Petrokimia Gresik Triumphs in Digital Transformation, Secures Prestigious #STAR5 Award at "TOP DIGITAL AWARD 2023" Event

Petrokimia Gresik, a member of the Pupuk Indonesia Holding Agroindustrial Solutions company, has been assessed by stakeholders as successful in implementing digital transformation programs and has been awarded the "Top Digital Implementation 2023 #Star5" award, which is the highest award at the TOP DIGITAL Award 2023 event. For their commitment to driving digital transformation in the company, the President Director of Petrokimia Gresik, Dwi Satriyo Annurogo, was also named "Top Leader on Digital Implementation 2023". Completing these awards, the Finance and General Affairs Director of Petrokimia Gresik, Robby Setiabudi Madjid, also the Chairman of the Petrokimia Gresik IT Steering Committee, received appreciation as "Top CIO on Digital Implementation 2023".

The awards were symbolically received by Petrokimia Gresik's Senior Vice President Corporate Secretary, Adityo Wibowo, and Senior Vice President Engineering, I Gusti Bagus Manacika, representing the President Director and Finance & General Affairs Director in Jakarta, on Monday (12/4).

Separately, Dwi Satriyo stated that the awards received by Petrokimia Gresik this year have increased compared to last year's achievements, which were still at the #Stars4 level. This is evidence that the company has successfully optimized digitization for more effective and efficient business processes.

"Digitization at Petrokimia Gresik not only brings the company's success in facing challenges but also improves employee productivity and provides positive financial impacts, thus making the products and services received by farmers more innovative and competitive," emphasized Dwi Satriyo.

He also revealed that the utilization of digital technology at Petrokimia Gresik in 2022 significantly increased employee productivity, with the average productivity reaching Rp 20.33 billion per employee. Whereas in the previous year, employee productivity was at Rp 13.61 billion per employee, indicating an increase of almost 50 percent.

Additionally, digitization in the company also had financial impacts, including contributing to cost reduction programs obtained by Petrokimia Gresik in 2022 amounting to Rp 250 billion, and contributing to innovation value creation received by the company in 2022 amounting to Rp 277.9 billion.

"Most importantly, the continuous digitization carried out by Petrokimia Gresik, from production processes to distribution, can support the smooth distribution of subsidized fertilizers by Petrokimia Gresik as mandated by the Government. Thus, digitization at Petrokimia Gresik directly contributes to national food security and improves the welfare of farmers," said Dwi Satriyo.

As for some examples of digitization that Petrokimia Gresik has implemented, they include the Digi-Labs application (Digital Laboratory System), which supports the realization of innovative products to meet future agricultural challenges, and the Sips application in the procurement process to improve the accuracy of planning and procurement of raw materials.

Furthermore, in the production stage, Petrokimia Gresik also has applications such as Pixel (Project Excellence), APM (Asset Performance Monitoring), Go Crane, and DEC (Digital Engineering and Consulting). These applications can increase plant reliability for operational optimization and cost reduction.

In the distribution and warehousing processes, Petrokimia Gresik also has ISCE (Internal Supply Chain Excellence). This application ensures the timeliness and target accuracy of distribution and ensures product availability.

"In addition to these applications, Petrokimia Gresik also has dozens of other digital applications to support consumer services, digital talent management, innovation and data analytics, supporting operations, and others," said Dwi Satriyo.

Finally, he ensured that these awards would further motivate the Insan Petrokimia Gresik to optimize digitization in every business process of the company.

"We are grateful that Petrokimia Gresik's employee demographic is currently dominated by the Millennial generation who are very familiar with technology, thus providing positive impacts on the company's operations," he concluded.

Meanwhile, the TOP DIGITAL Awards 2023 is the highest and largest award in Indonesia in the field of digital information technology (IT). It is awarded to companies/government agencies that are assessed to have successfully implemented and utilized digitization to improve performance, competitiveness, and services. This year, around 1,000 companies and government agencies participated in this event.