PAO Severstal, one of the largest vertically integrated
mining and steel companies, in 2020 plans to invest in
initiatives in the field of it and digital 6.7 billion rubles, which is 7% more than in
2019.
In 2020 before the company's specialists are challenged to develop new
solutions in the field of material management and quality finished
product. In particular, we have to build a new model of informing the
customers, and develop solutions for integrated planning and
automatic certification. In addition, Severstal will focus on
create automated solutions for industries Upstream and JSC "Severstal
Metiz". To improve the quality of data transmission in the production will be built
new technology network, corresponding to the requirements of the Federal
legislation and internal company requirements to throughput
capacity. Also in 2020 will continue implementation of earlier initiatives:
for example, the transfer of company units to a new generation of the SAP ERP system
SAP S/4 HANA, and the development of the online store.
the Company will continue the development and implementation of smart solutions
able to predict and detect product defects, to give
advice on production process and increase the volume
production by replacing manual control unit to control
using artificial intelligence technologies. For example, in 2019
the shearing line No. 4 in the shop finishing of metal No. 2 in Cherepovets.
metallurgical plant (CHerMK) was introduced a solution based on the neural
networks for recognition of two classes of defects on the metal sheet. Also with
a mathematical model was automated the middle part
of the continuous pickling unit No. 3, through which half of the
metal coming in cold rolled at the Cherepovets steel mill.
Alexei Kulichenko, Vice General Director, Finance and
Economics of Severstal, commented:
"Most of the investment program of "Severstal" aims to
the financing of development projects to achieve significant advantages in
the cost base of production in the long term, providing
customers with unique solutions, as well as increasing the volume of steel production.
Investment in the field of IT and digital are designed to support and strengthen these processes. For
the last three years we have doubled the investment in information technology and
digitalization of Severstal and see significant economic impact from
completed projects".
