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Total to open Digital Factory
Total is planning to open a ‘Digital Factory’ in Paris in early 2020 that will bring together up to 300 developers, data scientists and other experts to accelerate the Group’s digital transformation.
The Digital Factory will be tasked with developing the digital solutions Total needs to improve its operations, in terms of both availability and cost; offer new services to customers, notably in the area of managing and controlling energy consumption; extend its reach to new distributed energies; and reduce its environmental impact. Total’s ambition is to generate as much as $1.5bn/y in value for the company by 2025 through additional revenue and reductions in operating or investment expenses.
‘I am convinced that digital technology is a critical driver for achieving our excellence objectives across all of Total’s business segments. Total’s Digital Factory will serve as an accelerator, allowing the Group to systematically deploy customised digital solutions. Artificial intelligence (AI), the Internet of Things (IoT) and 5G are revolutionising our industrial practices, and we will have the know-how in Paris to integrate them in our businesses as early as possible. The Digital Factory will also attract the new talent essential to our company’s future,’ says Patrick Pouyanné, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Total.
The Digital Factory follows on the signature of major partnership agreements with Google on AI and geosciences, and with Tata Consultancy Services on Refinery 4.0.
For more on AI, see Petroleum Review’s forthcoming December 2019/January 2020 issue.
