TVEL: Atombot. Procurement

Main article: RPA (Robotic process automation)

Atombot Procurement is a digital service created by the fuel division, Rosatom JSC "TVEL" based on advanced developments in the field of intelligent automation (business processes Robotic process automation,) RPA and is aimed at a significant increase in efficiency when working with procurement documentation.

2021: Inclusion in the register of domestic software

Atombot.Procurement - a digital product created in the Fuel Company of Rosatom "TVEL" for the automation of procurement activities, is included in the Unified Register of Russian programs for electronic computers and databases for software. The developer announced this on December 20, 2021.

Atombot.Procurement was created in JSC TVEL (Fuel Company of ROSATOM) on the basis of developments in the field of intelligent automation of business processes and was successfully tested at nuclear enterprises. The official authorized partner of JSC "TVEL" for distribution and implementation of the solution "Atombot. Procurement" "turnkey" is JSC "Industrial Innovations" (part of the Fuel Company). The Company shall provide full technical support of this Software, including: consulting on software installation, acquisition of this Software, activation and configuration, departure of technicians, etc.

Being designed to automate procurement with the minimization of human verification or expertise, Atombot Procurement checks the terms of reference and draft contract according to regulatory rules, makes a request for a technical and commercial proposal and collects price information, as well as forms the initial maximum price of the contract.

The tasks to be solved also include working with electronic trading platforms, placing a request and analyzing proposals, forming a final protocol, preparing and publishing procurement documents. He is able to upload to the document management system, reconcile cash flow reports, form a single register of payment orders, compare applications and certificates.

This software meets all import substitution requirements. It is also worth noting that with the addition of Atombot. Procurement to the register of domestic software, the burden on the customer budget is significantly reduced, "said Vladimir Milakov, head of the Digital Products business department at TVEL JSC.

The inclusion of software in the register will allow us to increase the use of domestic solutions in the public sector. This will reduce the dependence of the market on foreign solutions, and will also help attract new customers, "said Alexander Shumakov, Director of Information Technology at Industrial Innovations JSC.

2020: Presentation of the digital service "Atombot. Procurement"

On October 29, 2020, the State Corporation Rosatom"" announced the launch on the market of a digital product for business automation "Atombot" and introduced "Atombot. Procurement" - a digital service aimed at automating procurement activities based on artificial intelligence the application. program robots

Atombot.Procurement was created by the Fuel Company of Rosatom "TVEL" on the basis of developments in the field of intelligent automation of business processes and was successfully tested at nuclear enterprises. The service, which is a software robot of the RPA class (Robotic process automation), provides a significant increase in efficiency when working with purchasing documents. During the test use, Atombot Procurement demonstrated an unmistakable functioning in solving tasks implemented within the framework of federal legislation in the field of procurement.

Being designed to automate purchases that do not require verification or expertise with the participation of a person, Atombot. Procurement forms and checks the technical specification and draft contract according to regulatory rules, makes a request for a technical and commercial proposal and collects price information, as well as forms the initial and maximum contract price. The tasks to be solved also include working with electronic trading platforms, placing a request and analyzing proposals, forming a final protocol, preparing and publishing procurement documents. He is able to upload to the document management system, reconcile cash flow reports, form a single register of payment orders, compare applications and certificates.

Speaking at the presentation of the service, Director of Digitalization of ROSATOM Ekaterina Solntseva emphasized the important role of digital products for the automation of business processes for the development of a modern company.

This is a young, but very promising direction of digitalization, the interest in which from the side of the business is confidently growing. Software robots today are increasingly called "digital assistants," and sometimes "digital employees," which allow you to unload a person for more meaningful work. They interact with information using the interfaces of ordinary applications, for example, a text editor, a spreadsheet, a browser. Such "digital assistants" do not need a break for lunch, vacation, sick leave. The software robot can work 24 hours 7 days a week, - says Ekaterina Solntseva, digitalization director of Rosatom State Corporation

Director of digitalization of JSC TVEL Yevgeny Garanin called Atombot Procurement a proven solution that has proven itself in practice at the enterprises of the Fuel Company TVEL.

Our company already uses these technologies in the processes of procurement and treasury. In the future, we intend to cover the maximum number of office and production processes, develop technology, move to the concept of intelligent software robots, says TVEL digitalization director Yevgeny Garanin

Head of RPA-technologies of JSC TVEL, Director of the Department of Material and Technical Support Sergey Chekulaev emphasized the role of digital service in increasing business efficiency in terms of labor costs, indicating that in the current economic situation this tool becomes a factor in successful competition.

We analyzed the effects that we received from the test implementation of Atombot. Procurement at our enterprises, and recorded a reduction in labor costs for the process of forming the initial maximum price of the contract by 16 times, as well as a reduction in the labor costs of specialized experts when checking the terms of reference by 30%. The overall increase in the efficiency of business processes in some cases reached 80%. Behind these numbers are real financial performance and, ultimately, our market advantage, says Sergey Chekulaev, Head of RPA Technologies at TVEL JSC, Director of Logistics Department

Automation of business processes with the Fuel Company of Rosatom "TVEL" is being built in several stages. The initial stage is analytics, which identifies processes for automation, selects the platform for implementation and assists in the development of a "business case." This is followed by the actual development of the robot based on the terms of reference and testing. After successful testing, the robot is transferred to the working environment. If necessary, employees are trained and services are provided to create a Competence Center (if large-scale automation is required). Warranty technical support of projects is carried out for 1 year.