Finland’s Metsä Tissue has partnered with IT software company Tietoevry to launch a modernised Tissue MES system as part of its Future Tissue Mill programme.
The system is based on TIPS Industry Solutions & Services, a Manufacturing Execution System (MES).
According to Tietoevry, it bridges the gap between a customer’s Enterprise Resource Management (ERP) and mill-specific automation by providing “a harmonised system designed for the tissue industry’s order-to-cash process.”
It provides full traceability of fibre materials for tissue machines to converted tissue end products to enable reliable cost tracking in production.
Digitalised key processes have reduced manual work and enabled “reliable information, leading to improved overall efficiency in the mills and business decision-making.”
Metsä Tissue Chief Executive Esa Kaikkonen said: “We have developed together with Tietoevry a new Tissue MES Solution and implemented it for our mill operations in Finland, Sweden, Poland, Slovakia, and Germany.
“New Tissue MES Solution enables us to manage our mills with data, focusing on correct things in the right time and right order.”
Tietoevry said the key benefits of the “industry benchmark” modernisation include integrated and unified production and quality management at all mills with full transparency and traceability for the full value chain.
Improved operational efficiency has also occurred, along with continuous improvement and KPIs.
Jarmo Ropponen, Head of Asia-Pacific, Head of Tissue and Chief Executive Malaysia, Pulp, Paper, and Fibre at Tietoevry Industry, said: “One of the key benefits is that all the tissue mills, in all countries, now have a unified system enabling full transparency of all operations to lead Metsä Tissue’s business based on data.”
