Metsä Board Installs Tieto TIPS System at Five Mills
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Metsä Board, Finland, has installed Tieto Corp.'s factory systems at five of its paperboard mills in Finland. The solution is based on Tieto's (Helsinki, Finland) TIPS (Tieto Integrated Paper Solution) system and covers production optimization and management, inventory management and interfaces with subcontractors, the sales system, and automation. The system also includes an interface with SAP Business Warehouse reporting. A similar delivery is currently in progress at the Metsä Board Zanders Gohrsmühle mill in Germany.
Metsä Board had already used TIPS products, but now the version has been updated and deployed at all five factories. In the future, the system will be updated with new versions every one to two years, which will extend its life cycle. The mills use one application, which results in savings and standardized operating models.
"We have built a system that enables us to develop shared best practices and facilitates goal setting and monitoring at the five mills. System maintenance and further development have become more efficient. A significant number of our personnel were involved in the project and many of our wishes became reality in the development of the application. The collaboration between our companies went well from my perspective: we stayed on schedule and within the budget, even though there were substantial changes in the project along the way," says Metsä Board's Matti Ketonen, VP, Supply Chain.
"TIPS is a comprehensive production control system for the pulp, paper, paperboard, and soft tissue industries. It uses modern information technology and advanced functionality to improve the efficiency and profitability of pulp and paper companies.
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