27 Feb 2019, Production, Industry 4.0
The use of standard products often requires a restructuring and change of the processes in a company. In an interview, Andreas Groos, Vallourec Business Program Manager for the revamping of the information systems in the European mills, explains why the company prefers product-based solutions to project-based solutions and how Vallourec rolls out the template at its worldwide locations.
21 Nov 2018, Production, Industry 4.0
Just as the city on the Bosporus unites the two continents of Europe and Asia, it also brought two worlds together in this year’s PSImetals UserGroup, which seemingly could not be more different: art and production. Under the motto “The Art of Production,” numerous lectures and a factory tour at ASAŞ Alüminyum offered an impressive program. Ahead of the event, the third PSImetals digitalization brunch on cloud computing also took place.
17 Oct 2018, Industry 4.0, Artificial Intelligence, Technology, Production
With a crowdy hall and the presence of important personalities from the metallurgy industry all over the world, the ABM Week 2018 from 2 to 4 October took over São Paulo. PSI had the opportunity to participate in the annual event and to contribute to the most important topics in the Latin American metallurgical market.
13 Sep 2018, Production
Running a metals plant means to manage a variety of interactions between many options. Daily, hundreds of decisions based on production data, reports and KPIs have to be made by different stake holders. Robert Jäger explains how to manage your production process by optimizing your KPIs and resolving conflicts between them.
22 Aug 2018, Industry 4.0, Production
The term Industry 4.0 is not new. Hardly a political speech with economic relevance or a research proposal in the field of production can do without this buzzword today. However, this popularity has an after-taste: for a long time, especially in the steel industry, it was impossible to make any sense of this supposed buzzword and so Industry 4.0 was quickly banished to the marketing niche.
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