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Ricoh Group Sustainability Report 2013 40
➤฀WEB฀1฀Technology
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www.ricoh.com/about/company/technology/
➤฀WEB฀2฀Research on the Office of the Future
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www.ricoh.com/about/company/technology/rd/office.html
➤฀WEB฀3฀Accessibility of products
:
www.ricoh.com/about/accessibility/mfp/
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Six trends transforming the office,
and the office of the future
Ricoh has consistently provided new value for
working people by improving the way they interact
with information, pioneering office automation in
the 1950s.
We start from a vision of the office of the future,
then draw an R&D road map to get there.
Our definition of the “office” is the totality of the
way people work, their business processes and work
environment.฀Based฀on฀this฀denition฀and฀changes฀
in society, we have projected six trends that will
transform the office:
We anticipate that a decade from now, business
processes will be distributed as the norm. For
example, tasks will be shared between advanced
and emerging markets or between internal and
external staff. Such arrangements will demand
seamless communication and workflows, so that
people working at home or on the road can do so
just as securely and efficiently as if they were in the
office. This would be a world in which everyone
could enjoy the conveniences information and
communications technology (ICT) creates. ➤ WEB฀2
฀ Based฀on฀these฀trends,฀the฀Ricoh฀Group฀is฀
focusing its R&D on technologies that support these
workstyles and simultaneously lessen environmental
impact. ➤ P43-44฀
Daring to innovate
Today, while networks facilitate the exchange of ideas and the production of intellectual assets, we are
confronted with urgent issues such as overpopulation and the depletion of natural resources. This is a
time to rethink the way we work, examining an unprecedented range of options.
Concurrently, in industrial products and services we are pressed to raise levels of productivity and
safety, and to consume energy efficiently as a responsibility to future generations. The Ricoh Group
continues to innovate, devoting research and development resources to meet these challenges.
Enhancing MFP accessibility
The scanner operating unit goes on a desktop, apart
from the rest of the product, so persons in wheelchairs
can also use it with ease
Seated users can adjust the angle of the operating unit
for easy operation
The barrier-free color management mode lets users with
color weakness easily convert color tones to those easy to see ➤ WEB฀3
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Making a comfortable social infrastructure
As IT grows more prevalent, becoming safer and
easier for everyone to use, we can expect society at
large to benefit from rising levels of productivity and
become more prosperous.
[Products and services designed for diversity]
When the capabilities of products and services
become more sophisticated and complex, so does
the literacy that users need to make full use of those
capabilities. We build accessibility into everything we
offer so that more people can enjoy the benefits of
our innovations regardless of age or physical ability.
Non-core business outsourcing
Workflow collaboration
Emerging markets
Anytime anywhere
Environmental conservation
Security and safety
[Innovative industrial products]
Ricoh innovates industrial products with an eye on the
future. The company is grounded in the many
technologies, developed over the years, that are
incorporated into our own production equipment as
well as our imaging equipment and other products.
[Examples of innovative industrial products]
•฀฀Optical฀technology฀and฀image฀processing฀technology฀to฀visualize฀
phenomena previously invisible to the human eye
•฀฀Environmental฀technologies฀synchronized฀to฀human฀activity,฀
developed through precise visualization of electric power
management
•฀฀Reusing฀energy฀that฀would฀have฀been฀wasted฀at฀manufacturing฀sites
•฀฀Simulation฀technology฀to฀do฀fast,฀high-level฀analysis฀of฀
verification processes that would otherwise cost significant
time and money
•฀฀Expanding฀the฀scope฀of฀applications฀of฀a฀washing฀technique฀
that uses no water or solvent in washing processes during
production and recycling
With a wide range of initiatives in place for solving
social issues, our challenges go far beyond the
traditional definition of an office.
Overview Action Data & Profile
Innovation
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