3-steps GUIDE to make your Business Grow more Efficiently!!
“Sometimes, it’s the smallest decisions that can change your life forever.”
I am a big believer in this quote, as it holds up for our personal and professional lives. However, every decision taken should be well informed and made with utmost care.
Whether it is adopting new business strategies or investing in new technology, you need to be sure if it is right for your business. What are you trying to achieve? Is it worth doing? Do you have everything you’ll need to make it a success? What will be the shot and long-term repercussions? We must know the answers to these questions beforehand. But how do we get all the answers?
I recommend starting with the following three questions if you want to adopt Robotic Process Automation (RPA) for your business.
- Should you automate your business?
Start with “Why”. You need to know why you are thinking of automation and the need to change.
One of the most common reasons to automate is to increase productivity and efficiency. It can also be either to reduce operating costs or to support scalable growth. Is RPA worth it? Figuring out these questions is stage one of the three-stage RPA approach.
2. Could you automate whole or parts of your business?
If the answer to the first question is affirmative, then you should ask which parts of your business can be automated? The first step is reviewing your critical business processes to see if they can be automated? You can do this by asking if the processes are –
- Repetitive
- Rule-based
- Data-driven
- Require little human judgment
If you have at least 3 yes, then your processes are well-suited for automation.
3. How will your business achieve automation?
One main reason that automation fails is that people think it is the responsibility of the IT department. It isn’t. It is a whole-business that needs proper governance and a dedicated team. You’ll need developers, security, support, and other IT specialists. But you will also need process experts, business analysts, and project managers.
And unarguably, the most important person on the team will be your subject matter expert: the person who knows the process you’re automating inside-out, who lives it every day. From the initial scoping and development work to the live roll-out and day-to-day running, your automation project will only succeed if you can invest in the right team and governance.
If you think that RPA can be useful for your business, get in touch to discuss the possibilities of RPA.