AI
Process Automation
Business Process Automation is the use of software to automate repeatable, multistep business transactions. In contrast to other types of automation. It’s common for organizations to apply Business Process Automation as part of a digital transformation strategy, in order to streamline their workflows and operate more efficiently.
What is a business process?
Business Daily Activities
A business process can be any set of activities that help a business reach a specific goal. In the context of automation, it’s usually a repeatable transaction that involves a series of steps touching multiple IT systems.
Business processes include fulfilling and invoicing a customer purchase order, approving a loan application, completing data entry, onboarding a new employee, and additional financial services, human resource tasks, and business operations.
What’s automation?
Use of Technology
Automation is the use of technology to perform tasks with reduced human assistance. Any industry that encounters repetitive tasks can use automation, but automation is more prevalent in the industries of manufacturing, robotics, and automotives, as well as in the world of technology—in IT systems and business decision software.
Why automate?
Automation helps businesses on their path to digital transformation. Organizations today are dealing with major disruption. They‘re challenged with supporting their employees and partners, reaching new customers, and providing new, innovative products and services faster.
Conclusion
Advantages of Automation
Greater productivity
Your staff can spend more time making a bigger impact on your business. Leave the repetition to the software.
Better reliability
By reducing the amount of human intervention, you run into less oversights and issues. All of the same things happen the same way—every time. That way you know exactly when processes, tests, updates, workflows, etc. are going to happen, how long they will take, and that you can trust the outcomes.
Human Processes
Instead of seeing automation as a tool that eliminates jobs, the reality is that it allows more experienced staff to focus on bigger problems and their solutions, rather than mundane, day-to-day, repeated tasks.
Easier governance
More people mean more potential for knowledge gaps. More knowledge gaps mean one side of your business might not know what, or who is involved on the other side. Codifying everything means better control
Reduce Cost
Building an effective automation solution takes time and energy. Work with a trusted partner like WEDEVA—who is able to handle the heavy lifting for you—to help you save and get running faster.
Scope
Automation doesn’t mean intelligence. Depending on what’s automated and how it’s constructed, some parts may be vulnerable outside of that scope. Limiting automation in some aspects or functions can mitigate this concern. Your automation is only as smart and safe as how it’s implemented, so keep that in mind.
Change is upon us. Automation can help.
No matter the complexity of your environment or where you are on your IT modernization journey, an IT operations automation strategy can help you improve existing processes. With automation, you can save time, increase quality, improve employee satisfaction, and reduce costs throughout your organization.