Listed logistics company
- Challenge
- 1,200 monthly vendor invoices processed by four FTEs manually.
- Simplileap solution
- UiPath bots with Document Understanding and SOX audit logs.
- Outcome
- Straight-through processing 38% → 81%; audit finding closed.
// Automate
Legacy System Automation
Legacy systems cannot be replaced overnight, but they can be automated. RPA enables modern automation workflows on top of legacy applications, without touching the underlying system.
// Key benefits
What makes this service valuable
No-API legacy integration
Terminal emulators, mainframe screens, VBA-based desktop applications, RPA automates interactions at the UI level without requiring API access or system modification.
Bridge to modern systems
RPA bots extract data from legacy systems and push it to modern applications, and vice versa, creating a data bridge that buys time before full migration.
Minimal disruption
Legacy system automation does not require changes to the underlying system, maintaining compliance with vendor support agreements and avoiding migration risk.
// Details
Automating the systems you cannot yet replace
Legacy system replacement projects take years and carry significant risk. In the meantime, RPA provides immediate automation capability, extracting data, entering records, and triggering actions in legacy systems that modern workflows can integrate with.
We have automated interactions with SAP older versions, Oracle ERP, AS/400 terminal emulators, and various proprietary desktop applications.
// What this includes
- Legacy system UI analysis and automation feasibility
- Terminal emulator and mainframe automation
- Desktop application automation
- Data extraction from legacy screens
- Legacy-to-modern system data bridging
- Compatibility monitoring (application updates)
- Migration strategy support
// Deliverables
What you receive
Every engagement produces clear, documented deliverables. Here is exactly what is included in our legacy system automation service.
- 01Legacy automation feasibility assessment
- 02RPA bot for legacy system interaction
- 03Data bridge to modern systems
- 04Monitoring and failure alerting
- 05Maintenance plan for application changes
// In practice
How legacy system automation engagements run
RPA bots attach to SAP GUI, Oracle Forms, or terminal emulators where APIs do not exist — with resilient selectors and screenshot-on-failure for support. We run attended pilots on non-prod clones before scheduling unattended jobs in Control Room or UiPath Orchestrator. Bot health dashboards flag selector breakage within one run; maintenance SLAs are scoped separately from build.
// Stack & frameworks
Stack we use for this
AI & LLM
- OpenAI / Anthropic APIs
- LangChain pipelines
- RAG architectures
- Confidence thresholds
Integration
- Salesforce / HubSpot
- Zapier / Make
- Custom webhooks
- ERP connectors
Governance
- LangSmith observability
- PII handling
- Audit logs
- Rollback procedures
// Delivery
Simplileap execution framework
01
Architecture mapping
Dependencies, API contracts, compliance constraints, and performance budgets documented before sprint one.
02
Secure sprints
Two-week increments with GitHub access, demo recordings, and QA checkpoints, client visibility at every stage.
03
QA & handover
Automated tests on critical paths, security review, runbooks, and knowledge transfer to your team.
// Proof
Real deployments from Bangalore
// Engagement models
How teams engage us
Currency
| Package | Ideal for | Investment | Includes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Workflow automation | Ops teams | ₹3L – ₹10L |
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| AI / LLM integration | Product teams | ₹4L – ₹12L |
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| RPA implementation | Back-office | Scoped per process |
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// Company and service positioning
Company and Service positioning is reviewed for production delivery standards by Harsha Parthasarathy (Co-Founder, Strategy & Operations 24+ years IT veteran, IBM, Global Delivery, Program Management) and Keshav Sharma (Co-Founder, Engineering and Lead Architect, Full-stack engineering, product delivery and technical standards).
CIN
AAU-8582
Startup India
DIPP83124
Founded
November 2020
Office
Residency Rd, Bengaluru, India
// FAQ
Common questions about legacy system automation
Is RPA a long-term solution for legacy systems?+
RPA is a tactical solution that buys time for strategic system replacement or integration. We help clients understand the long-term cost of RPA maintenance vs. modernisation investment to inform the right timeline decision.
Ready to get started with legacy system automation?
Share your requirements with our team. We respond within one business day with a clear plan from discovery to delivery.