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Human vs. machine: “Does not need to be a competition”

Just one year after the official opening of operations at Suape of mathematics ended up making a difference. Suape’s staff of 300
Port, in 1984, the history of the complex crossed paths with that of was divided into sectors. On pay day, a pay slip was issued so that
Manoel Ricarte – known as Ricarte within the company. The suc- money could subsequently be deposited in bank accounts.
cessful partnership began with a simple selection process for the In 1989, the company also acquired an accounting system. Ri-
security sector and has continued to grow to this day. Ricarte now carte, who was still in training, was invited to implement it. As part
works in the Department of Innovation and Digital Transformation. of this process, he developed a formula that calculated overtime,
Ricarte looks back over his lifetime of work at Suape as if he danger money, and night shifts, based on the salary and bonus pay-
were talking about something that happened just a few weeks ago, ments of each employee. Ricarte was promoted to head of the IT
and remembers how he started out, 38 years ago. Division, which was created at the same time.
- I was working three different shifts each month, moving from - I began to try things out and make adjustments, doing things
the main gate to the administrative center, to seven other gates. All both by hand and on the machine, to compare the two. When doing
the access roads leading to Suape were dirt tracks. People were things on the machine worked out well, we stopped doing things
more likely to get there on horseback than in a car or on a motor- manually. We were making progress.
bike. From system to system, until the installation of the network –
Paying careful attention to the way things were done at the time working simultaneously on all the Suape computers – using techno-
and always showing an interest, Ricarte was given the chance to logy on a daily basis was a great success. The digital transformation
move to another sector. Not only did he move there; he became a continues apace. The installation of a new system developed by the
major player in the digital transformation of Suape. The company Federal University of Pernambuco (UFPE), in partnership with the
grew in size and, after three years working in security, Ricarte was Recife Center for Advanced Studies and Systems (CESAR), promises
re-allocated to an administrative post. to make everything even more dynamic. Ricarte is closely following
At the time, Ricarte was 22 years old. He had completed a tech- all these developments.
nical course in the design of plumbing installations and had partially - The impact of the Internet was very good, both for me perso-
completed a marketing course – although he had been forced to in- nally and for Suape. And artificial intelligence is now being used to
terrupt the latter because of commitments at work. He then joined facilitate the process. There is no need for there to be competition
the payroll team, where work was still 100% manual. His lifelong love between humans and machines.

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