The Procter & Gamble Company (P&G) and Microsoft Corporation have launched a new multi-year partnership that will leverage the Microsoft Cloud to help P&G build the future of digital manufacturing.
The two companies will collaborate to accelerate and expand P&G’s digital manufacturing platform, as well as use the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) to deliver products to customers faster, improve customer satisfaction, and save costs.
“Together with Microsoft, P&G intends to make manufacturing smarter by enabling scalable predictive quality, predictive maintenance, controlled release, touchless operations, and manufacturing sustainability optimization — which has not been done at this scale in the manufacturing space to date. At P&G, data and technology are at the heart of our business strategy and are helping create superior consumer experiences. This first-of-its-kind co-innovation agreement will digitize and integrate data to increase quality, efficiency, and sustainable use of resources to help deliver those superior experiences.”
“Together with Microsoft, P&G intends to make manufacturing smarter by enabling scalable predictive quality, predictive maintenance, controlled release, touchless operations, and manufacturing sustainability optimization — which has not been done at this scale in the manufacturing space to date,” said P&G CIO Vittorio Cretella. “At P&G, data and technology are at the heart of our business strategy and are helping create superior consumer experiences. This first-of-its-kind co-innovation agreement will digitize and integrate data to increase quality, efficiency, and sustainable use of resources to help deliver those superior experiences.”
With Microsoft Azure as the foundation, the new collaboration marks the first time that P&G can digitize and integrate data from more than 100 manufacturing sites around the world and enhance its AI, machine learning, and edge computing services for real-time visibility. This will enable P&G employees to analyze production data and leverage artificial intelligence to immediately make decisions that drive improvement and exponential impact. Accessing this level of data, at scale, is rare within the consumer goods industry.
P&G selected Microsoft as its preferred cloud provider to build the future of digital manufacturing based on a four-year history of successfully working together on data and AI. The new collaborative effort will:
Allow for better utilization of data, AI capabilities, and digital twin technology.
Optimize manufacturing environmental sustainability efforts.
Increase workforce efficiency and productivity.
“We are excited to help P&G accelerate its digital manufacturing platform using Microsoft Azure, AI, and IIoT to accommodate volatility in the consumer products industry with innovative, agile solutions that can easily scale based on market conditions. Our partnership will further P&G’s growth and business transformation through digital technology that seamlessly connects people, assets, workflow, and business processes that promote resiliency.”
“We are excited to help P&G accelerate its digital manufacturing platform using Microsoft Azure, AI, and IIoT to accommodate volatility in the consumer products industry with innovative, agile solutions that can easily scale based on market conditions,” said Judson Althoff, Microsoft’s chief commercial officer. “Our partnership will further P&G’s growth and business transformation through digital technology that seamlessly connects people, assets, workflow, and business processes that promote resiliency.”
