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Technical Papers
MAESN GMBH
Robotic Process Automation as key for process efficiency boost in tube industry
Robotic Process Automation (RPA) offers extensive opportunities for companies in the tube industry to automate their processes by uncomplicated, freeing
up resources and gaining competitive advantages.
Companies in the pipe industry vary from serial to contract manufacturers. Although products, manufacturing processes, fields of application as well as daily challenges vary greatly, they all have one thing in common: complex, often cross-IT system
There is a simple solution: Through robotic process automation and the use of its’ various technological approaches, reliable and safe automation solutions can be built. The key here are so-called bots which are performing rule-based activities exactly like the user would. This enables fast and tar- geted integration without having to connect each system via individual or complex inter- faces. These bots can also act bilaterally between systems by extracting, preparing and exploiting data suitable for the respec- tive application and the user.
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and manual processes that require a lot
of work without adding much value. The multitude of repetitive and administrative tasks in IT systems, where data is searched, copied and evaluated between different systems, as well as Access and Excel solu- tions, regularly leads to a high number of errors. In addition to dissatisfied employ- ees due to such inconveniences and unin- tuitive systems, training new employees is a lengthy and costly task.
With the process-based approach of maesn, almost every existing IT-system can be integrated into the automated workflow and lifted into a state-of-the-art working experience. This has enabled far-reaching
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