Digital technology is convenient and fun. Apps that let us hail a cab, sensors in your shoes and shiny websites are all fun and remind us that “Software is indeed eating the world”.
In today’s business world, digital has moved from toys of convenience to core business processes that are at the heart of every organization. In most cases, these processes hide in their own disjointed silos along with their data. But, as digital accelerates business speed, automating these processes, linking them and surfacing their data to customer-facing operations is the first crucial step towards digitally transforming your business.
A Digital Operating Model
The same people who’re used to shiny digital apps are also your customers, patients, students and employees. They want to interact with you online, 24×7, on their mobile phones using a variety of channels. To be truly successful, you have to invest in observing your customers, students & patients and in really understanding how they interact with your services, and what frustrates or inspires them. This access to critical data allows employees to be responsive to their constituents. Business analytics help make sense of that data so the organization can react quickly and make informed business decisions.
Process Automation is the Foundation
Organizations that insist on “business-as-usual” with siloed processes and data lingering in the analog (paper) world risk being relegated to irrelevance. Automated processes allow you to jettison outdated business practices, free up employees to focus on work that’s actually important and unlock your most valuable asset (proprietary data).
To make a real difference, you owe it to yourself to go through your processes one by one, automate and connect them across the disparate systems and silos in your organization so you can create amazing new digital experiences for your constituents.
There’s “Hidden Treasure” in Process Automation
The best part is there are huge cost-reduction benefits to automating your day-to-day workflows. We’re talking about driving 50% or greater cost reductions in parts of your back office operations. Smart organizations will invest those savings right back into digital innovation. Failure to do so is like imposing a tax on your own future. If you don’t take advantage of process automation to lower costs, how will you invest in the myriad technologies and innovations needed to win in a fully digital world? Software should be eating your back office too.
A Roadmap for Digital Transformation
Convinced that you need to dive into process automation? Where to start? I.T. is overloaded, mobility requirements are soaring, there’s a serious skills gap, security is a concern, and data integration and scalability are challenging. It’s enough to make ones head spin. Nevertheless, you must get started TODAY!
The good news is that it’s getting easier. New visual, low-code, drag-and-drop software platforms like frevvo are making it easier to automate routine processes and infuse “digital” into operations. A platform like frevvo dramatically increases productivity since it enables citizen developers not just coders-by-trade to automate processes. Included responsive design tools mean that the resulting web applications automatically work on all devices and are easy to update.
frevvo’s platform also doesn’t require the same skill set as native app development does thereby addressing one of the most important barriers to mobility.
Point-and-click wizards enable processes to use data in a variety of systems from Cloud-based systems like Salesforce and box.com to Microsoft SharePoint and internal SQL databases. When automated workflows can connect to systems and use data, they’re simply far more useful.
Finally, frevvo is available in the Cloud enabling customers to add-on and remove capacity as needed. Cloud providers have years of experience scaling their systems and keeping them secure. In fact, the vast majority of Cloud systems are far more secure than their data- center counterparts.
A modern workflow automation platform like frevvo provides transformative benefits:
- Streamlined, efficient workflows that allow employees to focus on customers.
- Built-in mobility.
- Business agility to react quickly to changing market conditions.
- Dashboards that provide insights into your business and facilitate optimization of processes.
- Data-driven decision making.
Download this white paper which discusses workflow automation, how your organization can benefit, and how you can evaluate and deploy a visual, low-code platform like frevvo for your automation needs.
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