The RPA tool selected by YKK Vietnam in these projects was a UiPath solution. Mr. Mito says why. We have ever used products of other companies, but those interfaces were designed for engineers and difficult for us to use.UiPath is more user-friendly, and the development methods are publicized on YouTube etc., and it was easy to learn by watching them.
There is a shortage of IT human resources in the Vietnamese labor market, making it different to hire workers with high IT literacy. Therefore, we chose UiPath, which can be developed without much IT literacy. Regarding ABeam Consulting (Vietnam) accompanying the introduction of RPA, both commented as follows: “ABeam Consulting led the introduction from our perspective. As for doing business with Vietnamese people, ABeam Consulting is practicing it, and we are grateful for the support that gave us the key points.” / Mr. Mito
"RPA has been introduced to cope with this rapidly changing era, but I think it should be continued from now on, not the end. However, if we proceed only in the company, the field of view will be narrowed, and we may be left behind in the times. I hope ABeam Consulting will continue to review the progress and check the direction in which we are moving.”/ Mr.Shikida
YKK Vietnam is currently preparing to hold a robot competition to promote the introduction of RPA. “The primary purpose is to make RPA more understandable by employees who are users. Traditionally, RPA was developed from top-down business analysis. Now that we've got it, we decided to hold this competition because we wanted more requests from users.” / Mr.Mito.
Employees who entered the competition will have training required for RPA development, and will perform job analysis and robot requirement definition by themselves.
The aim is to automate their simple work and shift the work to something more valuable.
Mr. Shikita says about the effects of introducing RPA, "From a management perspective, it can be said that employees have become easier to work.
The business is expanding at an unbelievable momentum. However, when I looked back at last year, I felt that the fact that there was no trouble, even though there was so much performance, was largely due to RPA.” If they want to increase production capacity, they can increase the equipment and extend the operation time. However, if the indirect operations at the previous stage leading to the factory were stagnant, it cannot be utilized to satisfy the production capacity. RPA streamlines its indirect operations.
YKK Vietnam is going to further expand its business. And we want to expand the market not only in Vietnam but throughout the Indochina Peninsula. By doing so, Mr. Shikida, who leads YKK, wants to give employees more opportunities to play an active role.