Marko Yli-Pietilä
are the first company in our industry to have implemented 5G to enable real-time 360 ° camera solutions in our production environment ,” says Yli-Pietilä . “ This allows experts all over the world to monitor certain areas of the production and give guidance when needed – ultimately making our production environment more efficient and safer .” The 5G solution will support
Stora Enso ’ s efforts to achieve key targets such as “ optimising efficiency , flexibility , and availability ” in production .
During the acceleration of its digital transformation , Yli-Pietilä reflects on the biggest challenge he and his team have had to overcome over the past few years . “ Handling the massive amount of data we generate in the process industry is always a challenge ,”
EXECUTIVE PROFILE
Marko Yli-Pietilä
I spent more than a decade at Nokia , in a variety of telecommunications roles and then worked in data management , and data warehousing ,” recalls Stora Enso ’ s Head of Smart Operations , Marko Yli-Pietilä . “ This experience was perfect preparation for my role at Stora Enso .” Communication and data will be the cornerstone for the 5G revolution , one that Yli-Pietilä is excited to welcome in with the wealth of opportunities it will provide for efficiency and productivity . “ My background helps to understand what you can actually do with the data and how you need to organise the data in order to have it in use in the best possible way . And with my experience in management consulting , I appreciate the value in combining digital assets or data assets , how you use the data across distances , and how you then transform this data into something valuable .” He believes organisations can utilise the new capabilities offered by digital transformation to achieve many business targets including revenue growth , better operational efficiency and improved customer experience management .”
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