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08 January 2021

Winter reading from Pinja – the most popular topics of 2020

08.01.2021 | Pinja Blog | Pinja Career, Industrial innovation, Production development, Circular economy and natural resources

While waiting a moment for Pinja’s new expert blogs, guides and webinars of the current year, we wanted to compile a few materials for you on last year’s most popular topics. We wish you rewarding reading moments!

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14 December 2020

What are the basic components of good production planning?

14.12.2020 | Pinja Blog | Industrial innovation, Production development

Production planning plans and controls the materials and capacities of a company in such a way that production can meet customers’ needs efficiently and with high quality. With effective planning, it is possible to...

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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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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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14 October 2020

How to calculate ROI for a digital twin in your organization

14.10.2020 | Pinja Blog | Industrial innovation, Production development, Digital business

The notion of a digital twin, or a detailed copy of an animate or inanimate real-world entity, dates back several decades. In Finland, they have only started landing in recent years and despite wide interest, they are...

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02 October 2020

Industrial digitalization increases carbon handprint

02.10.2020 | Pinja Blog | Production development, Industrial digitalization, Digital society, Sustainability

Responsibility has become a real Big Question in industry in the past few years. As we become more environmentally aware, companies have a rather conflicting role in it: They can innovate solutions that contribute to...

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07 September 2020

How to carry out production planning that allows for changes and disturbances?

07.09.2020 | Pinja Blog | Industrial innovation, Production development

Decisions made in a change situation influence manufacturing designers, the ground-level staff, production management, material procurement, sales, financial department and ultimately also the company management.

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28 August 2020

Study: More than 70% of the respondents considered the Andon method useful

28.08.2020 | Pinja Blog | Production development, Digital business

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

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30 June 2020

Hidden data security challenges of integrations can be solved

30.06.2020 | Pinja Blog | Industrial innovation, Production development, Industrial digitalization

It is advisable to take data security into account from early on in the integration process.

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