Robotic Process Automation - TCS India

TCS BPS RPA
 
Organizations that leverage robotic process automation (RPA) improve productivity, minimize operational costs, and stay compliant. 

Tata Consultancy Services’ (TCS') Robotic Process Automation (RPA) Services help reduce the turnaround time for various workflows, resulting in superior agility and higher operational efficiency.

The TCS Advantage
TCS’ ValueBPS™ approach helps enterprises achieve significant and sustained business outcomes by leveraging our deep domain expertise and operations redesign methodologies such as FORE™. Our approach also encompasses robotic process automation (RPA), analytics and insights, our unique IT-BPS synergy, Business Process as a Service (BPaaS) models, and business process management (BPM).

http://research-innovation.tcs.com/business-process-services/Pages/Robotic-Automation.aspx


Robotic Process Automation to create 2 lakh jobs by 2021: Dines | In the News
Posted On January 19, 2018

India is in prime position to become a Robotic Process Automation (RPA) powerhouse because of its growing talent pool and cost advantage and an estimated 2 lakh jobs can be created by it in the country by 2021 - Daniel Dines, CEO and Co-Founder of UiPath


https://www.everestgrp.com/2018-01-robotic-process-automation-create-2-lakh-jobs-2021-dines-news-43440.html/


India RPA Congress
BENGALURU, INDIA
12-13 DECEMBER, 2017

The India RPA & Cognitive Congress is assembling leading service delivery and automation professionals for frank and pragmatic discussion about RPA, the benefits and opportunities of this technology, and the real-world challenges they’re facing in implementation. Use cases from early adopters will demonstrate how machine learning technology and digitization solutions, such as OCR and NLP, can take out the human touchpoints of a process and supercharge RPA. This discussion will be framed within analysis of the organizational transformation that is necessary to fully maximize the ROI from process automation and future technological innovations.

Key Topics Include:

Quantifying and unlocking the potential of RPA: Building the business case, constructing a call-to-action proof-of-concept, selecting a process to pilot, the pros and cons of re-engineering before automating, vetting vendors and implementation partners, determining whether to start in F&A or HR, deciding whether to use an attended or unattended approach.
Implementing RPA: Change management & communication, aligning realistic leadership expectations, qualifying success, establishing a governance model, managing bot security and IT infrastructure.
Scaling RPA: Hub and spoke vs. ‘as a platform’, monitoring the performance of bots, managing global deployments, balancing speed and sustainability.
‘Supercharging’ RPA: Determining which processes are best suited to cognitive functionality and AI, and intelligently enhancing your RPA with that functionality.
Digital Transformation: Reconfiguring your organization to take full advantage of digital innovation.
https://indiarpacongress.com/events/india-rpa-congress



Softomotive and Tata Consultancy Services Announce Partnership to Deliver Process Efficiencies for Global Enterprises
Customers can benefit from TCS' expertise on Softomotive's World-Class RPA Platform


Softomotive
Oct 03, 2017
Houston

Softomotive, one of the leading worldwide providers of Robotic Process Automation (RPA) technology has today announced its partnership with Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), the leading IT services, consulting and business solutions organization.

"Tata Consultancy Services is happy to partner with Softomotive to deliver robotic process automation that accelerates positive business outcomes, enhances processes, and boosts overall productivity of global organizations." - Raman Venkatraman, Global Head, Alliance and Technology Unit, TCS.

Softomotive Robotic Process Automation (RPA) is a powerful automation platform that enables organizations to develop, manage and track their own digital workforce. With unique features that can support complex real-life automation scenarios, Softomotive RPA is known as one of the most reliable and scalable automation solutions globally.

https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/softomotive-and-tata-consultancy-services-announce-partnership-to-deliver-process-efficiencies-for-global-enterprises-649210393.html

https://www.softomotive.com/softomotive-and-tata-consultancy-services-announce-partnership-to-deliver-process-efficiencies-for-global-enterprises/


2016 RPA Premier League
December 13, 2016 | Phil Fersht
TCS at 5 - Global Ranking
https://www.horsesforsources.com/2016-RPA-Premier-League_121316


Getting Down to Business with Robots
Article by Mahesh Kshirsagar, TCS,  August 1, 2016
http://sites.tcs.com/blogs/agile-business/getting-down-to-business-with-rpa/


Robotic Process Automation: The Future of Business Process Services - Introduction
Article by Ravi Kethana, TCS,  November 27, 2014
http://sites.tcs.com/blogs/agile-business/robotic-process-automation/

Low Cost Wind Turbine - Ideal for a House

Avant Garde Innovations applied for a patent for a low cost wind turbine that can be used by households for full supply of power. The cost is estimated to be Rs. 50,000 per kw.


2016

http://energy.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/renewable/avant-garde-innovations-develops-wind-turbine-to-light-up-homes-at-a-fraction-of-power-bills/53016904


https://enterprisers.in/2017/02/11/you-can-now-buy-a-wind-turbine-that-can-power-an-entire-house-for-lifetime/




http://www.thewindsofchangeproject.org/  to support Avant Garde Innovations

Substituting Biotech Material in Place of Water for Cleaning Floors and Loos

Mumbai airport is using ammonia feeding bacteria in urinals in place of water. It is saving one lakh litres of water in the process. It is using a mixture of macromolecular biological catalysts or microbes.

Robots from Tata Group Company

The Product and Applications



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Picture source: http://www.tal.co.in/robotics-and-automation1/


TURNKEY ROBOT BASED AUTOMATED SOLUTIONS from TAL

TAL has developed articulated industrial Robots in the range of 2-5-10 kg payload and now offers cost effective automation solutions. With its modular and optimum design, higher flexibility and significantly lower cost of ownership, the BRABO is revolutionizing automation in the MSME in India.

With its highly experienced and committed team, TAL is well placed to provide complete solutions and “BRABO” almost all your manual industrial activities.

BRABO is an Indigenous 10 Kg payload robot which is easy to use, easy to program and easy to maintain. It has a flip back Capabilities and 360 degree rotation. With its 5 axes, it has higher repeatability at a speed of 2000mm/ second. It is operates on a single phase 230 V of power supply and can attain maximum payload of 10 Kg at full reach 750 mm to 850 mm. Its interface is fairly ingenious with mounting of tools, grippers, sensors etc and it is highly flexible to install along with ease in redeployment.

The robot can be used for varied applications for tasks like pick and placement of materials, assembly of parts, machine and press tending, as a sealing application, camera and vision based jobs etc.

The controller consists of PC based programming with Pro + Motion software which is compatible to more applications with the same software and requires less time for debugging and fine tuning.
With a view to our everlasting customer centricity approach  cost of ownership is substantially lower due to its low maintenance cost, quick & cost effective spares availability and the sublime service assurance by TAL.

Competitors

Global biggies:  Fanuc, ABB and Kuka's big robots,

Nachi, Panasonic and Universal  are selling smaller robots in India,


2017


April

TAL Manufacturing  announced that BRABO -- the first Made-in-India robot -- has received "CE" certification for commercial sale in the European market.

With the BRABO, TAL Manufacturing will focus on automotive, electronics, logistics, food, packaging, pharmaceutical and other industries. The current list of BRABO customers includes TATA Motors Limited, Mahindra & Mahindra, Diebold, CPG Industries, Hydromatik, SGK Industries, RTA Spa Italy, BITS Dubai Campus, Suparna Plastics, Micromax Systems, Twin Engineers, AM Ecosystems & Kaziranga University

http://www.tatamotors.com/press/indian-made-tal-brabo-robot-ready-for-europe/


2016

TAL Manufacturing Solutions, a Tata Group company, ‘Tata Brabo’, the robot has been showcased  ‘Tata Brabo’,  robot  in the Make in India week in Mumbai. Brabo has been developed in-house by a team of six engineers led by Anil Bhingurde, chief operating officer of TAL Manufacturing Solutions. The development cost is reported to be about Rs 10 crore. The design of the robot was done in-house at TAL, styling was done at Tata Elxi, and manufacturing of some parts at Tata AutoComp, while Tata Capital provided the finance. 

TAL is one of the leading companies in India, having successfully delivered manufacturing solutions for over 40 years to customers in Automotive and Heavy Engineering and more recently, to Aerospace and Defence sectors. The robot will be developed for micro, small and medium enterprises which require cost effective robotic solutions for their manufacturing purposes. Brabo will be priced at Rs 3 Lakh for 2kg payload, and Rs 6 Lakh for 10 kg payload. The main advantage Tata will have is the localized manufacturing of the robot which will help it to price the robots lower than foreign players.

http://www.tal.co.in/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/BRABO-News.pdf

Diary Animal Upkeep and Diary Industry - IoT Adoption in India

December 2016

Stellaps IoT products in diary farming and dairy plants

Their signature product is SmartMoo™: Acquires data via the sensors embedded in Milking Systems, Animal Wearables, Milk Chilling Equipment & Milk Procurement Peripherals, and transmit the same to the Stellapps SmartMoo™ Big Data Cloud Service Delivery Platform  where the data is analysed and results are disseminated.

Other  Cloud-based IoT
SmartAMCU™: a portable IoT Device and Wireless Gateway system used at Milk Collection centres,
Contrak™: a system built for remote monitoring of Bulk Milk Coolers (BMC) which are critical for the Milk Cold Chain in India
SmartAMS, an automated Milking System with Real-time, online Milk Measurement, Animal Health Monitoring, Heat Detection.
http://iotindiamag.com/2016/12/animal-wearables-startup-revolutionizing-indias-agri-dairy-businesses-using-iot/

November 15, 2016
ECONOMICTIMES
Wearables for cows: How Stellapps Technologies is 'Milking' its way to success
Can Internet of Things (IoT) bring about another white revolution for the dairy sector? Stellapps Technologies is in the midst of that disruption.
http://cio.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/internet-of-things/wearables-for-cows-how-stellapps-technologies-is-milking-its-way-to-success/55428325


August 2015
IoT initiatives of Mother Diary
http://www.cio.in/cio-interview/mix-iot-mobility-and-big-data-will-transform-way-we-function

Jul 30 2015
Chitale Dairy takes cows to cloud, IoT
Using RFID tags to track the health and nutrition of cattle and informing farmers about it throgh cellphones has markedly raised the animals’ productivity.
http://www.livemint.com/Industry/hjoLviUthjjynOj8jCvMWL/Chitale-Dairy-Taking-cows-to-the-cloud-IoT.html



2003

AKASHGANGA'S IT TOOLS FOR THE INDIAN DAIRY INDUSTRY
Using IT to increase efficiency in rural dairy cooperatives
What Works Case Study, August 2003

Shree Kamdhenu Electronics Private Ltd. (SKEPL), founded in 1996 to develop IT-based tools that could increase the efficiency and productivity of the Indian dairy industry at a grassroots level. SKEPL provides integrated solutions, marketed under the brand name of AKASHGANGA, that automate the milk collection process at local dairy cooperatives. The AKASHGANGA system provides transparency, and creates a basis for improving the quality of the milk produced.

The company provides complete IT-enabled solutions that automate the milk collection process at local milk cooperatives. Its high-end system, selling for about US$3,300 (Rs 151,800), incorporates an electronic weighing system, a milk analyzer to test milk quality, a personal computer, and accounting and management software. The AKASHGANGA system is faster, more accurate, and more transparent. That means milk can be sent on to the cooperative union for processing more quickly, reducing spoilage; farmers can see for themselves the weight and quality of their milk via a display and printed receipt, increasing their trust in the cooperative process. In addition, farmers are paid immediately, rather than sometimes days later as under manual procedures; and local cooperatives need fewer employees and have better records and reports for planning purposes.


In the states of Gujarat and Maharashtra, the company’s 600 installed systems are located.

There 96,000 local milk cooperatives in India giving a potential market for IT systems. The company has also recently formed a strategic alliance with ICICI Infotech Ltd,  a large software
consulting firm linked to ICICI Bank Limited to partner ICICI Infotech,  in the process of developing an integrated supply chain management software system that will seamlessly connect milk societies, milk unions, and milk federations on a single technological platform.  ICICI Infotech will integrate its system with AKASHGANGA’s solution at the local society level.

In FY2003, the company recorded a turnover of US$207,000 (Rs 9,500,000) with a gross profit of
about US$7,630 (Rs 350,000), recording a return on equity capital in excess of 25%.

As of March 2001, India's 96,000 local dairy cooperative societies (DCS) included more than ten million farmers and were integrated in a three-tiered cooperative structure.

The DCS, a village-level organization of milk farmers, collects milk from members and sells the
collected milk to a district-level cooperative union. Member farmers are paid on the basis of quantity of milk collected and its quality.

170 cooperative unions process and market the milk collected from their respective DCSs.

Fifteen state cooperative milk marketing federations support the cooperative unions in marketing and operations planning, providing services ranging from branding and advertising, to operations consulting on how much milk to process into various products such as curd and cheese.

 A society (DCS) is typically located within five to ten kilometers of the villages supplying the milk.
The number of farmers selling milk to these societies varies from 100 to 1,000 and daily collection varies from 1,000 to 10,000 liters per society. Farmers bring their milk to the cooperative in a variety of containers and cans, ranging in size from couple of liters to a capacity of more than a hundred liters. Daily milk sales in India’s cooperatives total about 13 million liters.

Over the years, states have developed popular dairy brands such as Amul (from Gujarat), Vijaya (from Andhra Pradesh), Verka (from Punjab), Saras (from Rajasthan), Nandini (from Karnataka), Milma (from Kerala) and Gokul (from Maharashtra). These brands have earned high degrees of brand recognition and customer confidence, especially within in their respective states.

In 2000, the industry was threatened by the arrival of low-cost fresh milk from New Zealand. This means international supply of fresh milk became  feasible and global supply chains of fresh milk can be set up.

The cost of milk production in India is high in part because the average annual yield of Indian dairy cows is low—only 987 kilograms (kg) of milk, as compared to 6,273 kg in Denmark, 5,289 kg in France, 5,462 kg in the United Kingdom, 5,938 kg in Canada, 7,038 kg in the US, and 11,000 kg in Israel.

SKEPL’s primary competitor is Rajashtan Electronics India Limited (REIL), a joint venture between the national government and the state government of Rajasthan. REIL, which provides electronic milk testers and automated milk collection systems, has a sizable presence in the northern states.
There are other players also. A total of  2,500 automated milk collection systems installed in
India (600 are AKASHGANGA brand).

Indus OS - Mobile Operating System - Number 2 India

http://www.indusos.com/

2nd Floor, Krislon House,
B Wing, Krishnalal Road,
Saki Naka, Krishanlal Marwah Marg,
Saki Vihar Road, Andheri East,
Mumbai, Maharashtra 400072, India
Phone : 022 2920 6400

Present users - 4 million
Three year target - 100 million

VISION

To create the mobile ecosystem for the next 1 billion smartphone users from emerging markets in their native language.


More details to be posted.

http://www.livemint.com/Opinion/SlEIjl4htDfZ8IQAygIOkI/India-achieved-in-two-years-what-China-didnt-in-decade.html

BHEL - Patents

2014


For the purpose of National IP Awards 2014, the performance in the last 5
years i.e. FY 2008-09 to 2012-13 was taken into consideration.

BHEL was given award for the Category:
 The Top Indian Public Limited Company/Private Limited Company / Indian
subsidiary of a transnational corporation in Patent.
 WIPO Award for Innovative Enterprises.
Awardee:
Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd (BHEL)
i. Branch of IP: Patent
ii. Number of applications in this category: 24 (Twenty Four)

iii. Reasons for selection:
a. First patent filing in India was substantially higher for BHEL.
b. Large number patent grants in favour of BHEL.
c. BHEL showed very high commercialization of patents in India.
d. BHEL launched highest number of new processes during the last five years based
on the patents granted to them.
e. BHEL also had good R & D arrangements with Indian companies / foreign
companies.
f. BHEL had good number of on-going research programs with universities and
research laboratories in India
http://ipindia.nic.in/iponew/National_IP_Awards2014_10June2014.pdf


2011
The company spent over 2.3% of its turnover on innovation. It filed 303 patents and copyrights during the year. It has 1,438 patents and copyrights.

During 2010-11, the company invested an all-time high Rs 1,005 crore on research and development programmes (21% more than last  year). Commercialisation of products and systems developed by way of in-house research contributed around 18% to the company's total turnover ( Rs 43,337 Crore) in 2010-11.

Bharat Heavy Electricals appeared in 'The Global Innovation 1000' of Booz & Co, a list of 1,000 publicly-traded companies which are the biggest spenders on research and development activities in the world.
http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2011-07-28/news/29824969_1_development-programmes-bharat-heavy-electricals-patents

2002

BHEL had filed 13 patents during the last fiscal ended March 31, 2002 as against 18 patents filed in the previous year (2001).

http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/2002/04/13/stories/2002041302150400.htm