ROBOTIC PROCESS AUTOMATION AND ITS INFLUENCE ON THE INDUSTRY
Performing multiple complex tasks is getting faster and cheaper on account of the so-called RPA – Robotic Process Automation.
Repetitive tasks which require the work and attention of at least one person for entering uniform data in various systems, reading and entering data from files or paper copies and many other routine or time-consuming tasks, can now be performed fully automatically with the help of RPA solutions.
This technology is becoming more and more popular each year, and the COVID pandemic additionally boosted the demand for solutions of a similar type, where the main goal is process standardisation and automation, improvement of output and minimising the probability of errors.
Using software robots is becoming more and more prevalent and today it is used in almost all industries and spheres of our lives. The most popular company for developing and supplying RPA solutions is UiPath, also dubbed “the Romanian unicorn”.
What are software robots?
Software robots are computer programmes that can be “trained” to execute repeated, routine activities which take too much time for employees to do.
RPA has an exceptionally wide range of application and is capable of supporting almost any business process in any industry. Activities that can be improved with the help of software robots are, for example, trade operations, purchase and supply, accounting activities and bank operations, payroll, manpower and wages, preparation of information sheets and reports, customer services and many others.
Frequently, when we have any accounting software, CRM system, ERP system or another business solution, the daily work of our employees is associated with manual labour, such as entry of invoices, update of changed customer data from one system to others, entry of data from “pdf”, “excel”, paper carriers, etc., or recording received payments, again manually, in existing not-integrated software applications. This leads to high inefficiency, unintentional errors, and much unnecessary labour for activities with minimal added value to your business. Our employees, however, can work many times more efficiently and in an error-free manner if these activities are performed by software robots and our employees are only focused on those activities which require inevitably human logic and individual judgment. Usually, it is them that have key importance for the success and growth of our company.
Why RPA?
Undoubtedly, the advantages are numerous and various subject to the application of software robots and the activities which are being robotised.
Unlike people, robots work day and night, do not get tired and fulfil their tasks as they are required to. Concurrently, they allow monitoring of the execution, and based on the results obtained and tendencies identified, we can optimise our processes, improve quality and reduce delivery times, and even manage more successfully customer demand.
Another major advantage of robotic automation is that RPA technology does not require making changes in existing software systems and infrastructure, process automation takes less time and resources, and changes are easier to control.
Software robots free employees from performing time-consuming, repetitive and uniform tasks, thus allowing them to focus on tasks that are actually important for your business
RPA technology does not require making changes in existing software systems and infrastructure, process automation takes less time and resources, and changes are easier to control.
Robotic Process Automation is present and future! This is a technology which indisputably supports and improves the work of people, optimises and standardises processes and notably increases output. This helps minimise the probability of errors and last but not least, it reduces the costs of the company and assists in the decision-making processes.
