IT firm Accenture will work with the Bharat Petroleum Corporation (BPCL) to build a digital platform for India’s second largest oil and gas company’s sales and distribution network.
The network called IRIS will integrate real-time data from across BPCL’s countrywide network of more than 18,000 fuel outlets, 25,000 tank trucks, 75 oil installations and depots, 52 liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) bottling plants and 250 additional industrial and commercial locations to give the company a consolidated view of its operations.
IRIS, by using analytics based on artificial intelligence and machine learning, will trigger automated alerts and actions, like rapid response to equipment failures or hazardous situations.
The new platform will be capable of accepting more than three million inputs per second from automated sensors, cameras and Internet of Things (IoT) devices deployed at all key locations, tracking performance based on key parameters such as fuel stock, safety, compliance, equipment health and boosting asset uptime.
BPCL’s field workforce and partner network will have a seamless experience thanks to support from a portal, mobile app and call centers in Noida and Chennai.
IRIS will also empower the BPCL workforce of more than 1,00,000 across the country to make faster and more accurate decisions, including preventative maintenance.