Foodstuffs automates bank statement uploads and supply chain tasks with UiPath RPA, freeing 9,000 hours in one year
Up to 200 Foodstuffs store staff manually uploaded bank statements to SAP each day, taking about three minutes per statement. Smaller stores skipped daily uploads — doing them weekly or fortnightly instead — which blocked downstream payment-processing tasks. A separate supply chain task had to be completed at five o'clock in the morning and on weekends by staff working outside normal business hours.
UiPath robots freed around 9,000 hours in the year April 2019 to March 2020, ensured daily bank statement uploads regardless of staff availability, freed supply chain staff from unreasonable hours and weekend work, and compressed delivery invoice report delivery so all customers now receive reports consistently by 7:30am on Monday.
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What did this team achieve with this AI workflow?
UiPath robots freed around 9,000 hours in the year April 2019 to March 2020, ensured daily bank statement uploads regardless of staff availability, freed supply chain staff from unreasonable hours and weekend work, an…
What tools did this team use?
UiPath, UiPath Orchestrator, SAP.
What results were reported?
Hours freed up: around 9,000 hours; Stores with automated bank statement uploads: 200 stores; Time per manual bank statement upload: about three minutes; Report delivery consistency: everybody's getting reports consistently by 7:30 am (source-reported, not independently verified).
How is this finance ops AI workflow structured?
Daily upload requirement trigger → Robot uploads bank statements → Orchestrator scales robot fleet → Supply chain task automation → Consistent report delivery.