BPCL, Accenture in pact for digital transformation

New Delhi: Accenture on Tuesday said it has partnered with Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd (BPCL) to help in the digital transformation of the country's second-largest oil and gas company's extensive sales and distribution network.

Accenture will use its capabilities in data, artificial intelligence (AI) and cloud technologies to build, design and implement a digital platform, called IRIS, a statement said. This platform will integrate real-time data from across BPCL's countrywide network to provide a consolidated view of its extensive operations, it added. BPCL's network includes more than 18,000 fuel retail outlets, 25,000 tank trucks, 75 oil installations and depots, 52 liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) bottling plants and 250 additional industrial and commercial locations. The IRIS platform will subsequently trigger automated alerts and actions, including rapid response to equipment failures or hazardous situations, the statement said.

It will also empower the BPCL workforce of more than one lakh across the country to make faster and more accurate decisions.