Investor Presentaiton
The Center of Excellence
(CoE) Votorantim's intelligence,
innovation, and technology
center-develops solutions
in the areas of information
technology, finance, accounting
and taxes, human resources,
real estate, innovation, and data
use (analytics).
People
In 2021, the CoE officially
adopted a hybrid work model
(a combination of remote and
in-person work) for its nearly
900 employees working in the
cities of Curitiba, Lima, and
São Paulo. To optimize the
use of offices, a check-in app
was created to help manage
the space.
To care for people, the CoE
improved its quality-of-life
program by increasing the
number of discussion events,
creating virtual therapeutic
spaces, and offering counseling
to all employees. In the area of
people management, the CoE
maintains InPulse, an individual
development program created
internally to understand the
challenges faced by employees
and create plans to help them
overcome these barriers.
InPulse included 100% of
employees and was recognized
with the Abe Award in the
Performance Management
category from the Peruvian
Chamber of Commerce.
To promote diversity, an
important issue for the CoE, the
center created the Women in
Action program, which trained
34 professionals on topics
such as self-knowledge and
bias, and created a group of
ambassadors, made up of men
in leadership positions, who
are responsible for welcoming
and supporting women in their
activities.
Innovation and Product
Development
The goal of the CoE is to lead the
innovation process to produce
original, effective, and integrated
solutions that can address
common needs of companies.
The products are developed in
three segments: people analytics,
industry, and digitalization.
In 2021, the CoE worked on
20 initiatives some of them
have turned into products that
are already available to companies
outside the Votorantim portfolio.
In people analytics, the highlights
are Flight Risk, an algorithm
that can predict, with 94%
accuracy, which employees are
likely to leave the company and
when they might resign, helping
managers and human resources
areas retain talent; and Critera, a
health and benefit management
tool used by companies in
Votorantim's portfolio to
manage a combined total of
21,157 employees. An assistance
module for pregnant women was
added to Critera, through which
a woman can follow her baby's
development and learn tips for a
healthy pregnancy.
To support the portfolio
companies in industrial
segments, the CoE developed
Sykn, an algorithm focused on
loss prevention that identifies
risks and waste in business
transactions. This solution was
acquired by one of the largest
food companies in the world
and, at the end of the year,
was being tested by two other
companies in the infrastructure
sector. Another tool with
commercialization potential is
Harpi, an artificial intelligence
(AI) solution that automates the
purchasing of goods and services,
thereby enabling procurement
areas to make decisions with
greater levels of predictability
and compliance. Another Al
tool, Registration Intelligence,
simplifies procurement processes
by identifying redundancies
and waste. Together with the
portfolio companies, the CoE
also developed Smart Sensors,
a model for predicting energy
prices that, when installed in
production lines, enables the
remote management of industrial
complexes, and Digital Smelter,
which simulates scenarios for
optimized metal production
planning.
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