Enabling Digital

Enabling Digital Agility

Lupin has been at the forefront of implementing information technology platforms and software across the entire value function and functional areas. In keeping with this spirit, we embarked on a well-concerted and holistic Digital Transformation journey in 2021 embracing various parts of Industry 4.0.

We created a team of data engineers and data scientists to drive this transformation by leveraging the power of data and digital technologies. In addition to shouldering the responsibility for existing projects around business intelligence and Robotic Process Automation, this team initiated projects to establish the foundation and architecture for a truly “Digital Lupin,” backed by technologies such as data lake and Internet of Things (IOT).

A few key programs underway as part of our Digital Transformation journey include:

Business Intelligence

Business Intelligence (BI) is critical for every organization. New age BI platforms bring together data integration, data analytics, and data literacy to close the gap between data and action. At Lupin, business intelligence is derived from a combination of applications, processes and infrastructure that provide data access and analytics to improve decision-making and performance. We have created multiple dashboards in different geographies including India, Australia, Philippines, Somerset, Mexico, U.S., Brazil, South Africa, and Germany that are used by multiple business functions including finance, HR, manufacturing, and quality. Currently, we are using more than 40 dashboards and 30 reports through the BI platform.

Robotic Process Automation (RPA)

In every line of business, including pharmaceuticals, time and efficiency are among the most critical parameters. Companies are increasingly leveraging automation to drive higher efficiencies. At Lupin, we have extensively deployed RPA across various functions and processes. By leveraging RPA, we save valuable man-hours by increasing efficiency and reducing the turnaround time of erstwhile manual processes. Through RPA, we have successfully automated more than 60 processes and will expand

it to more processes in the future. Lupin has been recognized by the industry for its work in the field of robotic process automation and we have won the prestigious Technology Senate Award 2021 for our SPRint (Spearheading Processes with Robotics Process Intelligence) program.

Data Lake

Aligned with the goal of enhancing our ability to make data-driven decisions, we are in the process of deploying Data Lake solutions. The ultimate objective of this initiative is:

• To maintain a single source for data across Lupin • Deploy an intelligent BI platform for effective and faster generation of insights

• Enable ease of integrating applications and tools with data warehouses

• Unify reports into ready reckoners for quick reference

In the first leg (Sprint 1), our goal is to set up the data platform (Data Lake + Data Warehouse) for manufacturing operations and integrate data sets related to the manufacturing processes and quality functions of our sites in India. Following a pilot analytics implementation at our Goa and Tarapur sites, this will be rolled out to other sites. In the second leg, the plan is to integrate data sets related to Sales and Marketing operations.

ADAPT

Through the initiation and implementation of ADAPT (Accelerated Digital & Analytics Performance Transformation), Lupin has realized significant progress in its vision of digital transformation and data and technology enablement. Under this initiative, the overall manufacturing IT architecture has been enhanced to build an analytics and engagement layer over and beyond the existing enterprise data layers.

Currently, the program is underway at our Tarapur, Goa and Nagpur manufacturing units, with other sites in the pipeline. The ADAPT program focuses on various use-cases for yield improvement, golden batch identification, utility consumption optimization and micro-stoppage analysis, among others. Nextgen technologies including advanced analytics, machine learning, augmented reality, optimization engines and Industrial Internet of Things form the bedrock for these use cases.

Lupinnovate

An important dimension for driving the success of digital transformation initiatives revolves around people and change management. To enable the buy-in of Lupinytts in this transformation journey, we led a data science-based Ideathon + Hackathon. This initiative was named Lupinnovate and through this, all Lupinytts were invited to submit their ideas on how data can be leveraged to improve business outcomes.

Through Lupinnovate, we were able to foster capabilities, solicit ideas, and promote a culture of innovation. The winning ideas were evaluated based on the intricacy of the work, their feasibility and practicality in implementation, and the impact they would have on the function.