Automating the creation of assembly manuals using UiPath

Our solution: Digital workforce saves 1892 hours annually

To automate assembly of order folders, a digital workforce was built using the RPA software UiPath Studio. Our goal was to provide a fully automated solution that reduces throughput times and is less sensitive to human errors. We created a robot that performs all steps securely without the input of a human operator. Our automation was created to perform the following steps:

• Receive multiple Excel files with data of each order number
• Find correct order in SAP by filling in data from Excel sheets
• Print order sheet, bill of material, and nameplate of the machine (all in PDF)
• Extract drawing number from order sheet
• Use this number to find drawings of the machine in Agile PLM
• Print blueprint of the machine (PDF)
• Combine all printed files into one final order manual
• Output order manual on a shared drive

This robot is able to fully automate (100%) the process and save over 1892 hours on a yearly basis. We were able to save up nearly 1 FTE, which can be spent on more value-adding tasks instead. By the automation of the complete process, we also reduced downtime between processes and achieved an error reduction of 90%.

Our RPA solution is effective, efficient, and reliable. Workers can stop wasting time on the manual assembly of order folders and refocus on work that matters.