Tieto have signed an agreement for the delivery of an MES solution based on Tieto’s standard SAP-based MES solution.
The MES system, which will initially be rolled out to almost 26 North American sites, covers all of the production shop floor execution with connections into SAP’s Extended Warehouse Management covering the complete Manufacturing to Delivery Process.
“With our legacy MES approaching end-of-life, we sought out a solution that closely integrates with our SAP operating model while allowing us to adapt to new business requirements. Our partner, Tieto, brings an SAP-based solution, paper industry experience, SAP expertise, and a global delivery model that will be the key to our success,” says Joseph Rahme, Senior IT Manager of International Paper.
“Tieto is a strong player in the paper industry: we have more than 220 MES installations globally. Tieto’s advantage is that we can handle large projects and have flexible business models together with tailor-made governance principles. The agreement with International Paper is based on our standard SAP-based MES solution. This enables us to develop together with IP the most mature MES ever, which meets all requirements of the paper industry,” adds Thomas Hohenauer, IP customer and delivery executive and country manager of Tieto in Austria.
Prior to this, Tieto announced recently that it has launched a new map solution to the Norwegian forestry unit Allma, which is a co-operation between Allskog, Mjosen Skog and AT Skog, and accounts for more than 30 percent of the timber revenue in Norway.
The map solution intended for web and mobile phones for forest owners, forestry leaders and entrepreneurs.
“We wanted to collaborate with Tieto because of their comprehensive knowledge regarding forestry and their ability to provide all consultancy, design and IT solutions that are necessary for develop the next version of Allma. We want them to be a partner in our effort to develop even better, more available and cost efficient solutions for the forestry,” says Erik A. Dahl, CEO of Mjosen Skog and member of the Board of Directors, Allma.
