About Us

Laser Focus World is an industry bedrock—first published in 1965 and still going strong. We publish original articles about cutting-edge advances in lasers, optics, photonics, sensors, and quantum technologies, as well as test and measurement, and the shift currently underway to usher in the photonic integrated circuits, optical interconnects, and copackaged electronics and photonics to deliver the speed and efficiency essential for data centers of the future.

Our 80,000 qualified print subscribers—and 130,000 12-month engaged online audience—trust us to dive in and provide original journalism you won’t find elsewhere covering key emerging areas such as laser-driven inertial confinement fusion, lasers in space, integrated photonics, chipscale lasers, LiDAR, metasurfaces, high-energy laser weaponry, photonic crystals, and quantum computing/sensors/communications. We cover the innovations driving these markets.

Laser Focus World is part of Endeavor Business Media, a division of EndeavorB2B.

Laser Focus World Membership

Never miss any articles, videos, podcasts, or webinars by signing up for membership access to Laser Focus World online. You can manage your preferences all in one place—and provide our editorial team with your valued feedback.

Magazine Subscription

Can you subscribe to receive our print issue for free? Yes, you sure can!

Newsletter Subscription

A Laser Focus World newsletter subscription is free to qualified professionals:

The Daily Beam

Showcases the newest content from Laser Focus World, including photonics- and optics-based applications, components, research, and trends. (Daily)

Product Watch

The latest in products within the photonics industry. (9x per year)

Bio & Life Sciences Product Watch

The latest in products within the biophotonics industry. (4x per year)

Laser Processing Product Watch

The latest in products within the laser processing industry. (3x per year)

Get Published!

If you’d like to write an article for us, reach out with a short pitch to Sally Cole Johnson: [email protected]. We love to hear from you.

Photonics Hot List

Laser Focus World produces a video newscast that gives a peek into what’s happening in the world of photonics.

Following the Photons: A Photonics Podcast

Following the Photons: A Photonics Podcast dives deep into the fascinating world of photonics. Our weekly episodes feature interviews and discussions with industry and research experts, providing valuable perspectives on the issues, technologies, and trends shaping the photonics community.

Social Media

Bluesky • Facebook • Instagram • LinkedIn • YouTube

Meet the Laser Focus World Team

Editorial

Sales

Editorial Advisory Board

  • Professor Andrea M. Armani, University of Southern California
  • Ruti Ben-Shlomi, Ph.D., LightSolver
  • James Butler, Ph.D., Hamamatsu
  • Natalie Fardian-Melamed, Ph.D., Columbia University
  • Justin Sigley, Ph.D., AmeriCOM
  • Professor Birgit Stiller, Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light, and Leibniz University of Hannover
  • Professor Stephen Sweeney, University of Glasgow
  • Mohan Wang, Ph.D., University of Oxford
  • Professor Xuchen Wang, Harbin Engineering University
  • Professor Stefan Witte, Delft University of Technology
My Watchlist
Indicators
Industrial Laser Index
Markets
Stocks
ETFs
Tools
Markets:
Overview
News
Currencies
International
Treasuries

UiPath Helps Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Accelerate Business Operational Efficiency

By: via Business Wire

Leading Japanese pharmaceuticals company continues to digitally transform human resources with automation

UiPath (NYSE: PATH), a leading enterprise automation software company, today announced that Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Corporation, a leading Japanese pharmaceuticals company, has turned to the UiPath Business Automation Platform to improve business operational efficiency that would not have been possible with only human labor.

Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma aims to create hope for anyone facing an illness. The industry continues to face challenges in developing valuable drugs that truly meet the needs of patients, which makes new drug development more difficult year by year. By introducing UiPath, Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma is promoting digital technology reform in its new drug development and overall business productivity.

Since implementing UiPath in 2019, Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma has created more than 500 workflows that automate various tasks. Automation has saved a total of 70,000 hours and has produced significant results in operational efficiency. However, the results are not limited to operational efficiency; it has also enabled several tasks that human labor could have yet to realize.

One such task is to contact prospective employee retirees regarding offboarding procedures. Previously, prospective retirees were contacted once every six months. However, the Human Resources (HR) Department received numerous monthly inquiries from these retirees, which increased the department’s workload. As a result, the HR team now entrusts software robots with the task of contacting retirees every month, which has not only reduced workloads, but has also drastically improved retiree satisfaction.

In the research and development field, they have also developed workflows that add value to its business operations. For example, a workflow was created to crawl academic and society websites, sending an e-mail to the individual in charge when there is updated information. Another workflow extracts necessary information from reports to support the creation of an application form that aggregates many reports prepared by researchers and submits them to the proper medical authorities.

Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Provision Corporation (Headquarters: Osaka, Japan; President: Kei Goto) assumed the RPA Center of Excellence, which consolidates all administrative tasks, including pharmaceutical information, accounting, general affairs, and HR for companies under the entire Group into a single point of contact. From the beginning, in anticipation of an era of no-code/low-code development that does not use programming languages, the introduction of the system proceeded on a “self-driven” basis, where on-site employees are encouraged to identify and automate target tasks on their own.

Rob Enslin, Co-Chief Executive Officer, UiPath said, “Today’s automation goes well beyond RPA – it’s the new way of operating and the new way of innovating. To this end, we are pleased to play a key role in Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Group’s automation journey by helping them achieve operational efficiency and improve their digital capabilities. By augmenting their automation program with citizen development, Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma can future-proof their business and build a hybrid human-digital workforce of the future.”

To date, the Center of Excellence has created a unique training program and has encouraged employees to participate actively. The goal is to develop a wide range of citizen developers, including those who can develop workflows and determine which operations are suitable for automation. They have also been developing and operating a new learning curriculum for training advanced developers in cooperation with UiPath. As a next step, the business is planning to further develop this program and its digital human resources, as well as create value-added operations to provide reskilling opportunities for senior personnel.

About UiPath

UiPath has a vision to deliver the Fully Automated Enterprise™, one where companies use automation to unlock their greatest potential. UiPath offers an end-to-end platform for automation, combining the leading Robotic Process Automation (RPA) solution with a full suite of capabilities that enable every organization to rapidly scale digital business operations.

Contacts

More News

View More
NVIDIA Breaks Out to New Highs: What Comes Next?
Via MarketBeat
Topics Economy Stocks World Trade
Tickers CRWV META NVDA
Microsoft Stock Hits Stride in 2025—How Much More Can It Run?
Via MarketBeat
Topics Artificial Intelligence Retirement
Tickers MSFT
How Berkshire's OxyChem Buy Cements Its Long-Term Strength
Via MarketBeat
Tickers BRK BRK-A BRK-B OXY
Oklo Insiders Sell! Oh No! This Is Why Investors Shouldn’t Worry
Via MarketBeat
Tickers OKLO
Rocket Lab's Electron: The Quiet Workhorse Powering Momentum
Via MarketBeat
Tickers RKLB
Stock Quote API & Stock News API supplied by www.cloudquote.io
Quotes delayed at least 20 minutes.
By accessing this page, you agree to the following
Privacy Policy and Terms Of Service.