sized companies a chance to be successful with us and have worked with a number of startups , as well as working with very large companies ,” he explains . “ I believe that building mutually beneficial relationships leads to success . In addition you have to have the structures in place . For example , we have implemented a cloud environment and data lake where data from both our own applications and vendor applications can be kept together in one place .”
With the future in mind , Yli-Pietilä has a clear plan of what the next few years at Stora Enso and the wider
“ We have implemented a group fund of € 10mn annually to support digital innovation and have really outlined our intention to welcome new technologies ”
— Marko Yli-Pietilä , Head of Smart Operations , Stora Enso
45 manufacturing industry could hold . “ We ’ ve defined a vision of what a digital mill will look like in 2030 in Stora Enso ,” says Yli-Pietilä . “ We expect the automation level to increase , with an increasing amount of centralised operations at the mills in addition to remote operations .” There will be a greater interest in virtual reality and I expect more real-time visibility into what is happening at the manufacturing sites . We will also see more autonomous vehicles present at our mills ,” he says .
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