Workflow Automation
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What is Workflow Automation?
Workflow Automation refers to the design, execution, and automation of processes based on workflow rules where human tasks, data or files are routed between people or systems based on pre-defined business rules. By leveraging self-operating processes that run manual tasks, workflow automation can help your business save time and money, diminish errors, and boost productivity.
Why Why Workflow Automation
At CultureSparq, we believe in automating workflows, especially those processes that are primarily handled manually by employees — significant improvements can be made in efficiency, productivity and even accountability.
The Benefits
Workflow automation provides several benefits over manual processes from Policy compliance adherence, Improved visibility, Improved employee satisfaction, Continual process improvement, Better workload management to Reduced errors. These are just a few areas digital leaders will have to think about automating as part of their digital transformation strategy.
Almost every department in your business can benefit from workflow automation. Whether it’s marketing, human resources, or finance — automating your workflows will help you work smarter, not harder.
Here are FIVE examples to help you on your transformation journey towards automating a specific workflow or function:
MARKETING
Reach customers no matter where they are in their journey. By automating some of your Marketing’s most repetitive tasks, such as sending emails, creating campaigns and posting to social media you can reach customers faster and convert customers into lifelong brand advocates.
Human Resources
From performance reviews to employee onboarding, off-boarding and request for time off. Decrease the time of having to manually enter all your new hires’ personal information, like addresses, social security numbers, and other employee information into payroll, expense, and insurance systems, by automation your HR systems.
FINANCE
You can streamline your CapEx Approval Process and improve Compliance by allowing users to easily define, build, and publish customized capital expenditure request processes. Automation your finance processes so you can streamline all your travel requests, reimbursements, and budget approvals to quickly learn how to maximize revenues.
IT
You can replace repeatable processes and reduce manual intervention by automation your IT systems and software. Areas like Cloud automation and DevOps Automation can increase IT productivity and efficiency – and reduce human errors. Recently the focus on IT automation has shifted to enhanced business productivity, greater innovation and faster speed to market.
REPORTING & DATA ANALYTICS
Today’s digital marketing landscape often involves dealing with many different data sources on a daily basis. When it comes to measuring success, it’s important to have an accurate estimation by Tracking, Documenting and Measuring the key outcomes of your deliverables. Automating your reporting process will help you gain faster operational insights and business insights that give you the necessary talking points needed to bridge the gap from the operational level to the business level so you can keep the company informed at speed.
Remember
With any technology-enabled initiative, you must have a strong change management strategy in place so that the workers impacted as a result of automation will adjust to the new workflow rather than rejecting the changes.
If you need some help with your Automation strategy and execution, SCHEDULE some time with us so we can streamline your workflow, so you can focus on delivering ore value and increase your income velocity.