Vale Case Study | Automation Anywhere

AI-powered Process Discovery helps Vale move 89% faster.

Vale used Automation Anywhere’s AI-powered Process Discovery to rapidly and automatically analyze employee actions and identify patterns and trends. Based on this complete picture, generative AI identified five high-impact processes to automate. Automation Anywhere accelerated the team’s discovery process from months to days, giving them the momentum they needed.
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Customer Quote

Our discovery process typically took about 3 months. Now with Automation Anywhere’s Process Discovery, it’s just 10 days — and the AI process agent never forgets anything because it records everything. It’s very detailed.

Alexandre Pigatti
Head of Artificial Intelligence and Data Democratization, Vale

Customer achievements.

Customer Achievements

121K

hours freed

89%

faster discovery

$5M

savings

Short timeline, big impact.

With a significant surge in purchase volume on the horizon, Vale needed to streamline operations quickly to avoid overwhelming its team. Automation Anywhere’s AI-powered Process Discovery analyzed 370,000 employee actions to uncover five key processes for automation. This rapid discovery, 89% faster than traditional methods, provided a comprehensive view of operations across people, systems, and data. The resulting automations saved Vale over 121,000 hours and $5 million annually, ensuring the organization could efficiently manage the increased workload and stay ahead of the curve.

Processes automated.

Business process discovery
Automation identification

Process mapping

Keeping up the AI-powered automation momentum.

Vale plans to expand Automation Anywhere’s Process Discovery and deploy Automation Co-Pilot across the business, using AI agents to unlock new efficiencies and expanding employees’ capabilities with the power of AI and automation.