How to Boost customer satisfaction, increase efficiency, save money and labor costs in your business, by simply removing all manual processes.

All this can be done without having to implement complex and expensive software that most employees will never understand.

Introducing RPA

Robotic Process Automation
also known as your digital employee

WHAT IS RPA?

RPA is an automation technology that allows you to get rid of repetitive tasks in a digital environment. To do so, it employs bots and software programs trained to mimic human employees’ actions to perform various assignments. These can include data entry in CRM systems, automated invoicing, text recognition, etc.

The key elements of RPA can be found in the abbreviation.

R — Robotic

This means that a special algorithm, or a software bot, executes a task. Just like an industrial robot that follows a built-in script to assemble a car, an RPA bot follows a predetermined set of rules to emulate user interactions. For example, it can distribute incoming support tickets among the support team.

P — Process

This is a sequence of steps that a user performs to accomplish a task. For example, say a support manager needs to handle all the incoming inquiries. They open each inquiry, label them according to the type, send pre-made responses to the most common ones, and assign some of them which require extra attention to the proper teammates. In the case of RPA, the sequence described above is used to create a scenario for a bot that will perform the task instead of the real person.

A — Automation

This implies that the tasks are carried out without the participation of a real person or with minimal interference (known as attended and unattended robotic processes). Thanks to this, RPA can free up plenty of human resources by being able to work 24/7 and manage an enormous amount of data at lightning-fast speeds. When done properly, RPA is a powerful technology to augment your human resources, enhance the customer experience, and boost digital transformation.

Benefits of RPA

Save time by eliminating manual processes

Improve employee retention by offloading repetitive tasks and workflows

Re-allocate human capital to higher impact tasks in your business

Have an error-free process that can work 24/7

Digital Automation (RPA) is among the fastest growing sectors and can boost the productivity of your business. It is a key competitive advantage today, do not wait for your competition to do better than you, let us help you!

How Easy is it to Implement RPA?

Discovery

Identify a manual process that is repetitive and rule-based so the implementation is productive and learning curve is fast. Get an idea of how your business can benefit from it.

Design

Create a workflow to compare it being done manually to it being automated as well as the cost so you can know your ROI before going into development.

Develop

Build the process with all the "what ifs" and triggers so you can see the benefits the minute it's deployed, while giving you the knowledge needed to identify other areas.

Deploy

See the immediate return once you go live so you can witness the instant value your company will experience.

Security

SOC 2 Type II Compliant

The ElectroNeek platform is designed with security as the top priority. It complies with SOC 2 Type II and other industry recognized standards.

Local storage of data

ElectroNeek bots do not collect or store more data than is necessary to complete tasks. All data is stored locally

AWS Protection

Your automated processes and hosting are protected by AWS Guard Duty. All credentials are used at the bot level and are not uploaded to the cloud.

Our RPA partner

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We have chosen ElectroNeek as our RPA partner. Through its tools, hundreds of Robots have been implemented for clients worldwide. The performance of its tools and the speed to create Robots have made us at the forefront of RPA solutions worldwide. And these are the benefits that we pass on to our customers.

FAQ

RPA is ideally suited for tasks involving transactional data from a variety of sources. Some examples of its current application include: Quote, invoice and contract management, inventory management, recruiting processes, accounts payable, travel and expenses, claims processing, collections, sales orders, compliance reporting, onboarding, procure-to-pay, education, and training, payroll input, and change of (address, address, name, etc.). It is estimated that up to 55 percent of the activities companies pay people to perform can be automated through RPA.

There are a few reasons many people in the midmarket haven’t heard much about RPA. To begin with, it is still a relatively new technology that is still maturing and has not yet attained its elevation curve. Given its relative newness and its first traction among large corporations, there is a trickle-down effect that’s just starting to flow. Additionally, the technology has not had a public champion boosting it (we’re attempting to change that). We’ve got no doubt that as time goes by, the technology will expand exponentially and into many spectrums of this market.

In point of actual fact, RPA has the ability to create jobs that specifically allow employees to focus on higher-value tasks. By automating repetitive and higher volume business activities such as order processing or copy-paste activities, RPA enables companies to leverage the advantages of increased productivity and efficiency by freeing time for workers to focus on value-adding activities, such as those that involve direct interaction with customers or optimization of inefficient business processes

You should care about RPA since it’s among the fastest-growing industries of the operational technology industry. It’s real, it is expanding and it may boost your company’s efficiency and productivity resulting in gains that reach directly to the bottom line. We believe any tech investment which provides the instant benefits that RPA can, is well worth knowing better.

Robotic automation refers to a style of automation where a machine, or computer, mimics a human’s action in completing rules-based tasks.

In the domain of back-office administration, Robotic Automation refers to automation where a computer drives existing enterprise application software in the same way that a user does. This means that unlike traditional application software, Robotic Automation is a tool or platform that operates and orchestrates other application software through the existing application’s user interface and in this sense is not “integrated.”

  • No, IT infrastructure changes are required – there is no integration requirement – the robots interface with any application through the user interface in the same way a user does.
  • No integration costs – robots drive existing applications.
  • IT robots are “trained” by their users by being “shown” how to complete a task. This is akin to training a new employee.
  • A robot once trained can scale across any number of other robots.
  • The robot’s knowledge is extended and re-used over time.
  • A robot is trained in a live environment making projects less expensive and much faster than traditional IT.
  • Multiple robots applied to a task can be synchronized to deliver large-scale robotic platforms.

A “fully loaded” office robot is usually a 1/3rd the cost of globally sourced agents. The flexibility and ease of deployment mean that this comparison is easy to maintain and judge the best approach to given tasks.

Robots for now only follow rules. Where a procedure requires interpretation and skill in judging an outcome then a robot may not be suitable. One technique that is common is to re-organize task-steps so that any judgment is dealt with upfront – the work is prepared for robotic automation. In this way, robots can handle bulk rules and handoff to humans once a judgment is needed.

Benefits include:

  • Robotic FTE’s are 1/3 of the price of off-shored FTE’s and can work 24/7
  • Speed to automation – days and weeks to automate clerical procedures
  • “Self Build” – no need for specialist IT, robots are trained by end-users
  • Robots are trained to do repetitive clerical tasks and drive existing applications so no costly integration and expensive process re-design expertise needed
  • A small specialist team from the business operations works alongside robots to train them, manage exceptions and continually improve the robots operational performance
  • MI is automatically captured across all procedures operated.

Best projects for robot automation are bulk repetitive rules-based procedures. The flexibility of the robotic automation platform is such that it does not matter if this involves interaction with multiple systems.

Typical projects are measured in weeks. One heuristic is that it takes as long to train a robot as it does a human. The complex new task will take longer depending on the level of object re-use available.

One of the benefits of RPA is it can be used to automate tasks in any industry, including insurance, healthcare, banking, and financial services, procurement, supply chain management, and manufacturing. While many of the tasks in these industries vary in their outcomes, they also have commonalities that make them suitable for automation. Some of the back-office tasks ideal for automation:

Are repetitive and consistent. These activities remain fixed over time and are not variable. Robots follow rules, so the tasks for automation should consist of unambiguous steps taken in a defined manner each time. Examples include data entry and migration, payroll, accounts payable, and more general copy-paste and swivel-chair tasks.

Don’t require constant human intervention. While robots can be stopped in the middle of a process and will alert human employees when reaching an exception, the most ideal processes are those that can be entirely automated. This will lead to the most effective results, such as cost reduction and increased productivity, in the shortest possible timetable.

Are high-volume and time-consuming. Processes, such as orders and claims processing, that require a large investment of time and effort on behalf of your employees, as well as those that are the most burdensome for your organization, are ones that warrant and justify RPA implementation.

Menial and repetitive business tasks take up a significant amount of an employee’s time. Upon automation of these processes, much of this time is freed to focus on higher-value tasks that involve complex decision making, such as developing customer relationships. But what exactly about RPA allows this to happen? The most significant payoffs provided by automation include:

Reduced costs. According to the Institute for Robotic Process Automation (IRPA), RPA can reduce costs by 25-50% since robots typically cost about one-third of an offshore full-time employee and one-fifth of an onshore full-time employee.

Consistent quality. Because RPA software robots act in a consistent manner, tasks that are automated will have increased accuracy, allowing for substantial risk mitigation. Robots will be able to streamline tasks flawlessly and execute it, in the same way, every time.

Increased efficiency. RPA software robots are able to work around the clock, 24/7/365. There is no need for them to take breaks during the weekend or on holidays. Coupled with increased speed and decreased cycle time, this can provide optimized back-office performance in a very short amount of time.

One reason to implement RPA within your company is scalability. Order processing or accounts payable workflows, for example, can be replicated or reused across different business departments and between locations. In addition, the number of active robots can be scaled up or down quickly with little to no additional cost. Scaling your robotic workforce can be a permanent development to match the growth of your company, but robots can also be scaled temporarily to meet business demands during a specific window. Companies may experience increased demand for robotic workforces during peak times – holidays, end of the quarter, etc. – when more order processing is required. Temporary scalability is also useful when a more active robotic workforce can process extra transactions during a new product or service release.

In fact, according to the Institute for Robotic Process Automation (IRPA), “Separating scalability from human resources allows a company to handle short-term demand without extra recruiting or training…management will be more effective because RPA makes it easy to maintain a scalable infrastructure. In short, it’s easier to scale software than it is people.”

This is especially true when compared to maintaining employee levels to match fluctuations of business demands. Increasing or decreasing your number of robots is much more cost-effective and efficient than having to hire and release employees.

Current value propositions aside, it’s important to consider the future developments and advancements in RPA capabilities. Today, robotic software is rules-based and exceptions require human intervention for resolution. But are RPA software robots capable of completing cognitive tasks? What would the collaboration between RPA and more intelligent solutions, such as artificial intelligence, entail? With the contribution of cognitive algorithms and machine learning, RPA will be able to adapt to more complex situations, independently correcting errors, and applying judgment. While transactional processes are the current focus of automation technology, the convergence of RPA with AI is on the near horizon. In a whitepaper titled “Automate This, the merge of RPA and AI is expected to happen in three areas: within the market, across solutions, and among processes. The whitepaper goes on to argue that “These systems could operate as the ‘heart and lungs’ of an organization, taking in key data inputs and performing all of the internal processes that are core to the business.”

The abilities of both RPA and cognitive products will be combined into a single solution that will allow tasks to be automated in an adaptive and responsive way to maximize business outcomes. The software robots will be able to analyze elaborate activities just like a human employee in order to deliver superior performance and more valuable customer experience.

As you can see, the questions surrounding the efficacy of RPA are critical in understanding how this technology can serve as a value proposition for companies to operate as lean and productive as possible. In addressing common concerns, you should have a deeper understanding of the benefits RPA offers companies in achieving streamlined processes. Business activities that previously hindered productivity can now be automated to allow for a significant increase in resources and revenue, and RPA has an even more promising future ahead, especially with intelligent technologies leading the way in the next major step in automation capabilities