Wipro partners OTML, to achieve digital mining by 2025

BANGALORE, INDIA: Wipro Ltd, has announced that Ok Tedi Mining Limited (OTML), a State-owned copper and gold mining company based in Papua New Guinea (PNG), has extended its strategic partnership with the company to drive OTML's transformation journey and achieve its Digital Mining Vision 2025.

OTML is recognised as a responsible corporate citizen in PNG and has provided over three decades of support to the government and people of the Western Province of PNG.

OTML is establishing a new framework that embraces the role of technology, a new set of capabilities within the organisation to successfully use business best practices and systems, and streamline the organisation's operations across the entire value chain, eliminating waste and maximising shareholder returns from the resources at its disposal.

As part of the partnership, OTML and Wipro have launched the "Strongim Future Program" - leveraging the SAP ERP application - as a key foundation in the transformation journey. SAP a provider of integrated ERP solutions for the mining and metals industry, enabling customers across the globe to achieve efficiency in their operations.

The Strongim Future Program will utilize SAP best practices, replacing a number of legacy sytems and putting in place the cornerstone for OTML's future mode of operations.

Wipro's Natural Resources division, a part of its Energy, Natural Resources and Utilities (ENU), Strategic Business Unit, provides strategic advice and leverages advanced technology services from across the organisation to create game-changing strategies and address key business challenges of the metals and mining industry.

Experienced specialists offer services and solutions that incorporate a range of capabilities across the entire value chain, from exploration through feasibility and ultimately operations.