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Manufacturing companies are transitioning their production units from human labor to industrial robots for tasks such as assembly, quality control, and packaging. While these robots help maintain the assembly line, companies still face challenges in managing operational processes and back-office work. Forward-thinking manufacturing leaders are adopting Robotic Process Automation to enhance output and productivity.

Manufacturing Challenges addressed with RPA.

Robotics Process Automation can address each of these manufacturing challenges:

Challenges RPA Solutions
Scalability and Flexibility
  • Automates repetitive tasks, allowing for efficient scaling of operations.
  • Adjusts easily to changes in production volume and new process requirements.
New Product Introduction (NPI) Timescales
  • Streamlines NPI processes by automating data entry and milestone tracking.
  • Ensures seamless inter-department communication, reducing time to market.
Managing Complex Processes and Databases Manually
  • Automates data management, ensuring accuracy and consistency.
  • Handles large data volumes and complex calculations, reducing human error.
Administrative Work in Order Fulfillment, Production, and Shipping
  • Automates order processing, inventory management, and production scheduling.
  • Ensures timely and accurate order fulfillment, reducing errors.
Inability to Handle Many Interconnected Systems
  • Integrates with different systems, providing a unified management platform.
  • Transfers data between systems, reducing manual complexity.
Unwillingness to Adopt New Age Systems and Technological Advancements
  • Demonstrates tangible benefits such as cost savings and increased productivity.
  • Provides training and change management strategies to ease the transition.

Key Functionalities of RPA

Functionality Description
Non-Intrusive Business System Integration Integrates with existing business systems primarily through the user interface without significant changes to the underlying systems.
Data Aggregation Presents a consolidated view of data from different back-end systems, enhancing visibility and decision-making.
Business Rule Execution Executes business rules based on defined logic and self-learning capabilities, ensuring processes follow established guidelines.
Work Item and Exception Queuing Manages work items and exceptions by queuing them to be processed by a robot or adviser, ensuring efficient workflow management.
Activity Monitoring Captures and analyzes data on an adviser’s desktop application usage to monitor activity and improve performance.

Process areas - where Manufacturing companies plan to use RPA

RPA can be leveraged to automate these manufacturing functions:

  • Bill of Material Generation
  • Purchase Order Management
  • Invoice Management
  • Demand and Supply Planning
  • Increased Agility for Manufacturing Operations
  • Better Control Over Manual Processes
  • Optimized Time-Centric and Repetitive Routing Processes
  • Optimized Employee Performance
  • Increased Go-to-Market Speed (through maximized productivity)
  • Up to 40% Reduction of Costs (through minimized human error and higher compliance)

Department-wise RPA Adoption

Department-wise RPA Adoption

Source- Capgemini

Benefits of RPA in Manufacturing

The future is automation, and RPA will guide you toward improvements in many areas. Manufacturers can integrate bots or co-bots on the production floor, encompassing various parts of the order fulfillment, production, and shipping processes, as well as back-office operations. By adopting RPA, manufacturers can achieve significant improvements in efficiency, cost savings, and overall operational performance, positioning themselves better in the competitive market.

  • Decrease Labor Time on Routine Tasks
  • Decrease Time-to-Market (TTM)
  • Increase Data Quality and Minimize Process Errors
  • Maintain an Audit Trail
  • Achieve Cost Visibility Across the Manufacturing Plant
  • Rationalize Part Numbers and Suppliers Under Management
  • Drive Volume Consolidation at Negotiated Prices
  • Save Engineering Time by Identifying Similar Designs
  • Create Actionable Road Maps Through Negotiations and Engineering Changes
  • Streamlined Resources for Value-Added Activities
  • Reduce Parts Complexity Management
  • Decrease Material Spending on Designs
  • Better Decisions Through Better Data
  • Reduced Reliance on Manpower
  • Agile and Responsive to Changes

Automation possibilities in Manufacturing

A typical rule-based process can be up to 70%-80% automated. RPA bots handle rule-based repetitive tasks and minimize the need for human interference. Continuously monitor machine performance data, identifying potential issues before they lead to breakdowns, enabling predictive maintenance, and reducing downtime and maintenance costs. Furthermore, you can automatically schedule maintenance activities based on data analysis to ensure minimal disruption to production schedules.

  • Invoice Processing
  • Stock Optimization
  • Inventory Management
  • Inventory Reporting
  • Data Management
  • Automating Data Processes
  • Order Fulfillment
  • End-to-End Process Automation
  • Quality Control
  • Inspection Automation
  • Collection and Analysis
  • Predictive Maintenance
  • Machine Monitoring
  • Maintenance Scheduling
  • Customer Support and Service Desk
  • Enhanced Communication
  • Logistics Data
  • Transport Management System Integration

Integration of RPA with your existing ERP

The integration of Robotic Process Automation (RPA) with your existing ERP system offers significant advantages for manufacturing enterprises, enhancing operational efficiency and streamlining processes. By implementing RPA, companies can automate manual tasks and processes that are typically performed manually, freeing up valuable time for employees to focus on more strategic activities.

For manufacturers that do not yet have an ERP system in place, we offer comprehensive services to build and implement one. Our end-to-end solutions cover everything from initial consultation and system design to deployment and ongoing support. Additionally, we specialize in Salesforce and Microsoft Business Central, providing tailored solutions to meet your specific needs and requirements

Manufacturing organizations can automatically generate reports such as pricing, inventory, Accounts Payable and Receivable, and others.

RPA can automate the inventory management process, allowing businesses to save time and ensure they always have the necessary materials and supplies on hand.

Automate the reordering process, ensuring that they never run out of stock and minimizing disruptions to production schedules.

Use Cases for Manufacturing

Robotic process automation, or RPA, is becoming popular in many different manufacturing functions because businesses want to make their work easier and effective. Our RPA experts can look at your situation carefully, find the best ways to use automation, and create a special plan just for you.

  • Predictive Maintenance
  • Price Forecasting
  • Workflow Predictions
  • Quality Control
  • Database Management
  • Shipping Management
  • Invoice Processing
  • Document Data Extraction
  • Purchase Order Creation
  • Inventory Management
  • Vendor Management
  • Data Migration
  • Supplier Master Management
  • Dispute Management
  • Credit Management

Xylity’s RPA Consulting and Implementation Service

RPA Consulting
Automation Design
RPA Development
Managed RPA Services
Bot Development
RPA Maintenance
Infrastructure and Automation Support

Xylity’s RPA Center of Excellence (CoE) services

Accumulating RPA Expertise

We continuously build and expand our expertise in RPA to stay at the forefront of industry advancements.

Training and Certifying RPA Specialists

We provide training programs and certifications to equip our specialists with the skills and knowledge needed for successful RPA implementation.

Identifying New Opportunities and Gathering Domain Knowledge:

We actively seek out new opportunities for automation and gather domain-specific knowledge to tailor RPA solutions to your business needs.

Developing POCs and Reusable Elements:

We create Proof of Concepts (POCs) and reusable components to accelerate RPA implementation and ensure scalability and efficiency.

RPA adoption made seamless and friction-free

  • Implementation conducted with minimal external support.
  • Ensures organizational transition and knowledge transfer.
  • Secures success during the initial implementation phase.
  • Client doesn’t need capabilities for robot development, adjustment, and maintenance.
  • Allows the client to focus on value-added business activities.

 

Implementation Scenario Description
Tool-Focused RPA Implementation In this scenario, the client purchases an RPA tool license and takes the lead in implementing it, with minimal external support.
Assisted RPA Implementation A management consultancy collaborates with a software provider to facilitate a smooth RPA implementation, with input from both business and IT.
Factory Service The client procures RPA as a service, where a service provider manages the entire implementation process, including development and maintenance

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