Maybe it is not precisely automation and more macro-esk, but if a user can do something else while an RPA program runs I’m good calling automation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
By\u00a0Mike Fitzmaurice\u00a0<\/a> – Robotic Process Automation<\/strong> (RPA<\/strong>) has had a lot of deserved success in businesses seeking to carry out basic, repetitive tasks ordinarily handled manually; think about filling out forms, extracting\u00a0data<\/a>\u00a0from web pages, and so on. For these specific kinds of activities, RPA <\/strong>works great \u2013 it accelerates throughput, minimizes errors, and lowers some kinds of costs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n That said, when organizations try to use RPA<\/strong> to automate business processes, they start to run into trouble. There \u2013 I said it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Contrary to its name, RPA<\/strong> is not actually designed for \u201cprocess\u201d automation at all. The key is the term robotic, as RPA is designed for highly-repetitive manual activities. These micro-workflows are designed to simulate human operations at a computer screen; they\u2019re task-focused far more than they are process-focused. They definitely eliminate manual activity, but their ability to automate anything other than basic decision-making is out of scope.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Contrary to its name, RPA <\/strong>is not actually designed for \u201cprocess\u201d automation at all. The key is the term robotic, as RPA<\/strong> is designed for highly-repetitive manual activities. These micro-workflows are designed to simulate human operations at a computer screen; they\u2019re task-focused far more than they are process-focused. They definitely eliminate manual activity, but their ability to automate anything other than basic decision-making is out of scope. Read On: <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Maybe it is not precisely automation and more macro-esk, but if a user can do something else while an RPA program runs I’m good calling automation. By\u00a0Mike Fitzmaurice\u00a0 – Robotic Process Automation (RPA) has had a lot of deserved success in businesses seeking to carry out basic, repetitive tasks ordinarily handled manually; think about filling […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":46436,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[674,628],"tags":[675,629],"class_list":["post-46435","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-robotic-process-automation-processs-automation","category-rpa","tag-robotic-process-automation","tag-rpa"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t