If you are a technology company, IT product manager, warehouse and production equipment service specialist, student or researcher – join Aloja Starkelsen in solving the hackathon challenge to develop an efficient equipment service and spare parts warehouse maintenance system and fight for the opportunity to sign a system supply contract with “Aloja Starkelsen” Ltd.
Aloja Starselsen also wants to include the company’ s building and infrastructure objects in the new system, link equipment with external service providers and spare parts suppliers, ensure fast response time and solutions for specific service tasks, as well as collect statistics and visualizations of various processes.
Participants who submit their solution and compete for the main prize will not only have the opportunity to create new collaborations and contacts, but also present their solution internationally, gain recognition as well as develop the commercialization potential of their idea.
A hackathon is a method of events during which selected teams will develop proposals for the technical specification for the creation of the Aloja Starkelsen CMMS system.
Hurry up and register your team by November 9, as the number of participants is limited: https://link.webropolsurveys.com/S/8054CF9B22F44F43
During the hackathon, the teams will work with professional local and foreign mentors who will give advice, share their experience, give feedback and encourage the participants.
Hackathon mentors:
Ville Pahlsten
Senior Lecturer, Logistics Engineering Degree Program, Jamk University of Applied Sciences
Specialized in Intralogistics, Process improvement, Leadership and Management. Pahlsten has been a senior lecturer on the mentioned topics for the last nine years, following a 10-year career in the industry.
Anna Hintikka
Senior Lecturer, Logistics Engineering Degree Program, Jamk University of Applied Sciences
Anna is specialized in Supply Chain Management, Procurement, Intra-logistics, Quality & Risk Management, and Project Management. Hintikka has former work experience in Global Supply Chain and Manufacturing Management in automotive industry over 10 years.
Aleksandrs Ļubinskis
Deputy head of the Cēsis Digital Center
Aleksandrs shows and talks widely on various channels about the value and possibilities of using digital technologies. At the hackathon, the teams will be advised directly on the functionality and convenience of the systems from the user’ s point of view.
The list of mentors will be updated.
Mentors of “Aloja Starkelsen” Ltd. will also be available during the hackathon, who will be able to answer specific questions about the needs of the system.
Timeline of the hackathon:
- NOVEMBER 9: Deadline for submission of team applications, register here: https://link.webropolsurveys.com/S/8054CF9B22F44F43
- NOVEMBER 10 – 15: Team selection
- NOVEMBER 16: Kick-off event where the representatives of the participating teams and the challenge provider representatives, Aloja Starkelsen, will meet. During the event, the selected teams will receive more detailed information about the challenge and will be able to start preparations.
- NOVEMBER 30 – DECEMBER 1: Hackathon days (2-day event). At the end of the day, the winning team(s) will be selected.
Hackathon challenge:
On October 12, the Aloja Starkelsen hackathon challenge launch webinar took place, during which the company manager Jānis Garančs presented the current operation of the CMMS system, its applications and the challenge, as a result of which it is necessary to obtain a working, easy to use system that would allow saving natural, material and human resources, thus making Aloja Starkelsen products more competitive and greener.
“The company has taken a step in the direction of change and we are increasing our range of products, and also the volume of production, which is the core of this challenge. Considering that Aloja Starkelsen is not a large, global company, there is currently no opportunity to afford internationally developed and expensive IT solutions, but at the same time, we are not a small local company that can work with the current system. With the help of the challenge, we want to find a way to have a predictable and preventive maintenance system for spare parts, tools and production equipment that would work according to our company’ s guidelines, cooperate with other structural units – accounting, production linesand warehouse system, as well as be able to predict the necessary line maintenance and repair needs,” reveals J. Garančs.
Solutions that Aloja Starkelsen wants to get as a result of the hackathon:
- Scheduled equipment maintenance system;
- Statistics on equipment downtime and reasons;
- Optimum maintenance of balance of spare parts with automatic ordering tasks;
- Categorizing tasks by priority and group;
- Scope of work with the required number of people, expected time consumption, tools to be used;
- Tasks and distribution of employees according to the competencies required to perform the work;
- Defined system user roles and access levels.
Recording of the challenge webinar: https://youtu.be/ac9L4ZXVsQY?si=sHC7WnddIof-LrdC
More about the hackathon and the challenge: https://ej.uz/uhq4
More information about participating in the hackathon and clarifying questions about the challenge:
Inguna Kucina, inguna.kucina@vidzeme.lv, contact phone: +371 26598678
Hackathon is organized in cooperation with:
The “BioBoosters” project was launched in January 2023, it is implemented by partners from Finland, Sweden, Germany, Poland, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. The project will last three years and its total budget is 2.8 million euros. The project is co-financed by the Interreg Baltic Sea Region Program.
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
