The company boosts its applied innovation management with the incorporation of the Edison365 cloud platform to its operations.

With a focus on continuous improvement, Techint Engineering and Construction incorporated the Edison365 cloud platform at the end of 2024 to transform the way it manages its innovation initiatives. This tool came to solve one of the company's main challenges: the effective monitoring and control of ideas, providing structure, traceability, dissemination, scalability and analysis to the entire innovation process.

The first months of using the platform marked a qualitative leap. There are currently more than 120 ideas managed on the platform, with a degree of experimentation of 34% (experimented over total) and a participation of more than 500 people globally. This platform not only centralizes proposals, but also accompanies them from their conception to the evaluation of business cases, planning and execution of projects, all in a structured environment with clear management indicators.

One of the great achievements was to break down the silos between areas, providing visibility and validation of the initiatives at the organizational level and allowing the ideas with the greatest potential to scale and become concrete initiatives that can be tested.

"Edison365 has enabled us to professionalize innovation management at Techint E&C. Now we have a tool that centralizes our initiatives, gives them visibility within the organization and facilitates their evolution from an idea to initiatives with real impact. It also allows us to highlight and recognize the protagonists with the greatest participation," said Alejandro Martín Aguirre, Sr. Innovation Manager.

Results with real impact

Thanks to this new way of working, projects such as the electric vans and the cargo drone, developed by the Logistics and Equipment areas, are already being implemented in real construction sites. This new approach earned Techint E&C a Special Mention for Innovation Management in the National Quality Award 2024, in recognition of its sustained commitment to impact innovation.

Innovation focused on the present and the future

The ideas managed currently consider strategic technologies such as IoT (internet of things), automation & robotics, artificial intelligence, decarbonization and autonomous/assisted operation of heavy machinery, aligned with the objective of moving towards a safe, efficient and sustainable operation.

In addition, the platform is being extended to other areas, such as the Diversity and Inclusion area, to encourage the participation of all employees and continue strengthening a culture of open and transversal innovation.

This implementation reflects the company's vision of driving a comprehensive digital transformation. By maximizing the use of technological tools that improve management and enable in-depth analysis, Techint E&C takes its innovation initiatives to a new level, consolidating a solid, scalable and results-oriented model that is sustained over time.