Boosting the circular transition (BSR BioBoosters)

As part of the Baltic Sea region project "BioBoosters", Vidzeme Planning region in cooperation with "Aloja Starkelsen"Ltd. invites technology companies, IT product managers and planners, logistics, warehouse and production facilities service and planning specialists, student teams and researchers to participate in the informative webinar of hackathon challenge call, which will take place on October 12.

Join the introduction webinar and learn about the challenge to solve it and develop an efficient system for servicing equipment and maintaining a spare parts warehouse!

During the webinar, "Aloja Starkelsen" will introduce to the company and the challenge "Development of CMMS system improvements, more efficient equipment servicing and maintenance of spare parts warehouse". The goal of the challenge is to streamline and ensure a sustainable production process, providing it with a planned and logical equipment service strategy or plan, at the same time creating a rational and easy-to-operate spare part, warehouse of production materials, thus saving natural, material and human resources, making the product competitive and greener.

As a result of the hackathon, the company wants to get a technical specification, or terms of reference, for a software developer to work together to create a working, easy-to-use system. The winning team of the hackathon will be entitled to sign a system supply contract with “Aloja Starkelsen”.

Webinar date: October 12, from: 13:00 - 15:00 (EEST / UTC+3)

Venue: Online, Zoom 

Webinar registration link: https://forms.office.com/e/xg7Db77zhn

Hackathon dates: November 30 and December 1, 2023

Program:

13:00 – 13:20 Opening and introduction, Vidzeme Planning Region, Jamk University of Applied Sciences

13:20 – 13:45 Intra-logistics, Quality & Risk Management, Project Management, Supply Chain Management, and Procurement, Senior Lecturer Anna Hintikka, Jamk University of Applied Sciences

13:45 – 14:05 Warehouse planning and maintenance, EDIC support, speaker will be specified

14:05 – 14:35 Aloja Starkelsen challenge for hackathon – CMMS system improvements, Jānis Blaumanis, technical director 

14:35 Q&A closing words

More information about the “Aloja Starkelsen” hackathon here.

More information about participation in the hackathon: Laima Engere-Levina, Laima.Engere@vidzeme.lv, phone number: +371 28376912

All project partners will implement the hackathons using a common methodology, based on the experience of the 12 hackathons of the project' s lead partner, the JAMK University of Applied Sciences (JAMK).

Project "BioBoosters" started in January 2023 and is implemented by partners from Finland, Sweden, Germany, Poland, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. The project will run for three years and has a total budget of €2.8 million. The project is co-funded by the Interreg Baltic Sea Region Programme.

More information about the project: http://www.vidzeme.lv/lv/projekti/pareja_uz_aprites_ekonomiku_baltijas_juras_regiona_bsr_bioboosters

Information was prepared by: Krista Blūma, Public Relations Specialist at Vidzeme Planning Region, krista.bluma@vidzeme.lv, 26673396