Pirelli’s digital transformation journey, AI Readiness Index, OPEX Week 2025 & more – PEX Community News

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This week includes:

• Pirelli’s Pier Paolo Tamma reflects on tire giant’s digital transformation journey
• OPEX Week 2025 early agenda previews new themes, speakers and features
• Intervala appoints Florin Larion as director of operational excellence
• Women in Process Mining forms new local chapter in Australia
• AI Readiness Index reveals how prepared US health systems are for AI technology
• Allianz hosts third Process Mining Conference
• Glasgow council approves new digital strategy to enhance efficiency of city operations

Pirelli’s Pier Paolo Tamma reflects on tire giant’s digital transformation journey

Pirelli’s chief digital officer Pier Paolo Tamma shone a light on the multinational tire manufacturer’s digital transformation progress as it seeks to use data, digital ecosystems and AI to enhance data-driven decision-making. Speaking to Forbes, Tamma explained that Pirelli’s digital transformation challenge was to use a new digital platform that could scale to meet its complex integrated business planning process. “Implementing a supply chain planning solution that could scale up to solve such a massive problem was anything but straightforward, and success was far from guaranteed,” he said.

The digital transformation/supply chain project began back in 2020 and has three phases, Tamma added. The first phase, which is now complete, supported strategic planning. The second phase, currently under way, covers tactical planning, while the third phase involves implementing detailed factory scheduling. This will be completed by the end of the year, according to Tamma.

READ: 10 digital transformation pitfalls and how to avoid them

OPEX Week 2025 early agenda previews new themes, speakers and features

The organizers of OPEX Week, the leading global event for enterprise and digital transformation professionals, published the early agenda for OPEX Week 2025, taking place in Miami, Florida, January 27-29. The exclusive first look of the event revealed updates including the top themes and formats for 2025, the first 25 speakers announced and previews sessions and new stages.

“Join us in January for an unparalleled networking and learning opportunity boasting 12 big ideas transformation keynotes, 9 split plenary case studies, 28 practical case studies on 4 most relevant themes, 14 in-depth workshops, 16 revamped interactive discussion groups, 4 industry transformation focus groups, 4 deep-dive masterclasses and the new AI innovation zone,” organizers wrote.

Intervala appoints Florin Larion as director of operational excellence

Manufacturing services provider Intervala appointed Florin Larion as new corporate director of operational excellence. Larion will be responsible for advancing a culture of continuous improvement throughout Intervala’s business, and using Lean methodologies and tools to achieve companywide process-related improvements and strategic objectives, according to a press release.

“Our unrelenting commitment to operational excellence is a key element of Intervala’s culture and promise to always provide our customers with the smartest solutions to achieve their organizational goals,” said Teresa Huber, president and CEO of Intervala. “We are excited to welcome another high-caliber professional such as Florin to the Intervala team and look forward to him applying his extensive lean and continuous improvement expertise to further facilitate companywide process-related improvements and strategic objectives for the benefit of our customers.”

Women in Process Mining forms new local chapter in Australia

Women in Process Mining (WIPM), a community designed for women in process mining to strengthen their leadership, magnify their influence and pave the way for process mining together, announced the formation of a new local chapter in Australia. WIPM’s local chapters aim to create a vibrant network of individuals passionate about leveraging process mining to drive innovation and excellence.

The Australian Local Chapter will be led by Dr. Kanika Goel, PhD, manager of data and AI consulting at Deloitte, Claudia M, process intelligence consultant at Data Gems and Susana Zavaleta, process intelligence consultant at ALDI Stores Australia. “We look forward to the future opportunities, events and connections that this chapter will bring,” said WIPM.

AI Readiness Index reveals how prepared US health systems are for AI technology

The AI Readiness Index assessed how prepared US health systems are for adopting and responding to rapidly evolving AI technologies. Launched by CB Insights, the index evaluated the top 25 private-sector health systems in the US (by hospital count) and ranked them across two key pillars: innovation and execution.

“From ambient documentation to surgical tools and digital wound care, AI solutions are helping providers focus on patients, improve diagnostics and find new ways to perform surgeries and other procedures,” according to CB Insights.

Mayo Clinic leads in AI readiness primarily due to its relatively high level of AI innovation with a score of 46.21, followed by Intermountain Health (36.97), Cleveland Clinic (32.78), Kaiser Permanente (29.84) and Mount Sinai (25.55). At the bottom of the list are Scripps (5.68), Houston Methodist Leading Medicine (5.68) and Lifepoint Health (6.02).

READ: The guide to AI in operational excellence

Allianz hosts third Process Mining Conference

Insurance giant Allianz hosted its third annual Process Mining Conference, bringing together over 120 participants from more than 20 countries to share insights and strategies. The event highlighted the ongoing journey of process mining at Allianz and its commitment to innovation, wrote Volkan Uysal, quality assurance and automation manager at Allianz Türkiye.

“The conference was packed with thought-provoking discussions, best practice exchanges and external perspectives that emphasized the integration of automation, AI, system thinking and more,” Uysal added. “It was inspiring to see how system thinking keeps our customers at the core of our operations, how object-centric process mining (OCPM) offers a more detailed and holistic view of our processes and how combining AI with process mining can unlock new levels of efficiency and innovation.”

READ: A summary of Gartner’s 2024 Magic Quadrant™ for Process Mining Solutions

Glasgow council approves new digital strategy to enhance efficiency of city operations

Glasgow City Council approved a new version of its digital strategy for the next six years. The Digital Glasgow Strategy 2024-2030 considers the impact of digitalization on the Scottish city’s economic and social life, how it affects the delivery of council services and how best to reach those who find it difficult to use or access digital technology and services.

The new strategy for 2024-30 adopts a new plan of action for digital transformation focusing on the outcomes that digital is expected to underpin and setting out steps that can better equip and enable the council (and Glasgow), reported Cities Today. Key missions in the new document include:

• Sustainable and innovative digital public services to increase the efficiency, resilience and agility of city operations.
• A fair and empowered digital society to improve digital inclusion and equality, build confidence and quality and increase involvement and participation.
• An inclusive digital economy to enhance digital inclusion and equality, develop the pipeline of digital skills and improve opportunities for Glasgow’s technology ecosystem.

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