Top 5 Reasons You Need To Automate Your Processes in 2010

Why Strong Companies Use Process Automation

2009 was a rough year for many organizations. As the economy struggles to recover and businesses continue to grasp for survival there are a few things to consider for 2010. Over the years we have seen struggling companies evolve into successful, stable organizations by simply implementing process automation to help with the economic climate and changes. Some of the benefits they have seen as a result that have enabled their continuous growth include:

1. Higher agility: Process Automation enables companies to dynamically involve appropriate resources, driving speed of execution, and enables them to to customer and market requirements faster than the competition.

2. Reduced Expenditures: Improving and optimizing automated processes enables companies to be more efficient by identifying and eliminating waste and bottlenecks that don't add value. 3. Greater visibility: Transforming manual, paper-based processes into electronic, automated processes enables companies to record, monitor and measure every activity within a business process effortlessly. This drives accountability and transparency into the organization, highlighting improvement opportunities. 4. Operational Excellence: Process Improvement reduces the unit cost to execute a transaction by streamlining business processes and allowing companies to better orchestrate resources, increasing productivity and revenues. Notifications naming responsible process users increase visibility and drive employee performance.

5. Better Control for Improved Customer Service: Process Automation Software standardizes working methods and provides audit trails improving managerial control. Improved work consistency and control results in better customer service.

Implementing a strong foundation with Process Automation Software provides for complete lifecycle management of business processes, facilitates integration across technologies, and imbeds efficiency among people, processes, and technologies. As we move into the New Year, process improvement is proving to be a more valuable asset than ever before.

Mary Katherine Strupe
Marketing Coordinator
Ultimus