Raphael Viard’s Post

At Saint-Gobain we’re driven by a compelling purpose: ‘Making the world a better home.’ This purpose fosters an incredible sense of unity and dedication among our team members. In alignment with our purpose, the digital leadership team from High Performance Solutions dedicated an afternoon to Bibliothèques Sans Frontières (Libraries without borders). This remarkable NGO is committed to help and support underserved communities by providing access to education, cultural resources, and information. It was a privilege to contribute to their mission and have a collective positive towards societal betterment. A big big thank you to Bibliothèques Sans Frontières for everything that you do and for welcoming us 🙏🙏

Look at the new website of VERIFI® In-transit Concrete Management https://lnkd.in/eJTBsvrz You’ll learn on how Saint-Gobain is using IoT and AI to optimize the quality of concrete in transit and ultimately reduce CO2 emissions by lowering to the minimum the cement used in concrete ! #HPSNEXT

Yesterday I had the pleasure of speaking about two of my favourite playgrounds in the field of digital transformation: Digital Twins and Cybersecurity Thank you Orange Cyberdefense for inviting me and giving me the opportunity to showcase how Digital Twins helps Saint-Gobain to decarbonize our industrial processes With digital twins, the frontier between IT and OT is disappearing. Data flows from OT to IT to OT in real time .. no need to say that cybersecurity is a foundamental enabler of a successful digital twin approach ! And thank you Gilles du Crest and Wael Chahrour for the valuable exchanges during the roundtable Gilles Monteiro, Kader Seddak, Frédéric Allard, Maud Girardin, Newboot.io, Séverine Grognu

As we embrace 2024, we are excited to announce another significant milestone in the digital transformation of Saint-Gobain High Performance Solutions SEFPRO has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire GS Glass Service, a leading digital solutions provider in the field of Glass Furnace optimization This acquisition, when closed, will be another stride for Saint-Gobain HPS in offering our customers end to end, AI-driven solutions to assist them in decarbonising their products and processes Yes digital transformation is a pivotal part of our purpose : Making the world a better home Bravo Nicolas Miègeville, Laurent Cohen-Scali and all the Ceramics team 🎉🎉

Wrapping up the last business trip of the year through India, where our digital activity is fast growing year after year. Four days in four cities... it was quite intense 😅 I started in Chennai, where I had the pleasure of visiting Saint-Gobain INDEC 4.0. Indec 4.0 is supporting us in the deployment of our Ignition-based MES solutions for HPS Businesses. Thank you Siva Prakash and your team for the invitation and the time spent together. Also, in Chennai, I had time to visit our Saint-Gobain Sekurit factory and discuss, one year after its Go Live, the performance of Lama, their Warehouse Management System. I then spent a full day with the Saint-Gobain International IT Delivery Centre (INDEC) leadership team in Mumbai. Indec is our offshore delivery center for ERP, CRM, and many other global platforms. I am now happy to go to the next step and build together with Anand Bhushan the offshore hub of our HPS Digital Factory. I'm glad that we have already onboarded its leader Rishi Dixit Finally, I finished in Palakkad and Perundurai. The SEFPRO plant visits left me with incredible energy to fly back to Paris. The fantastic team is fully committed and engaged in our digital transformation! It was a pleasure to work with you all on such advanced Digital Twins use cases. Kudos to Senthil and the entire team of Shekar Krishnamurthy .. I look forward to come back soon ! The cherry on top of the cake... I planted a tree in Palakkad after having planted one in Perundurai last year. I am in love with this wonderful tradition.

Exciting news from Saint-Gobain SEFPRO: We have recently launched SEFPRO Guard, a cutting-edge digital platform that enables glass makers to monitor the health of the refractories in their furnaces. A significant milestone in our digital transformation journey within the High Performance Solutions BU.

HS2 has adopted VERIFI® : a revolutionary digital concrete testing technology developed by Saint-Gobain Construction Chemicals. Thanks to IoT and advanced AI capabilities, Verifi offers real-time monitoring of concrete during its transit enhancing efficiency and reducing carbon footprint on construction projects. A great example on how Saint-Gobain High Performance Solutions is reaching new businesses thanks to digital technologies

Wrapping up an intense week on the U.S. West Coast alongside David Molho and key executives from Saint-Gobain High Performance Solutions. Our agenda was packed with crucial objectives: 1 - Evaluating the progress made thanks to our industrial partnership with Microsoft 2 - Strengthening our strategic collaborations with vital partners Salesforce and Inductive Automation 3 - Deep-diving into the GenAI wave to refine its impact on our digital transformation strategy. Mission successfully completed! 🎉🎉🎉 We're heading back to Paris charged with energy and armed with actionable insights for improvement. Thanks a lot David Molho, Nicolas Miègeville, Sung Yu, Frederic Guimbal, Ursula Soritsch-Renier for joining me in this great trip Kudos to Jean-Christophe Couvert, Laurence Godnair, Alexis Duval, Dominique Wille for your help in organising it and making it a great experience

I am truly happy to share that Saint-Gobain has made a minority investment in Plantformance through our investment arm Nova. This strategic partnership, following the one realized a month ago with Newboot.io, marks another step forward in the digital transfomation of Saint-Gobain High Performance Solutions. It significantly reinforces our capabilities in Digital Manufacturing. Plantfomance offers an easily deployable service built around an appliance that delivers advanced SCADA, MES, and industrial data integration services. With a very strong emphasis on cybersecurity, they ensures that their solution provides a high level of protection for manufacturing systems and sensitive data David Molho, Nicolas Miègeville, Minas Apelian, Adarsh Sowcar, Dominique Wille, Guillaume Bennab, Carine Pinto https://lnkd.in/eXw3QFza

Thank you David Molho for your continuous support and Dominique Labilloy for your invaluable collaboration It is a great recognition for all the innovation and digital teams of HPS. We are all looking forward to continuing to drive this rapid transformation and create value for our customers 🚀🚀