Juho Arkkola

Currently, changing business environments demand attention from companies in the manufacturing industry. Supply chain challenges and material shortages affect almost everyone, and the pressure to build a smart factory...

The operating environment of the manufacturing industry is evolving rapidly, and digitalization is changing the rules of the game. Maintaining and enhancing competitiveness requires companies to continuously adapt and...

Increasingly accurate information about the processes, machinery, equipment, and raw materials in production facilities is available, and the use of this information helps with many key business objectives. They help...

Digitalization of production is a process that aims to collect, analyze and use key production data in a way that makes production more efficient and streamlined. In addition to saving time and money, the benefits of...

Measuring the efficiency of production planning is a long-term job, but fortunately also a rewarding one. Production planning is a key business function in manufacturing companies, acting as a gatekeeper to streamlined...

Production planning is often an invisible job in manufacturing companies, the success and efficiency of which is difficult to monitor and evaluate. The planning is often quite invisible – until an error occurs.

How many still remember when ERP systems came to Finnish companies in the 1990s? It was a revolutionary idea that all aspects of a business could be combined into one tool. ERP systems are to be thanked for the many...

Improving productivity requires an in-depth understanding and insight into policies and their impact on efficiency.