2021, the shortest year since 1970. Reclaim time with Cognitive Capture Automation

The speed of the earth’s rotation is increasing. It’s spinning faster than it has in decades. 2021 will be the shortest year in half a century. Meaning this year will be 19 milliseconds shorter than last year. Admittedly, that’s not a perceivable difference for most people and in real terms will have no impact to businesses and organisations. However, ‘time’ is...

Unlocking Dark Process Value with Intelligent Automation

Now is the Time to address the ‘Dark Processes’ of 2020 will be remembered for many things, but the sudden change in working practices, driven out of necessity, has been instrumental in fuelling the creation of ‘Dark Processes’. What is a Dark Process? A Dark Process can be described as a complete process, or steps in a process that...

Sales Order Automation – 6 Steps to Success

Processing sales orders is a fundamental step in the overall O2C (Order to Cash) process in that it allows an organisation to transact with its customers, allocate stock and generate an invoice for payment. When this performed in a sub-optimal way it can lead to errors, additional costs and poor client relationships. For this reason, many organisations have looked towards...

Reduce Paper and another 21 Benefits of a Digital Mailroom

The concept of a Digital Mailroom has been around for a long time, but many organisations have still yet to embark on this part of their digital transformation journey. Here, we look at the environmental impact of paper, how a digital mailroom helps to reduce paper usage and provide a list of 21 other benefits that can help your organisation make...

Take it “Personnelly”: Intelligent Automation for HR: Onboarding

It’s become very apparent over the course of 2020 that current HR onboarding, and indeed offboarding, processes are in desperate need of being updated. It’s been highlighted to an extreme this year, but in reality, many organisations could, and probably should, have addressed these some years ago. Remote working has highlighted onboarding and offboarding processes which have been far too...

eSignature Software – a Tactical Point Solution or a Strategic Priority?

Understanding the Context for eSignature Software There is an audible sigh in many home-offices at present, as an email alert notifies the remote worker of a new message that has been received. It’s not the message itself, but the word or PDF attachment that is the source of consternation and frustration. It’s a contract, an NDA, t&cs or some other...

5 Ways Automated Order Processing Can Unlock Value For Businesses

Understanding the Context for Using Automated Order Processing Technologies Customer expectations have never been higher. We are well used to engaging with online services and receiving impeccable speed and efficiency for personal items we purchase. The growth of services like Amazon has been astounding and to a large extent has been based on convenience, the breadth of products and speed...

Intelligent Process Automation… Friend or Foe?

Your LinkedIn feed is probably full of intelligent process automation success stories, and your mailbox full of people wanting to talk to you about how they can replace your workforce with robots and automate every process and sub-process. “It’s quick to deploy, it’s low risk, business users can set it all up, IT will love it…” they say. The Reality…. It’s easy to...

Digital Mailroom: Don’t Forget About Email

The effects of 2020 will no doubt have a long-standing effect on the shape of the economy and working practices for many years to come. Businesses and organisations have had to adapt at record pace, accelerating digital transformation activities and projects, that in more ‘normal’ times would have taken years to plan and act on. Digital Mailroom solutions for...