Technology Circle 16
Industrial production in transition: adopting an agile approach for sustainable success
Businesses shift towards more agile methodologies to achieve sustainable success. This transition involves adopting flexible, iterative processes that can quickly respond to market changes and technological advancements. Digital technologies like IoT, AI, drones and advanced analytics can be essential for optimizing industrial processes and enhancing operational efficiency – an agile approach can help companies to test and embrace these technologies for the best outcome.
Saline Schweiz will host the Technology Circle at their manufacturing plant in Pratteln and show how they handle these challenges. In addition, winners of our i4Challenge will present their solutions.
There is limited space available, please register early.
Program
14:30
Door Opening
15:00
Experience the salt. Guided tour for interested guests
From stone to sole to fine-grained salt - experience salt and its production in all its different facets.
16:00
Welcome
- Sébastien Meunier, Director Industrial Transformation, Basel Area Business & Innovation
- Albert Hilber, Manager Upper Rhine 4.0, Basel Area Business & Innovation
- Dr. Urs Ch. Hofmeier, CEO, Schweizer Salinen AG
16:10
Swiss Saltwork: 10 years of digital transformation
Our ongoing digital transformation journey of Swiss Salt Works started with the vision to create an end-to-end digital supply chain for de-icing salt. Ten years later, we are close to filling all the gaps. Even more importantly, tremendous changes in culture, technology and customer demands have happened.
- Dr. Urs Ch. Hofmeier, CEO, Schweizer Salinen AG
16:25
Innovating a key manufacturing process
The basic physical/chemical laws governing the evaporated salt production are unchanged. Nevertheless, significant improvements can be achieved through continuous improvements to the manufacturing processes, the application of new technologies and industry best practice. The brine purification process, a robust method that has been established for decades, is significantly improved through a creative approach.
- Stephan Hoss, Head Operation & Supply Chain Management, Schweizer Salinen AG
16:40
Creating value by advanced control concepts
Applying a lightweight predictive analytics approach to gain early insights into deviations of the salt production process sets the base to push the plant automation closer to its limits. The tailor-made concept is fully developed internally and implemented into the existing DCS.
- Michael Breitfeld, Head Process Optimization, Schweizer Salinen AG
16:55
Implementing an End-to-End Planning Process
Doing it right the second time. Using a best practice approach when implementing a seamless and system-supported production planning process.
- Eric Agamemnon, Head Supply Chain Management, Schweizer Salinen AG
17:10
Machine – software communication
- David Maître, Director, LCB
17:25
Practical Application of Artificial Intelligence in the Field of Maintenance
In Predictive Maintenance 4.0, implement AI in the calculation of digital twins and demonstrate concrete use cases and the advantages with regard to data validation.
- Yvan Jacquat, CEO, GradeSens
17:40
Operational excellence based on digital inventory (drones, AI and data)
Presentation of autonomous flying potential to digitize industrial operations with TINAMU's use-case of operational excellence through digital bulk material inventory data.
- Thomas Götschmann, CEO, Tinamu Labs
17:55
Wrap up and next steps
18:00
Networking apéro
19:30
End
Partners
Location
- Schweizer Salinen AG Besuchszentrum, Rheinstrasse 51d, 4133 Pratteln
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