Sugarcane-Sugar Industry AI Transformation

Thansettakij•Economy•3d ago

Reader Briefing

The Office of the Cane and Sugar Board and the Thai Industrial Standards Institute are implementing AI technology to enhance the sugarcane and sugar industry value chain and regulatory oversight.

•The Office of the Cane and Sugar Board is applying AI to forecast weather, analyze production, and track sugar consumption trends.
•The Thai Industrial Standards Institute developed a Risk Assessment Dashboard using AI to analyze regulatory violations by industry sector.
•A high-level data analysis working group of over 20 experts was established to develop data management platforms and AI tools.
•Training activities were conducted across 6 provinces, involving 1,492 participants including farmers and entrepreneurs.

Overview

•The Office of the Cane and Sugar Board is implementing Data Driven administration under an AI development project to upgrade the industry value chain.
•The Office of the Cane and Sugar Board uses AI for weather forecasting and heat map detection at the upstream level, production analysis at the midstream level, and policy forecasting at the downstream level.
•The Office of the Cane and Sugar Board is following a digital government action plan for the years 2023 - 2027.
•The Thai Industrial Standards Institute developed a Risk Assessment Dashboard and an online system for TIS 152 standard certification and tracking.
•The Thai Industrial Standards Institute operates under a digital action plan for 2026 - 2029, aiming for a full Data-Driven Decision Making system by 2029.
•The Thai Industrial Standards Institute plans to implement an AI Expert System in 2027 to improve factory risk assessments.
•Training programs have developed over 170 data engineers, system users, and administrators within the Thai Industrial Standards Institute and the Office of the Cane and Sugar Board.
•The Ministry of Industry, through the Office of the Cane and Sugar Board and the Thai Industrial Standards Institute, provides AI Smart Services and AI Industrial Butler workshops to participants.

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Key Entities

Person

Bainoi Suwannachatri(ใบน้อย สุวรรณชาตรี)

Secretary-General of the Office of the Cane and Sugar Board.

Pattarapol Limpakdee(ภัทรพล ลิ้มภักดี)

Deputy Secretary-General of the Thai Industrial Standards Institute.

Organization

Office of the Cane and Sugar Board(คณะกรรมการอ้อยและน้ำตาลทราย)

An agency implementing AI to enhance the sugarcane and sugar industry value chain.

Thai Industrial Standards Institute(สำนักงานมาตรฐานผลิตภัณฑ์อุตสาหกรรม)

An agency utilizing AI for risk assessment and consumer safety monitoring.

Ministry of Industry(กระทรวงอุตสาหกรรม)ℹ️

The ministry overseeing the Office of the Cane and Sugar Board and the Thai Industrial Standards Institute.

Law

TIS 152(มอก. 152)

An industrial product standard being tracked and certified through an online system.