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Continuous improvement is about making minor enhancements every day

How to make quality happen? Most often, the secret of quality lies not in major activities but in minor changes made in daily operations.

In the end, digitalization has a lot to do with people

Moving toward more autonomous mills or plants will highlight rather than neglect the importance of operators’ capabilities. Operators will need to be able to understand how the whole system works, as they will have more extensive tools at their disposal.

For loop tuning, do you need a bump test?

The short answer to the original question is: Yes, you do need a bump test. However, the bump test does not need to be a traditional one.

My role in sustainability: Creating valuable products from waste streams

When I think about sustainability, I always wonder whether the responsibility of being sustainable is more personal or professional responsibility. From my point of view, it is both, and therefore my personal and professional life choices are always filtered out through a lens called ‘sustainability’.

The data is there – are you bold enough to hop on board?

The pace of product development is ever accelerating, fueled by factors such as the rapid development of Artificial Intelligence (AI). As the tools for processing a huge amount of data nowadays exist, manufacturing companies are be able to take a quantum leap and make quick step changes. A massive amount of data is already available – waiting to be harnessed for value creation.

The perfect is the enemy of the good

In the spring of 2013, I was asked to start planning IT for a new company. At that point, the company did not yet have a name. Metso had just announced that it would start preparing a demerger into two independent listed companies.

My 20 years in Corporate Training: 5 Lessons Learned

Two reasons data can make your processes more profitable

In future, machines and equipment will be one part of a wider production system that creates value, with software transforming data into digital services and solutions. How can the collected data be utilized comprehensively to maximize the plant’s or mill’s production and profitability?

Focus on renewable energy technologies’ competitiveness

Due to the combat on climate change, the role of renewable energy has increased significantly over the past decade. Despite solar and wind taking most of the headlines, according to REN21 Renewables 2018 Global Status Report, about a third of the world’s renewable energy consumption is still based on modern bioenergy.

How to reduce mill maintenance time with augmented reality?

We are entering to a new era in mill maintenance, as augmented reality (AR) is becoming a new reality. AR enables a new kind of access to information when performing maintenance tasks, which means improved efficiency and safety and savings in time and money.