Manufacturing Magazine April 2018 | Page 97

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Sustaining supplier relationships Nokia is taking radical steps to accelerate its digital maturity and influence the shape of things to come , but it isn ’ t doing it alone . Sustaining strong supplier relations has been key to unlocking Nokia ’ s supply chain transformation .
“ We are working closely with companies to help us automate our processes on a daily basis ,” Giloth says . “ When it comes to that conscious factory environment , we have been working closely with a lot of sensor companies , small IoT startups , and cloud companies to really get a deeper understanding . When it comes to digitalising entire process chains , we have a lot of internal projects , but these are also supported by specialised consultants in those areas .
“ As well as this , we have just consolidated our business process outsourcing and that strong focus has really helped us transform our auto management process ,” adds Jensen . “ We ’ re also using everyday tools like Office 365 and SharePoint Online to digitise the everyday life of the employee as much as possible . We want to change the mindsets
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