Steel Industries
IDA Business AI
Rolling Mill Sees Cost Per Tonne While the Campaign Is Still Running
Energy, yield and alloy cost were known accurately — a month after the steel had been priced and sold.
Steel Industries
Every tonne traceable to the heat that made it
Steel margins are decided by yield, energy and the price booked against the scrap or ore actually consumed. Our work puts melt shop, rolling mill and commercial data into one record, so cost per tonne is known before the invoice leaves the plant.
What is moving
The forces shaping this sector
Six shifts we see across engagements in this industry, and what each one asks of the underlying system.
01
Heat and coil traceability
Heat number carried through rolling, finishing and despatch to the mill test certificate.
02
Energy cost per tonne
Power, fuel and electrode consumption attributed to the heat rather than to the accounting period.
03
Yield and scrap
Burning loss, crop and rejection measured by grade, section and shift.
04
Index-linked pricing
Sales prices and purchase contracts tied to raw material and exchange movement.
05
Predictive maintenance
Furnace, mill stand and crane telemetry converted into planned intervention before the stoppage.
06
Quality certification
Chemical and mechanical test results issued as certificates straight from the quality record.
Business benefits
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What changes once it is in place
- Cost per tonne available by heat, grade and line while the campaign is still running.
- Mill test certificates generated from test data rather than retyped.
- Order-to-heat allocation that protects committed deliveries.
- Scrap, alloy and consumable purchasing aligned to the production plan.
- Plant maintenance and production planning working from one asset master.
Proof
Delivered in Steel Industries
Steel Industries
IDA Business AI
Steel Producer Issues Mill Test Certificates Straight From the Quality Record
Certificates were retyped from laboratory results into a template, which is exactly where the errors came from.
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