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09 December 2020

New Waste Act 2021 in Finland – stricter reporting requirements call for effective material flow management

09.12.2020 | Pinja Blog | Circular economy and natural resources, Supply chain management, Sustainability

The circular economy sector is growing exponentially, which also means that there is a constant need for the companies in the industry to develop. In addition to the competition, development is required as the...

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03 December 2020

User is the weakest link in Microsoft 365 data security

03.12.2020 | Pinja Blog | Digital society, ICT services, Digital business

Over the past year, many of us have shifted towards more time- and place-independent work. In many organizations, daily work leans more and more on cloud-based information work tools, such as Microsoft 365 services....

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30 November 2020

Pinjattaret create team spirit at the workplace

30.11.2020 | Pinja Blog | Pinja Career, Sustainability

Technology is strongly perceived as a predominantly male field of industry, and the majority of Pinja’s employees are also male. This year, Pinja’s female employees started to develop common activities and team spirit....

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25 November 2020

Targeting manufacturing lead time reduction?

25.11.2020 | Pinja Blog | Industrial innovation, Production development, Industrial digitalization

Reducing manufacturing lead time improves business profitability, competitiveness and customer satisfaction. Lead time reduction also advances agility at work and enables quicker responses to changes in the operating...

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23 November 2020

The APS system pays for itself - financially and humanly

23.11.2020 | Pinja Blog | Industrial innovation, Production development, Industrial digitalization

When calculating the payback period of any acquisition, one basically needs to know two things. First, how much does the acquisition cost in money and through staff’s working hours. Secondly, how does the renewal bring...

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04 November 2020

4+1 most important things to consider in managing material flows in circular economies

04.11.2020 | Pinja Blog | Circular economy and natural resources, Supply chain management, Industrial digitalization, Sustainability

The efficient management of material flows is in key role in maintaining and improving the profitability of businesses operating in circular economy. These businesses often manage up to hundreds of inbound and outbound...

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27 October 2020

A lot of talk about the Cloud – 3 important things to consider before migrating to Cloud

27.10.2020 | Pinja Blog | Digital society, ICT services, Digital business

Today, systems and servers are migrated to the cloud at a steadily increasing pace. Gartner forecasts that the worldwide public cloud services market will grow at a pace of more than 20 percentage points over the next...

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26 October 2020

When to move beyond excel in production planning?

26.10.2020 | Pinja Blog | Production development

In my work as Director R&D of IPES at Pinja, I get to see a wide range of production planning solutions in customer organisations. The arrangements made in these organisations live over time, as changes take place in...

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23 October 2020

Renewing the industry with youth and experience

23.10.2020 | Pinja Blog | Pinja Career, Sustainability

Pinja's young engineers Hanna-Maria Angeria and Iida Vaara have enjoyed the change to participate in Stora Enso's grand project in Oulu.

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22 October 2020

Digitalization supports the profitability of circular economy businesses

22.10.2020 | Pinja Blog | Circular economy and natural resources, Supply chain management, Industrial digitalization, Sustainability

The circular economy market is growing faster than ever but at the same time the operators on the sector have been caught in a riptide. Sitra forecasts that the Finnish circular economy will have an annual growth...

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