (Malaysia) Sdn. Bhd.

Our project was a partnership with SIRIM to collaborate and support SIRIM (who is the national champion arm in R&D and technology development) to promote National Policy in IR4.0 in supporting SME in technologies advancement and convergence so they can be more competitive globally and achieve improve their Global Manufacturing Index from 17th to 13th.

In the beginning, SIRIM doesn't have any experience to setup a proper structure to promote IR4.0, so Hitachi brought in LUMADA experience and Hitachi's methodology to help SIRIM materialized their IR4.0 mission. We invested a lot of time and effort to guide SIRIM and bringing in the right solutions, with limited resources to support SIRIM for this initiative.

During the pandemic, there were challenges in actively involving Hitachi's internal stakeholders due to restrictions on engagement. This resulted in prolonged timelines for deploying solutions that were intended to be implemented quickly, but instead we experienced extended delays.

When our solutions didn't match SME's needs (i.e. factory environment not ready, over-specced systems), so we worked closely with the internal stakeholders to redesign the solutions to data collection, machines connectivity and data analytics. This was a hard decision, but it also turned out to be the best decision ever made as requests started to pour in since the changes were made.

Special Prize

A Journey of Excellence: Hitachi Asia PH's $2.4M Breakthrough Contract Revolutionizes 5-Year NextGen e-Banking Journey for the Philippines' Premier Bank

Hitachi Asia Ltd. - Philippine Branch

The Project eBanking 2.0 is driven by the mission to revolutionize the financial industry creating a seamless and user-friendly banking experience that transcends geographical barriers. This project greatly aligns and supports the Philippine government’s goal to achieve financial inclusion through the Digital Banking Transformation Roadmap empowering banks to innovate to improve financial accessibility.

Our journey towards excellence is not without challenges. Recognizing the significance of collaboration, we forged strategic partnerships with the Hitachi Group Companies to meet the demands and business needs of our customer and support the overall growth of the Hitachi Group. Through close collaboration and shared expertise, we developed a business model and implementation plan that benefited everyone.

Despite the hurdles and challenges, we remain unwavering in our commitment to finding creative and sustainable solutions. Our project strives to bridge the gap between traditional banking and the digital era, ensuring that financial services are accessible to all segments of society and people from all walks of life, including the unbanked and underserved populations. We are committed to improving the quality of life and creating a more inclusive financial landscape for everyone.

Special Prize

Creating Digital Bridges In The Philippines: One e-Wallet At A Time

Hitachi Digital Payment Solutions Philippines, Inc.

Sending of money from one place to another distant location has always been troublesome for Filipinos. Remittance centers sometimes lack the money to disburse to its customers and faces the issue of related to cut-off time for sending and receiving money. Financial inclusion is still one of the biggest social issues faced, with many individuals excluded from financial institutions due to the strict requirements such as identification cards and numerous documents.

Hitachi Digital Payment Solutions Philippines (HDPSP) together with MegaLink Inc., provided the solution in creating a mobile platform for financial transactions such as money transfer (e-wallet to e-wallet), cash out (from e-wallet balance), cash in (top-up e-wallet balance), e-loading (top-up of mobile credits), bills payment and scan-to-pay (use of QR technology to do financial transactions) as per the ambitions of the Palawan Pawnshop Palawan Express Pera Padala Group company.

The PalawanPay project is a one stop financial e-wallet app that caters to all financial needs starting from cashing in and out of funds, paying bills, buying of mobile loads, remittances and more. PalawanPay made it easier for unbanked individuals to have access to an easy, quick and safe e-Wallet platform that caters seamless integration with other financial institutions such as banks & billers, has security features and offers convenience and ease of use. Transactions that are normally done at a physical branch can now be catered with the use of the app.

Since one of Palawan’s main & widely used service is remittances, it was even more enhanced with the mobile app. With the use of the mobile app, an individual can easily reach their loved ones through their remittances that can now be sent digitally and can be claimed at any branches all over the Philippines. Our platform not only helps the small businesses, but this also gives the consumers more access to the different financial services near their homes.

Together with Hitachi Digital Payment Solution Philippines & Megalink, PalawanPay remains focused on their customer’s situations, perceptions and needs. The platform aims (and continues to aim) for a safe to use and easy to understand application that even unbanked individuals can use.

Special Prize

School Renovation Affected by Earthquake at Cianjur - West Java - Indonesia

PT. Hitachi Asia Indonesia

The 5.6 magnitude earthquake that devastated the Cianjur district on 21 November 2022 resulted in the loss of more than 600 lives and damaged buildings including public facilities such as hospital and educational facilities.

PT. Hitachi Asia Indonesia and other Hitachi Groups collaborated with NGO Filantra to carry out renovation of schools affected by the Cianjur Earthquake. This activity is in line with Hitachi's mission of contributing to society with sustainable development to improve the quality of education. The hope of this program is to restore the spirit of teaching and learning for teachers and students in Cianjur, and also improve education levels in Cianjur.

With total donation of IDR 125,000,000 from 5 Hitachi group, PT Hitachi Asia Indonesia conducted a survey to Cianjur with Filantra to select the school for renovation. The school selected was SD Negeri Gelar 2 Cianjur, and the renovation process took about 3 weeks.

Our CSR activity created a positive impact to society in Cianjur, especially for the students and teachers of SD Gelar 2 Cianjur. The rebuild ignited the spirit the students and teachers, and once again the teaching and learning process could run well and comfortably. This is also in line with Hitachi's vision of being able to contribute to society. The stakeholders such as the principal, all teachers and students were elated with this renovation, and they were grateful for Hitachi’s assistance.