Transform Your Business Processes with Robotic and Intelligent Automation

Moore’s law and advances in technology are impacting the world and the way we work.

Self-driving vehicles, speaking robots and artificial intelligence are no longer a vision of the future but are a reality today.

These advances are not only being developed in Silicon Valley labs but also right here in Switzerland.

There has been a buzz around how robots have been transforming business processes for years, but we are now on the verge of seeing robots that replicate the human brain.

Just as machines have transformed manufacturing, new “virtual” robots or robot-led automation has the potential to change today’s workplace as dramatically as the machines of the Industrial Revolution changed the factory floor. Core business skills such as process knowledge, technology integration, and insightful analytics could be delivered through a leveraged model at a lower cost.

The capability and demand already exist for this technology, and is enabled by abundant computing power and software solutions that can be packaged and downloaded as “apps.”

Why do we need robots to run business processes?

• Many business processes are not as intelligent or automated as they could be and some of them cut across various IT systems that do not communicate with each other.
• Others are just too time consuming and therefore expensive for humans to perform.
• Implementing smarter processes can be expensive, involving massive IT transformation such as an Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), or a toolset such as a business process management system (BPMS).
• Other processes rely on insights based on human reasoning that computers cannot replicate.

Emerging technologies within the robot-led automation realm could be the solution for today’s business challenges.

However, the hype around these solutions taking over the workplace obscures the reality.

It is important to highlight the two separate types of automation tools emerging, both with the potential to streamline processes in very different ways.

This report will talk more about the differences between these two robot-led automation tools and also help us to understand when we should use either of them.