b'(advisory systems/prescription). Pleasemanyshould also be able to predict exactlyprerequisite for being able to continue allow me to explain these two pointsdifferentwhat needs to be done to prevent thispracticing the worlds most beautiful somewhat more precisely before I letdigitalizationevent in the first place. Right? Yes,craft: paper, cardboard and tissue you return to the mundane world ofsolutions arebut theres a big caveat. Here too,production. And I dont think we need everyday work. no longer athe devil is in the details. For this toto worry that this brave new world will distant wish. succeed, the necessary expertise of thetake our jobs away, because were PLATFORM CONCEPT factory operator must be linked withalready struggling to recruit qualified Of course, smart solutions have beenthe necessary craft knowledge ofyoung people to pursue the worlds around for quite a long time, andthe digitalization solution. This can bemost beautiful craft. This problem is theyve been implemented in variousdone with smart interfaces or operatorexacerbated by the advancing trend kinds of factories, in some casesinterfaces that combine the operatorsof urbanization, which makes it harder admirably. But the heart of the problemexpertise with the intelligence of theto convince skilled workers to work far is usually the transferability of thesedigitalization solutions from one eventaway from larger cities, in production local, typically very specialized, hand- to the next. With self-learning systemsfacilities that are typically located in made solutions to other factoriesnotand artificial intelligence, the expertiseclose proximity to the required timber to mention factories in other countries.can then be enriched in order toresources. And so, its my personal Besides, the same time and effortcontinuously improve the systemopinion that we shouldnt even ask is usually required to make theseknow-how over time and provideourselves the question: Do we need solutions transportable. And thatsincreasingly useful support to operatorsdigitalization? In order for our industry where digitalization comes in. Thein their daily work. This in turn leadsto survive, we should instead realize magic word here is the scalability ofto lower production costs, higher plantthat, We need the right digitalization the cloud architecture (meaning thecapacity utilization, better quality, andsolutions fast! And we can develop linkage of the factory level with theincreased diversity of products.them in an environment of collaboration cloud, analytical models, and operatoramong partners (an open ecosystem).interfaces), in a way thats thoroughlyIts precisely in these times when the comparable with having your appsmarket demands smaller and smallerI briefly alluded to the wish-list of the on different smartphones and tablets.production quantities and increasinglypaper industry in the introduction, Although industrial applications willmore complex products and lowerand today many different digitalization never achieve the scalability of acosts that digitalization will becomesolutions are no longer a distant wish: smartphone app (developed once,an increasingly important factor in ourTheyve already been realized in part in installed a million times over), a smartindustry. Its therefore an indispensableour Digital Fiber Suite (see below).approach like the one described above can already easily achieve a scalability of 70 to 80 percent today; and thats 70 to 80 percent more than youd have without a platform concept.DESCRIPTIVE SOLUTIONS (ADVISORY SYSTEMS/PRESCRIPTION)Connecting a predictive system with an appropriate descriptive system (prescription) is definitely the next logical step for operators. If you can already predict that an event will occur with a certain probability within a certain period of time - using predictive systems operating on the basis of historical or current data - you TISSUE TECHNOLOGY INTERNATIONAL59'