Tips for a Successful RPA Implementation

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10 TIPS FOR SUCCESSFUL RPA IMPLEMENTATION
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Introduction
Boosting productivity through automation is one
of the hot topics in the industries today.
Automation is going everywhere as it drives down
costs and enables better control and compliance
for the businesses. An organization
ca significantly enhance the business response
time, efficiency, accuracy, and reduce employee
hours spend on regular repetitive tasks. It can
help differently sized workforce.
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Benefits of RPA
Increases speed to market as the software
robots execute tasks
Improves productivity as Flexibility to scale up
and
Eliminates the risks of human errors
RPA software operate 24/7 with minimal downtime
down the robotic
operations depending on business requirements
instantaneously
Improve customer satisfaction
Automated responses and triggers
Empower the Workforce
Secure Enterprise Data
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Myths in RPA
RPA WILL KILL JOBS AND REPLACE HUMANS RPA IS
EXPENSIVE
RPA CAN AUTOMATE EVERYTHING
RPA WILL NOT WORK IN MY INDUSTRY RPA IS NOT WORTH
THE COST INVESTMENT RPA SOFTWARE DOES NOT REQUIRE
HUMAN SUPERVISION
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RPA Application Areas
1) Data Migration and Form Processing 2) Customer
Onboarding 3) Data Extraction
4) Data Reconciliation 5) Payroll Automation 6)
Claim Processing
7) Expense Management 8) Data Validation
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Tips for Sucessful RPA Implementation?
1. Understand the operation before planning for
any process automation
Half knowledge is dangerous and so do?in the
implementation of?RPA?as well. Though?RPA?is on
roll and one-third of the worlds enterprises are
making serious plans to invest in?RPA, but still,
the subject clarity is lacking.
2. Documentation?is needed?for the existing
process
If you are not documenting the existing process,
start a documentation culture with standard
and repetitive processes. Focus on daily tasks
that are repetitive and register business
outcomes which can positively affect the business.
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3. Guide your team to adopt automation
Talk to your team and introduce automation to
them. Let your talented people know
that adopting?RPA?should focus on efficiency
gain. The company needs to focus on the business
outcom and support end-to-end metrics to track
and communicate progress.
4. Focus on specific goals
The goal of any automation project?must be?clear.
As?RPA?is?fairly?a new concept?to
be?implemente remember you have?to be?a little
open-minded. Though the?RPA?vendors might have
bold claims, it will be easier if you set and
manage specific goals and thoroughly check the
need of?RPA?onto?your business.
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5. Need skilled?RPA?people
RPA?tool vendors continue to include process
definition and automation capabilities
to manage,?monitor?and support tools. These
tools?are utilized?by specialists to simplify
day-to-day tasks within their expert field.
Tools?are developed?to enhance speed and agility.
It also helps in focusing on the development,
testing to production. For all these, your team
must have some technically sound person
to?ensure?that the solution gets the resources it
requires.
6. Gradually automate and?prioritize
Start automation by making a list of
what?RPA?solution you need, just check its
potential and imp on your business. Arrange by
how much effort and risk?is involved. Automation
takes time and resources both of which will offer
the desired Return on Investment (ROI) if you
plan it right.
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7. Think for long-term?utilization
As?RPA?is now linked with Machine Learning, it?is
seen?most of the companies are using ML on
the data that the bots generating. And then use
the chatbot?which enables the users to get the
data m easily. The?RPA?solution?must be?used
efficiently for a long time and slowly one should
use ML or A for further development in the future
and not in the first stage. So, the tool has?to
be?flexible enou to adopt future changes in your
application.
8. Check for ready-made solution
No doubt, developing an entirely new solution is
a little?time consuming?and need good
resources So,?in case?you are in hurry and not
sure whether to go for it, research well. Many
tools come with ready adaptors which you can
directly?implement?for the automation process. It
is good to resear well on the available solution.
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9. Check manually before switching to automation
You must?have an experience?of doing things
manually and then change to automation because
y have a better domain understanding. When you
are ready to develop a new product, be alert
abo the number of tasks you select to automate,
as sometime you might have to return back to the
st for examining.
10. Calculate ROI
When you?implement?any kind of automation, its
crucial to analyze automations success. When
IT and finance placed on the key criteria like
ROI and document monitoring, you will be
able?to access?the success of your automation and
the real value to the business. Do
remember to?prioritize?automating the processes
that will save time and have better ROI.