Accenture to build for BPCL digital platform to track sales, distribution

Network will integrate real-time data from across BPCL's countrywide network of more than 18,000 fuel outlets

IT firm Accenture said Tuesday it will work with Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd. (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