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Petruccelli explained that video calls with each other and Lallemand ’ s customers significantly reduced the business impact of not being able to travel to each other ' s location and actually made them more efficient .
“ Without the possibility of leveraging public Cloud services , this would have taken years to get in place resulting in a big business impact . Cloud services truly saved us ,” he adds .
Since the introduction of public Cloud technologies , there ’ s been significant efficiency and improved productivity for the Lallemand users .
“ We are working towards having the data we need in real time at our fingertips , rather than waiting for information for days or weeks at a time . The importance of data analytics moving forward will be in providing key data in real-time to make better business decisions and to better support our business ,” says Petruccelli .
When discussing new technologies such as AI , ML , and RPA , Petruccelli adds that the company ’ s 50 to 60 different plants worldwide – some of which have been around for 100 years – would greatly benefit from these automation improvements :
“ These types of emerging technologies would further enhance the efficiency of our production plants ,” he said . For example , one of the projects Lallemand started roughly about a year ago is all about Industry 4.0 and leveraging these capabilities globally .
“ The goal of our Industry 4.0 initiative is to develop a production data analytics platform that delivers actionable insights and empowers our colleagues ; from operations to management to data scientists , with the tools they need to identify process flaws , improve production and resource management , or simply spend less time finding the data they need ,” says Petruccelli .
Being cloud-based and relying on open standards , the platform will act as a single pane of glass for Lallemand ’ s global yeast and bacteria plants ’ production processes , enabling advanced analytics and machine learning for proactive factual decisions .
“ The platform was initially deployed at our Préfontaine plant in Montreal , and now it serves as a testbed for new features and sites ,” he continues .
Another example of migrating to the Cloud and adopting new technologies is the implementation of the Microsoft Dynamics 365 CRM platform , which went live within Lallemand in February 2022 .
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