nsiFocus – Norske Skog’s improvement partner

The mission of nsiFOCUS is to gainfully contribute to sustainable profitability of Norske Skog and other customers through performance oriented technical and continuous improvement services.

The services of nsiFOCUS are technical development assignments, advanced trouble-shooting and continuous improvement progams including change management. One of the reasons for forming nsiFOCUS was to create a new business opportunity for Norske Skog, selling these services externally.

nsiFOCUS has these primary functions and responsibilities:

• Provide advanced technical support and services internal and external to Norske Skog
• Help nsiFocus customers to generate cash, create a continuous improvement culture, share good and best practice in a systematic may and to build capabilities
• Knowledge management: Map, procure, maintain, disseminate and share technical knowledge essential to Norske Skog’s operations through Share Point and knowledge networks
• Manage Norske Skog’s interests in activities carried out at External Research Providers on behalf of the group at large.

nsiFOCUS contributes to improved competitiveness and profitability in the Business Units (BU) through technical support and market oriented research and development. The main focus is on cost reduction, energy savings and improved paper quality. The company seeks to develop and maintain advanced knowhow, transfer project results to the BU’s through SharePoint and to co-ordinate effective knowledge networks.

nsiFocus field of expertise include:

• Business and people performance management
• Continuous improvement using lean techniques
• Fibre, pulp and paper processes (including chemistry and coating)
• Press room performance (runnability and printability)
• Energy management and utilisation
• Water management and treatment
• Laboratory analyses

… delivered by a ‘way of working’ that includes multi-disciplin teams and advance trouble-shooting!

The mobile, talented nsiFOCUS team of scientists and engineers provides Norske Skog business units with the power to strengthen their local technical teams, to not only tackle internal operation problems, but to also support the local technical customer support specialists.

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Innovative people delivering sustainable solutions