BUSINESS PROCESS AUTOMATION – BPA FOR FAST BUSINESS GROWTH IN INDIA

Business Process Automation (BPA) is a term to transform any business from manual to Digital Platform at the same time providing security and controlled access. A Manual business process is maintained in either physical books or on Computer but in several application which are not connected to each other. Every process is dependent on person and that person’s availability. Comparing Manual to Automation. Automation Support Live response and reporting which is not present in Manual Process. System checks and error controls are handled by Application Logic and can work 24×7 which is not possible in Manual process. Automation Platform can be used and worked upon by multiple users at the same time. Few insights about Manual Business Process Every process is independent. person dependent. Every step is person dependent and not verified. There is no option where you can go back and check what was the last step performed in a particular process. Or if any changes were done at any particular level of process. There are no backup’s for data. There is no authenticity for the data. How Business Process Automation (BPA) has helped many organizations to Helps reduce errors and mistakes in business process Create Workflows and assign approvals to multiple hierarchies. This way every step / level in a process is checked my multiple ownerships before approving. This results in eliminating mistakes and errors. Every process / division / department is connected Considering Manufacturing. Every department needs right information to complete the whole manufacturing process. Purchase needs information about what needs to be bought. Production Planning needs information about what inventory is available and by when is new inventory arriving accordingly Production Planning will inform Sales and similarly sales can too inform about project requirements for next quarter. Lastly production can update how much raw material was consumed and how many products where manufactured in the process. Likely Management can check how much time was taken to process and how could they increase the productivity by knowing gaps. This can be achieved by using data provided by the connected Business Process Automation – BPA systems Example IOT’s. This is analytical data which helps Management to take right and onetime decisions.