Apollo Tyres will use AWS to digitally transform its factories

Amazon Web Services (AWS) has announced that Apollo Tyres will use it to digitally transform and create efficient “smart” factories. The tire-maker plans to move its entire IT infrastructure to AWS to improve productivity, compliance, and process efficiency gains globally.

Apollo Tyres will use Internet of Things (IoT), data and analytics, and machine learning, to transform into a data-driven enterprise. Using data from the factory floor and real-time information from production machines like tyre rubber mixer, it can expand operational intelligence capabilities and accurately manage machine utilization.

“By digitally transforming with AWS, we can unlock productivity and efficiency gains in our factories globally, innovate new products and services faster, and enhance customer experience,” Hizmy Hassen, chief digital officer, Apollo Tyres said.

It produces more than 2,425 tons (2,200 metric tons) of tyres daily in its seven factories worldwide. The company’s first step was to create a data lake on AWS, which centrally stores Apollo Tyres’ structured and unstructured data at scale.

This data lake provides the foundation for an integrated data platform, which allows its engineers around the world to collaborate in developing cloud-native applications and improve enterprise-wide decision making.

“Apollo Tyres is using the cloud to digitally transform, improve the tyre manufacturing process, and deliver better value to customers,” Vaishali Kasture, head of enterprise, mid-market and global businesses, AWS India, said.

The integrated data platform helps Apollo Tyres to innovate new products and services, including energy-efficient tires, and remote warranty fulfillment.

With AWS, Appollo wants to connect all the factories in India and Europe to cloud by the end of this year. The long-term goal is to migrate all mission-critical enterprise applications, including its SAP applications by 2022.