Manufacturing Magazine September 2020 | Page 44

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44 external people into the mills ,” says Yli- Pietilä . “ However , our core operations have remained largely unchanged . We already had the core infrastructure and capabilities to do work while mobile and have , for example , used mobile maintenance for a considerable length of time already .” Yli-Pietilä adds that Stora Enso has even introduced a new production line remotely during COVID-19 . “ It was a great achievement for us because no one thought it could be done ,” he explains . “ This means our equipment vendor is on the other side of the world helping us locally and commissioning new production lines and supporting us remotely . We harness different virtual collaboration tools so that people at the mill could show what they ’ re doing and this virtual online collaboration has been key . These tools have been influential in helping us during the pandemic .”
Establishing partnerships with suppliers is important to Yli-Pietilä and he explains that each organisation Stora Enso partners with has the opportunity to be successful and long-term . “ In digitalisation , we have an ecosystem approach . We give small and medium
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