Business Process Automation: Unlocking True ROI Across Departments

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If your employees are copying and pasting data between applications, your company is leaking money. It’s time to harness Business Process Automation (BPA).

Automation is no longer just for massive enterprises with dedicated RPA (Robotic Process Automation) teams. Today, utilizing low-code / no-code platforms, mid-market businesses can automate up to 40% of their manual workflows within a single quarter.

Automating Employee Onboarding

Consider the onboarding process. When HR marks a new hire 'Approved' in an ATS (Applicant Tracking System), an automation engine should trigger instantaneously: creating the Active Directory user, provisioning Office 365 licensing, deploying the standard software stack to a laptop via Intune, and sending the new hire a Slack welcome message.

Finance and Invoice Processing

Accounts Payable is another prime target. Modern Optical Character Recognition (OCR) combined with AI can automatically scan incoming PDF invoices from an email inbox, extract the line items, cross-reference them with the Purchase Order in the ERP, and stage the payment for final human approval.

The fundamental rule of modern IT is: if a human does it more than three times a week on a computer, a script should be written to do it for them.