Yanmar leverages AI and automation to drive market trend analysis

Client Overview

Yanmar a global manufacturer specialized in compact construction equipment such as excavators and loaders. They have factories located in Japan, France, Germany, and the United States, allowing it to deliver products to around 70 countries worldwide. Yanmar was seeking to accelerate its digital transformation and promote citizen development across the company. The firm also needed an automation tool suitable for its global establishment. It especially needed a non-code, low-code tool due to its limited resources for engineering.

Leveraging AI and automation to enhance global operations

Yanmar turned to the UiPath Platform™ to fast-track its digital transformation—with a solution flexible enough to fit its unique needs. By embracing citizen development, Yanmar empowered employees to get hands-on with UiPath tools and build personalized automations that improved efficiency.

Implementing UiPath involved several key products like UiPath Studio and UiPath Orchestrator. Studio empowered citizen developers to automate daily tasks, while Orchestrator kept unattended robots working around the clock.

A milestone in the implementation process was Yanmar’s use of UiPath AI tools such as UiPath Communications Mining™ to automate work beyond the ordinary, like automated collection of market trends, competitor activities, etc., all in multiple languages.

Through this implementation, Yanmar addressed its need for advanced digital transformation and went beyond the usual by tapping into the potential of AI and automation in multiple spheres of their global operations.

Outcomes:

Enhanced business operation efficiency: UiPath filled the missing functionality of Yanmar's existing data utilization tool, enhanced workflow, and improved business process efficiency
Empowered citizen development and professional development: by using UiPath and cooperating with system integrators from the UiPath partner network, Yanmar promoted both citizen and professional development
Unleashed potential: with the help of Communications Mining, Yanmar employees could perform tasks beyond their existing resources, collecting and analyzing market and competitor information in multiple languages

Additional resources:

Yanmar was a 2024 UiPath AI25 Award winner. Meet all the 2024 award winners and discover how these leading companies are leveraging the UiPath Platform™ to drive innovation, improve efficiency, and redefine success.