ArcelorMittal: The Digital Transformation Of A Steel Maker

Over the years, I have had digital transformation conversations with many companies across multiple industries. Each journey is unique, but successful companies share common elements—a bold vision for the digital transformation journey, unwavering support from senior leadership and the right collaborative partner with industry expertise to help deliver change. ArcelorMittal , a leading steel and mining company, has embarked on a journey to digitally transform its European operations, an effort currently led by Geert Van Poelvoorde, CEO of ArcelorMittal Europe. This article charts the progress of that effort over the past two years as the company looks to disseminate learnings and synergies across the broader ArcelorMittal Group worldwide. Geert Van Poelvoorde, CEO of ArcelorMittal Europe ArcelorMittal Europe A bold vision for the digital transformation journey 2019 was a challenging year for the steel industry, with negative market trends and price volatility in Europe. Following the coronavirus outbreak, the situation became even more unpredictable. With this as the backdrop, ArcelorMittal’s leadership formulated a strategy to strengthen its core technologies, digitalize the business and reduce operating costs. As a part of this strategy, ArcelorMittal launched a program to consolidate IT operations, transfer risk and service performance to a partner and leverage […]

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