Konica Minolta 2015 Annual Report Download - page 143

Glossary
• AeroDR
The FPD (flat panel detector) that we sell.
AeroDR PREMIUM, which went on sale in August 2014, is a
wireless cassette-type digital X-ray system that can transmit
image data wirelessly, and at 2.6 kg is one of the world’s lightest
of its kind. It is highly regarded by many in the medical field for its
high-quality performance even at low doses. In addition to being
lightweight and robust, the AeroDR offers high sensitivity, high
definition, and good connectivity with other manufacturers’ X-ray
equipment. The original model in the AeroDR series, launched in
March 2011, was awarded a 2011 Good Design Award.
• bizhub
Our product brand for general office MFPs. It is a word we
coined to evoke the center and core (hub) of a business.
• Cassette
A container for loading film used in general radiography.
“Cassette” comes from French and corresponds to “cartridge” in
English. The prevalence of CR systems in recent years has seen
most film replaced by mounted imaging plates.
• DR
Abbreviation for Digital Radiography. Also referred to as digital
X-rays. A technique that detects the intensity distribution of the
X-rays that pass through the body when an X-ray is taken, and
then converts the data to a digital signal, which is processed by
computer. Also refers to systems that do this.
• GMA
Abbreviation for Global Major Account. Refers to our major
enterprise customers (businesses) that operate on a global scale.
• Imaging CRO I
Evaluation of the safety and efficacy of medical and
pharmaceutical products, for example clinical trials of new drugs,
using medical images taken by CT, MRI and other imaging
equipment, with a focus on areas such as cancer. Konica Minolta
offers integrated services to support image evaluation in clinical
trials, from support for test planning through information
collection, quality control, image evaluation and data storage.
• Informity
Our ICT service platform for helping hospitals and clinics deliver
care in a variety of ways. Offerings include our Collaboration Box
Service, which allows multiple institutions to share medical data
such as examination images and reports, and remote diagnostic
support services that facilitate requests for image interpretation.
• MCS
Abbreviation for Managed Content Services. The collective term
given to services for centrally managing paper or digital
documents, e-mails, forms, diagrams, and other such business
content, and for building systems to properly use, store, and
dispose of this content.
• MFP
Abbreviation for Multi-Functional Peripherals. Units that support a
variety of functions otherwise handled by separate equipment,
such as copiers, printers, scanners, and facsimiles.
We manufacture and sell color and monochrome MFPs under
the “bizhub” brand.
• MIF
Abbreviation for Machines In the Field. In the market for MFPs
(multi-functional peripherals), production print machines, etc., it
refers to the total installed base (number of working units).
• MMS
Abbreviation for Marketing Management Services. Covering
everything from planning to media creation and usage, these
services are informed by customer preferences and purchase
analyses and are developed in line with communication
strategies that rely on a combination of printed materials and
digital media. They seek to maximize return on investment while
also improving customer loyalty and enhancing the client
company’s brand strength.
• MPM
Abbreviation for Marketing Print Management, which provides
services optimizing the production cost of marketing materials for
customers using our own supplier network. Konica Minolta
acquired Charterhouse PM Limited (headquartered in the UK)
and Ergo Asia Pty Limited (headquartered in Australia), both
major print management service providers, to strengthen our
global MPM business.
• MPS
Abbreviation for Managed Print Services. Refers to
comprehensive services for optimizing the office printing
environment and reducing costs, as provided by our own OPS.
• OLED
Abbreviation for Organic Light Emitting Diode. Organic matter
comes in an infinite array of molecular structures, each with a
different color and durability. We are presently strengthening and
growing our lighting business in this area as a future pillar of the
business, building on our strengths in materials and coating
technologies developed in photosensitive materials.
• OPS
Abbreviation for Optimized Print Services, which is the name of
our Managed Print Services (MPS) offering. OPS provides
services to boost efficiency and reduce costs through
optimization of the customer’s print environment (output and
document management environment).
• PP
Abbreviation for Production Print. One of the business units of
our Business Technologies Business.
In addition to its existing business areas, such as Centralized
Reprographic, as well as convenience stores that perform copy
and data output services, it is expanding its manufacturing and
sale of digital printing systems and its services business in the
commercial printing area, where substantial high-mix low-volume
market growth is expected in the future.
• PV
Abbreviation for Print Volume. The print output quantity. (Also
called Copy Volume.)
• QWP film
Films that help emulate unpolarized light on device screens,
allowing people to see true colors even when wearing polarized
sunglasses. This is made possible by Konica Minolta’s
proprietary optical design technology, coupled with the optical
properties of cellulosic materials suitable for this product.
Besides being good on the eyes and enhancing display visibility
when viewed through polarized sunglasses, a piece of QWP film
also serves as a polarizer protection film, thus contributing to
reducing the thickness of displays and the number of parts
required for their production.
• TAC
Abbreviation for triacetylcellulose. Primarily composed of
cellulose acetate, it is mainly used as a protective film for
polarizers, a component of LCDs.
TAC was originally developed as a substrate for photographic
film, but because of its transparency, surface appearance, water
permeability and coating suitability, we are pursuing development
of applications outside of photographic film.
142
KONICA MINOLTA, INC. Annual Report 2015
Foundation for GrowthBusiness StrategiesGrowth StrategyCompany Overview and Characteristics Financial Report