Artificial intelligence-based early anomaly detection and quality control at Belinka Perkemija reduced the number of alarm transitions and associated production interruptions by 90%. The project was awarded a GoDigital! Award for the best digital project of 2024, presented by the Slovenian Chamber of Commerce and Industry.
Together with CREAPLUS, Belinka Perkemija has implemented artificial intelligence production control to ensure continuous and more efficient production. The implementation project, which will bring Belinka Perkemija a two to three times reduction in annual downtime costs and a 200% return on investment, was recognized by the expert jury for GoDigital! The Best Digital Project of the Year 2024, which shortlisted the project as one of the top three digitization projects of the year. Among the three excellent projects, the first prize went to Inea for its project Visual control of meter enclosures using artificial intelligence and to Eles for its project VegeLine - Introduction of vegetation management.
"CREAPLUS is honoured that our project was ranked among the top three digitalization projects in Slovenian companies by the expert jury. This year's award shows that artificial intelligence is at the forefront of Slovenian managers' minds when it comes to optimizing their business, maintaining competitiveness, and supporting growth and development," said Mitja Trampuž, CEO of CREAPLUS.
Slovenian companies recognize that the implementation of AI is fundamentally a business project that needs to be supported by top management. Therefore, they need to approach the implementation of AI strategically, but with initial concrete objectives. As Trampuž pointed out, the Belinka Perkemija project stands out because it pursues two important business objectives. The first is to support management decisions to optimize the entire production line and plan a long-term strategy to increase efficiency. The second objective is more operational and relates to improving the response to anomalies on the production lines, which directly increases the stability and reliability of production, thereby improving product quality and reducing costs.
Organizations can harness the power of AI to improve performance and quality across business functions and activities. At Belinka Perkemija, it was used to strategically analyze production and take immediate action on any anomalies in the production process. As a result, they have been able to reduce downtime and predict more than 90 percent of alarm transitions, reducing the number of emergency interventions and increasing the stability and consistency of the production line. As a result of fewer downtime events, the company has reduced costs, increased production capacity, reduced downtime in the production of high-value products such as hydrogen peroxide and specialty chemicals for various industrial processes, and improved working conditions for employees.
The conference also featured a roundtable discussion Artificial Intelligence in Business: Evolution or Revolution, where Mitja Trampuž, as Chairman of the Artificial Intelligence for Slovenia Initiative (AI4SI), which operates within the Information and Telecommunications Association of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry, highlighted the state of artificial intelligence in Slovenian companies and its pioneering role both in the way we do business and in improving the core activities of companies in various industries, such as manufacturing, financial services, infrastructure and telecommunications services, energy, logistics and trade.
