Renewable, low carbon energy sources are not only in the center in the fight against climate change, but they provide also cost-effective and stable energy solutions. Among them, geoenergy is regarded as the most cost-effective and energy-efficient solution even in a typical situation where the ...
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PROCESS IT-DAY – TO MOVE FROM BUZZWORDS TO REALITY
At the ProcessIT-day on 13-march in Skellefteå, Sweden, parts of the ProcessSME team together with many SMEs and process industry companies learnt more on how to make big technology advances. The ProcessIT-day is a one day industry conference and meeting place for researchers, SMEs, process ind...
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RECENT STUDIES OF DEVELOPMENT OF THE PETROLEUM-ORIENTED SUPPLIER INDUSTRY
The TIK centre of the University of Oslo recently completed a project studying the interaction between the petroleum industry and suppliers and the value creation. The SIVAC (Supplier Industry and Value Creation) project used an innovation system perspective to ...
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FURTHER OBSTACLES FOR SMALL BUSINESSES TAKING PART IN DIGITAL TRANSFORMATIONS
A recent blog article highlighted obstacles for micro-sized companies taking advantage of servitisation and internationalising opportunities due to resource restrictions. Similar problems can...
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WHAT DO WE MEAN WITH DIGITALISATION IN INDUSTRY?
Digitalization is nowadays used as a buzzword. It is often said that it is has been done in the industries for decades. In some meaning that is true – depending on how we define digitalization. For example computers have been used in automation for some 50 years, and they certainly are digital...
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