The Heavy Industry Sound: Recent Episodes
LogiNets
On The Heavy Industry Sound we'll discuss material logistics, engineering and procurement, construction site management and everything, that runs through a project managers work desk. This podcast is brought to you by LogiNets with over 20 years of experience in managing capital project material flows.
If you work in capital project management, you’re most likely a pro at using Excel. Excels are one of the most traditional tools that project managers use, after all it’s a universal tool with a lot of useful features and functionalities. Project scheduling and costs forecasting can be easy to manage using Excel graphs and macro projects and different data input checks are extremely efficient for maintaining data integrity. Despite all these useful features, there are some areas of capital project business, where Excels don’t work efficiently.
Bendik Pettersen joined us in the studio to answer the question: "Is Excel an efficient tool for tracking materials and deliveries in capital projects"?
You can read more on the topic here.
Today we’re talking about how an industrial projects supply chain can be improved with Artificial Intelligence. Juha Kahelin from We Make It Rock Oy joined Veera from LogiNets Oy in the studio. Juha shared his point of view on the topic based on a couple of decades worth of experience in supply chain management in the manufacturing industry.
Global supply chains and capital project supply chains are increasing in complexity for a multitude of reasons, including:
- Increasing complexity and costs in logistics
- Unprecedented shortages of raw materials
- Mounting expectations of speed and efficiency between suppliers and business partners
AI and machine learning provide powerful optimization capabilities, for example through data collection, analyzation and interpretation. During this podcast episode we will dive into the following questions:
- Is there any benefit in integrating AI into supply chain management of an industrial construction project, when projects typically last only 2-5 years?
- What data should be collected on an industrial plants supply chain and how?
- What kind of challenges can project companies expect to face, when looking to integrate AI into supply chains?
After listening to this episode you will know how the AI-powered supply chain can improve the bottom line in your next capital project.
Want to improve your supply chains efficiency with Juha? Get in touch via:
Tel. +358(0) 44 5881193
e-mail: juha.kahelin (a) wmir.fi
Businesses in Finland are expected to spend increasing amounts of their revenues on capital expenses as they modernize outdated plants and build new ones that meet intensifying sustainability requirements. Join me in todays episode to explore the questions:
- How well are environmental questions taken into account in industrial projects in Finland?
- What industrial projects set the standard for environmentally friendly projects in Finland?
- What could we do better in future industrial projects?
Julia Lineri, an environmental engineer from Novox Oy, has joined me in the studio to answer these questions.
Read about projects that Novox has worked on here.
Implementing new capital project software can be challenging, because large industrial plant projects may involve hundreds of suppliers and stakeholders globally. How to get suppliers in capital projects to commit to using new software?
Marika and Veera from LogiNets Oy answer this question based on onboarding hundreds of material suppliers to a shared materials tracking system.
You can also read on this topic on LogiNet's blog!
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What benefits and challenges does material efficiency present for megaprojects? How can material efficiency in megaprojects be improved? You'll find out by listening to this episode!
Until recently, a lot of the focus on sustainable megaprojects and construction has focused on operational emissions associated with the physical building, such as the new oil refinery, pulp mill or power plant. Reducing waste materials as well as creating opportunities for recycling and reusing post-consumption waste material has been a hot-topic in relation to operational plants and manufacturing for a long time. However, we’re moving towards increased recognition on the importance of material efficiency during engineering, procurement and construction phases of a capital project. Read more on the topic on an article I wrote on LogiNet's blog!
Want to discuss this topic further? Reach out to Veera Huovinen on LinkedIn.
“How can we optimize materials tracking and material deliveries in heavy industry construction projects?”- this question has been asked by organizations, who have been project owners in capital projects, for the better part of 30 years. In 2022, most business processes and operations are digitalized, automated and optimized through AI. Still, when it comes to managing material delivery information in capital projects, data on materials, packages, containers and delivery timelines if often sent via Excels and emails between individual people in the entire project network. All project business organizations recognize the need for more transparent material delivery information exchange, but not all of them know where to look for it. Tracking materials in capital projects using RFID tags is one of the digital technologies discussed in project businesses.
In today's episode I interviewed Petri Kiianlinna, who is the CEO of LogiNets, on whether RFID- tagging of materials and equipment is an efficient way of tracking material deliveries in heavy industry construction projects. Petri is an engineer, who worked for Metso Corporation for 13 years in global capital construction projects and he was also the leader of the Heavy Industry Intelligence Project in the beginning of the 2000’s.
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