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It pays to develop the management of production problems in industrial sites

Many people working in industry are very familiar with various production-related problems. Every production plant has different problems from time to time, the solution of which takes a varying amount of time. A lot of money is lost in these in the long run. In order to solve the problems, meetings are held, where action plans are made and responsible persons are defined for the tasks. Tasks usually include various experiments and corrections in different areas. In this way, tasks often go beyond organizational boundaries and [...]

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Is the digitalization of industry fast enough?

I stopped for a moment to think about communication technology, mobile technology and how significantly they have changed my everyday life at home, but especially in my work in the process industry. I start this story from the beginning of my studies in 1994. At that time, the use of e-mail on Unix machines was quite new. In 1996, at my summer job at a paper factory, foremen primarily used pagers and landlines to communicate information. E-mail already existed, but it was still not used much for information

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Industrial maintenance - what is a maintenance shutdown and what makes planning it challenging?

In an industrial maintenance shutdown, the plant must be shut down for maintenance and upkeep, because the equipment cannot be serviced while it is running. During a maintenance shutdown, as much preventive maintenance, maintenance and required repairs as possible are carried out, so that production can run smoothly after the shutdown ends. Maintenance downtime is a challenging event, so careful planning is essential. During the event, a lot of work is done in a limited time by several different parties [...]

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