Vedanta Aluminium, a business of Vedanta, has introduced Robotic Process Automation (RPA) in its Commercial function, becoming the first within India’s metal & mining industry to undertake hyperautomation of the entire Commercial process. With multiple, large-scale plant operations, a vast customer footprint and an extensive supplier network, Vedanta Aluminium’s commercial function is a strategic function that holds significant potential to unlock value for the company.
The deployment of RPA in the business’ commercial function will enhance the Commercial Maturity Index of Vedanta Aluminium by enabling the standardization of processes through optimal inventory management and proper aggregation of demand, improve productivity of employees and infuse significant agility into the ways of working. By deploying software robots to replace human effort in performing mundane, repetitive tasks and render them touchless, paperless and accurate, the company aims to make the workflows of Commercial function faster, seamless and consistent. This will also give the company rich data via tracking of various parameters on a real-time basis, thereby aiding in faster decision-making on critical business parameters.
Vedanta is a diversified natural resources company, whose business primarily involves producing oil and gas, zinc- lead-silver, copper, iron ore, aluminium and commercial power.
