MINING · $12.5B REVENUE · GROUP CLIENT UNDER NDA
102 robots changed platform without the business stopping.
A global nickel and palladium producer had a mature automation programme locked into a platform it no longer wanted to keep.
102
robots migrated
7
business areas covered
0
processes halted during migration
BEFORE
Accounting, procurement, treasury, logistics, HR, IT and security already ran on robots — but locked into expensive licences and a foreign vendor. Rewriting from scratch would have meant losing years of accumulated business logic.
AFTER
All 102 robots were moved with functionality preserved. Along the way the code was optimised: fewer errors and lower support costs than on the previous platform.
HOW IT WENT
- ETAPA 1
Automation audit
A full inventory of robots in production, platforms, business applications and the criticality of each process.
- ETAPA 2
Complexity classification
Robots were split between direct migration, migration with adaptation, and processes worth rewriting.
- ETAPA 3
Pilot migration
Representative processes were moved first to validate timeline, compatibility and performance before the rest.
- ETAPA 4
Enterprise transition
The remainder of the programme moved in stages, with critical processes running throughout.
“The number that mattered was not the licence. It was how many years of business logic we would lose by starting over.”
IT Director
Mining · group client
Same process, your numbers.
Two weeks to find out what it would give back.