Author(s): de Sousa Costa, Carlos Roberto ; Patrício, Leonel Filipe Santos ; Varela, M.L.R. ; Ferreira, Paula Varandas
Date: 2024
Persistent ID: https://hdl.handle.net/1822/93374
Origin: RepositóriUM - Universidade do Minho
Subject(s): Energy efficiency; Project implementation; Robotic process automation (RPA); Sustainability
Robotic Process Automation (RPA) is a computer technology that allows automating routine tasks, which are normally performed by people, automatically and simply, allowing companies to be more efficient in business processes. With technology embedded in almost every day-to-day process in a company, it's easy to see advances in computing and technology. In this context, it is important to seek knowledge and adequate measures to reduce expenses and live sustainably. Understanding the relationship between energy efficiency and the implementation of RPA technology can help to achieve the aforementioned goals. This work aims to identify the contribution of RPA implementation in improving energy efficiency. To achieve the objective of this investigation, a survey of RPA project times was carried out in an administrative department of a company. After this survey, a comparison was made before and after the implementation of the RPA, to verify if it was possible to obtain an improvement from the energy point of view. With the results of this work, it was possible to identify that, after the implementation of the RPA technology, a reduction in the volume of energy consumed in the order of 78% was achieved and that RPA also executes all processes in 40% of the time that the processes are executed manually. As a future work, it was suggested the creation of models with Key Performance Indicator (KPI's) that allow the quantitative/financial evaluation of the energy effects after the implementation of RPA technology in an organization.
