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From blast furnace tobusiness edge— unlock value from every tonne

Rourkela Steel Plant (RSP) is doubling capacity and modernizing to lead India's steel sector. Yet, siloed data and slow decision cycles threaten output, margin, and compliance.

SCIKIQ unifies RSP’s production, supply chain, and commercial data into actionable intelligence—so you see, understand, and fix issues before they hit EBITDA, cash, or compliance. Move from reactive firefighting to proactive value creation, at scale.

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Enterprise 360What is happening?
02
Knowledge GraphWhy is it happening?
03
AI CopilotTell me, in plain language
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Agent FactoryDon’t just tell me—fix it
What we know

Rourkela Steel Plant — the intelligence behind this page

Captured from 21 sources across strategy, leadership, lines of business, competition, geographies, capabilities and recent signals — and used to ground everything below.

Who they are

Rourkela Steel Plant (RSP) is a flagship integrated steel plant under SAIL, supplying specialty and flat steels to power, oil & gas, and infrastructure sectors. It is modernizing to double capacity and lead in quality, productivity, and profitability.

Strategic priorities

  • Double production capacity to 9.8 MT by 2030
  • Reduce import dependence and boost specialty steel output
  • Achieve world-class quality and customer satisfaction
  • Drive productivity and margin through digital transformation
  • Maintain compliance and ESG leadership

Lines of business

  • Steelmaking & Rolling
  • Specialty Steel (Silicon, Pipes)
  • Supply Chain & Logistics
  • Commercial & Sales
  • Quality & Compliance

Geographies

  • Rourkela, Odisha
  • Pan-India customers (Power, Oil & Gas, Infra)
  • Exports (select markets)

Competition

  • Tata Steel
  • JSW Steel
  • Jindal Steel & Power
  • ArcelorMittal Nippon Steel
  • Primetals Technologies (equipment supplier)

Leadership

  • Shri Alok Verma - Director In-charge
  • Executive Directors (Ops, Finance, Projects, HR)
  • General Managers (Production, QA, Commercial, IT)

Capabilities

  • Integrated steelmaking (BF, BOF, rolling)
  • SAP ERP backbone
  • Digital twin pilots with ABB
  • Specialty steel for power sector
  • Women in leadership roles

Recent signals

  • Capacity doubling plan to 9.8 MT by 2030
  • Digital transformation MoU with ABB
  • Recent SLA breach and supply chain delays
  • Rising focus on ESG and compliance
  • Expansion of specialty steel for PLI scheme
The shift

Four questions every operator asks — answered by one architecture

The maturity curve runs from visibility, to explanation, to natural-language reasoning, to action — and each step depends on the one before it.

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Layer 1 · Enterprise 360
What is happening?

Get a real-time, unified view of production, inventory, and order fulfilment across blast furnaces, mills, and logistics—eliminating blind spots and manual reconciliations.

Operational Efficiency
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Layer 2 · Knowledge Graph
Why is it happening?

Trace root causes of output shortfalls or quality deviations by mapping relationships across assets, suppliers, work orders, and compliance events.

Margin Protection
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Layer 3 · AI Copilot
Tell me, in plain language

Ask plain-language questions—'Why did BF-3 output drop last week?'—and get grounded, explainable answers with supporting data and recommended actions.

Competitive Edge
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Layer 4 · Agent Factory
Don’t just tell me—fix it

Autonomously resolve supply bottlenecks, trigger quality audits, or re-route shipments—protecting ₹120 Cr+ EBITDA and slashing cycle times.

Profitability
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Value Creation
How does it pay off?

85% faster data integration, 70% lower data-prep cost, 5x faster time-to-market for new products, and 95% fewer compliance violations—proven at global scale.

Growth & Compliance
The architecture

From data visibility to autonomous execution

Built bottom-up, because trust compounds upward: agents are only as safe as the copilot's grounding, the copilot only as reliable as the graph, the graph only as complete as the 360° model beneath it.

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Enterprise 360

What is happening?

Unify production, supply chain, quality, and commercial data for a single source of truth.

Real-time plant-wide dashboards Production & inventory visibility Integrated order-to-cash tracking
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Knowledge Graph

Why is it happening?

Model and trace relationships across assets, processes, suppliers, and compliance events.

Root cause analysis Asset-to-outcome mapping Incident impact tracing
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AI Copilot

Tell me, in plain language

Conversational, explainable answers to business questions—grounded in RSP’s real data.

Natural language Q&A Explainable recommendations Contextual insights
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Agent Factory

Don’t just tell me—fix it

Autonomous agents execute corrective or value-creating actions—direct to SAP, MES, or vendor portals.

Automated supply rebalancing Quality intervention triggers Proactive compliance actions
Layer 1 · Enterprise 360 — the build

How we unify Rourkela Steel Plant’s data into one business 360

Data remains in SAP, MES, LIMS, and portals—SCIKIQ integrates business concepts (assets, orders, vendors, batches) across systems for a live, contextual 360.

Your systems today — siloed
SAP ERP (FI, MM, SD, PP)MESLIMSVendor PortalSAP GRCSAP TMSAP EHS
ingest · no data movement

Connect

200+ pre-built connectors ingest data from SAP, MES, LIMS, and vendor portals—no code required.

Contextualize

Business entities (assets, orders, vendors, batches) are tagged and harmonized across systems.

Resolve & model

Resolve duplicates, map relationships, and build a unified knowledge graph for root-cause and impact analysis.

Govern

Lineage, quality, and access controls are enforced for compliance and audit readiness.

resolve into business entities
Unified business 360s — entities, not systems
Asset 360
MES, SAP PP

Unified view of all production assets—status, yield, downtime, and maintenance history.

Inventory 360
SAP MM, MES

Live inventory positions, buffer stocks, and stockout risks across warehouses.

Order 360
SAP SD, SAP TM

Order pipeline, fulfilment status, delays, and customer impact in one place.

Vendor 360
Vendor Portal, SAP MM

End-to-end vendor performance, SLA compliance, and escalation history.

Quality 360
LIMS, SAP GRC

Defect rates, audit trails, and compliance events for every batch.

Customer 360
SAP SD, CRM

High-value customers, order status, penalties, and satisfaction signals.

These 360s form the foundation of RSP’s knowledge graph, enabling causal analysis and autonomous action.
Why us

Why SCIKIQ - not another data platform

vs. building it yourself

85% faster integration and 60% lower TCO—no need to custom-build connectors, models, or agents. SCIKIQ’s data-fabric is proven in complex, asset-heavy industries.

vs. point tools / BI dashboards

Go beyond dashboards—SCIKIQ unifies, contextualizes, and acts on data. Not just reporting, but root-cause analysis and autonomous remediation.

vs. generic data fabrics

Purpose-built for manufacturing: real entity 360s (Asset, Order, Vendor, Quality), knowledge graph, and closed-loop agents—out of the box.

vs. raw LLMs/chatbots

Grounded, explainable answers—no hallucinations. SCIKIQ’s Copilot is tied to RSP’s real data, with full lineage, security, and compliance.

The outcome

One version of the truth, for the people who run the business

When the four layers are in place, leadership sees a single live view — every number traceable to its source, every alert to its root cause.

RSP Executive Control Tower
The 6 metrics that move output, margin, and compliance
LIVE
Blast Furnace Yield (%)
93.2
-1.1
Order Fulfilment Cycle (days)
8.7
+2.1
EBITDA Margin (%)
10.8
-0.6
Inventory Turnover (x)
5.1
-0.3
Compliance Events (last 30d)
5
+2
Unplanned Downtime (hrs)
14
+7

Blast Furnace Yield Trend

Yield has dipped below target for two consecutive weeks, driven by supply and quality issues.

Order Fulfilment Cycle

Cycle time spiked due to delayed coke supply and asset downtime.
Root cause Delayed coke supply from Vendor Mahanadi Coalfields led to a blast furnace output drop, triggering order delays and margin erosion. Trigger agent to reallocate inventory, escalate vendor SLA, and notify commercial team to adjust delivery commitments.
Layer 2 · Knowledge Graph

A living model of the business — explore it

Entities and their typed relationships as one connected, physics-driven graph. Drag nodes, scroll to zoom, click to inspect — or trace the live scenario from root cause to business outcome.

drag · scroll to zoom · click a node
Layer 3 · AI Copilot

The question is simple. The answer needs context.

Ask plain-language questions on production, supply chain, or compliance. Get grounded, explainable answers. Language models supply the fluency; the graph supplies the truth.

SCIKIQ CopilotGrounded on the Rourkela Steel Plant knowledge graph
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Layer 4 · Agent Factory

The last step is the hardest: from insight to action

Every agent draws on the same graph and semantic layer — then closes the loop with a real transaction in the source system.

Supply Chain Rebalancer
Autonomously reallocates inventory and triggers expedited orders
Detected supply shortfall or vendor SLA breach
ReadsCoke Ovens (MES), Inventory Mgmt (SAP MM), Vendor Portal (Web Portal), Mahanadi Coalfields delivery data
ActsCreates expedited purchase order and reallocates available coke stock in SAP MM
Protects ₹4.8 Cr EBITDA by minimizing production loss and order delays
Quality Risk Sentinel
Monitors for rising defect rates and triggers QA intervention
Defect rate exceeds 1% threshold in LIMS
ReadsQuality Assurance (LIMS), Blast Furnace BF-3 (MES), Production Planning (SAP PP)
ActsInitiates targeted QA audit and corrective action in LIMS
Prevents 2.2% margin loss by catching defects before shipment
Customer Trust Guard
Proactively notifies at-risk customers and adjusts delivery commitments
Order delay >2 days for key accounts in SAP SD
ReadsOrder Fulfilment Delay (SAP SD), PowerGrid and GAIL account data
ActsSends automated notification and revised ETA to customer in SAP SD/CRM
Reduces penalty risk by ₹1.1 Cr and preserves customer satisfaction
Proactive Vendor Manager
Monitors vendor SLA performance and triggers escalation
Vendor on-time delivery <90% or repeat SLA breach
ReadsVendor Portal (Web Portal), Mahanadi Coalfields and Tata Steel Mining delivery data
ActsEscalates issue to vendor management and initiates alternate sourcing in SAP
Secures supply continuity, reducing future downtime by 60% and protecting ₹10 Cr output
Agent execution log
▸ Idle — press “Run agent” to watch an agent detect, reason and act.
The board question

Engineered for trust

“Can we trust it?” — answered by design, not by promise.

Lineage
Full traceability from source system (SAP, MES, LIMS) to every dashboard, insight, and agent action.
Security & Access
Role-based access, data masking, and audit trails—aligned with SAIL and government standards.
Explainability
Every Copilot answer and agent action is explainable, with supporting data and causal trace.
Data Quality
Automated profiling, anomaly detection, and quality scoring for all key entities.
Compliance
Automated monitoring and alerting for regulatory, contractual, and ESG events.
Use cases

Where it pays off, across the business

Every leader sees themselves — each use case builds on a business 360 and the four pillars it needs: 1 Enterprise 360 · 2 Knowledge Graph · 3 AI Copilot · 4 Agent Factory.

Operations

Asset 360 for downtime and yield

Unify real-time asset data from MES and SAP to monitor, diagnose, and resolve output dips and downtime.

Asset 360
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Supply Chain

Vendor 360 & supply risk

Map vendor performance, SLA breaches, and supply events—triggering proactive interventions before production is hit.

Vendor 360
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Commercial

Order 360 & customer trust

Track order pipeline, fulfilment, and customer impact—automatically notify at-risk customers and adjust commitments.

Order 360
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Quality

Quality 360 & compliance

Detect rising defect rates, trace root causes, and trigger QA audits—protecting margin and compliance.

Quality 360
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Finance

Margin protection & leakage control

Quantify the EBITDA impact of operational events, and close the loop with autonomous agents—protecting profitability.

Finance 360
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The ambition

One context layer, every part of the business

Built once, the context layer becomes shared infrastructure — so each new AI initiative starts from enterprise context, not a blank integration backlog.

From data silos to autonomous steelmaking

The SCIKIQ pyramid—contextualizing and activating RSP’s data for business impact

Agent FactoryAutonomous execution
AI CopilotSemantic, explainable answers
Knowledge GraphCausal, contextual relationships
Enterprise 360Unified, real-time business view
Across every part of the business
Steelmaking & RollingSupply Chain & LogisticsCommercial & SalesQuality & ComplianceVendor Management
On top of the systems you already run
SAP ERP (FI, MM, SD, PP)MESLIMSVendor PortalSAP GRC/EHSSAP TM
The path forward

A 90-day proof of value

We would prove the context layer in three focused sprints — earning the right to scale with evidence, not slideware.

Phase 1 · 30 days

Rapid Data Unification

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Connect SAP, MES, and LIMS for a unified Asset and Order 360.

  • Deploy pre-built connectors to SAP, MES, LIMS
  • Map and harmonize asset, order, and vendor entities
  • Stand up live dashboards for output, order, and inventory KPIs
Phase 2 · 60 days

Knowledge Graph & Copilot

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Model relationships, enable root-cause tracing, and deploy AI Copilot for business Q&A.

  • Build knowledge graph linking supply, production, and commercial events
  • Enable plain-language Copilot for key personas (Ops, Commercial, QA)
  • Pilot root-cause and impact analysis on real incidents
Phase 3 · 90 days

Autonomous Agents & Closed-Loop Action

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Deploy autonomous agents for supply, quality, and customer interventions.

  • Configure agents for supply rebalancing, QA triggers, and customer notifications
  • Integrate write-back to SAP and LIMS
  • Track realized value (output, margin, compliance) in executive dashboards

The bottom line

In 90 days, RSP moves from siloed reporting to autonomous, value-creating operations—protecting EBITDA, cash, and compliance.

Where to start

Move from reporting to real-time, autonomous value creation in 90 days.
1Connect SAP, MES, and LIMS for unified Asset and Order 360
2Pilot Copilot Q&A and root-cause tracing for real incidents
3Deploy agents for supply, quality, and customer interventions
Let’s protect ₹15 Cr+ in EBITDA, margin, and compliance risk—book an executive workshop with SCIKIQ.