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Process automation isn’t just robotics and for manufacturing. There are good reasons to apply it to your business.

Why Should You Choose Process Automation?

Estimates reveal that in the United States, inefficient business processes wastes approximately $37 billion every year. There are also numerous cost-efficient solutions due to digitization. Adoption of these solutions leads to the automation of administrative tasks and frees up capacities. If you’re still getting lost in the powerful administrative spiral, it’s essential first to identify the benefits of process automation.

Why should your employees spend their working hours on routine, recurring administrative tasks instead of focusing on value-adding activities? For example, how about omitting the manual, time-consuming entry of expense reports? Instead, the person responsible deals with the evaluation of spending trends. In this way, you leave more time for your employees to fill their working hours with strategic tasks, sustainably reducing operating costs.

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Each of your employees has certain qualities, talents, and preferences that the company must positively develop. You can use these qualities by assigning strategic roles to your employees, and in doing so these employees promote company growth.

Give your workforce the necessary freedom and targeted training opportunities. Then, in coordination with them, introduce IT solutions that demonstrate the advantages of process automation on a daily basis.

Not only that, but your employees will thank you for the trust you place in them. Their job performance improves while loyalty and satisfaction increase. Further, this means that value and growth opportunities open for your company.

Reduce Costs and Save Time with Process Automation

You can only achieve savings through process automation and linking all departments through a central system. Save money and time by reducing or eliminating inefficient manual processes. Most medium-sized companies can tell you a thing or two about that. You swallow up productive working time every day, stress your employees, and slow down all sales-relevant value creation processes.

Automation doesn’t mean that software solutions replace employees. Rather, it’s crucial to automate routine daily tasks. This allows employees to focus on solving problems where technology doesn’t work.

Say Goodbye to Communication Mishaps

How strong are the departments in your company connected to one another? The more closely the areas are linked, the more efficiently and productively you control and optimize your business.

If this strong connection also means data centralization of these areas on a technical system level, the advantages for your company are multiplied. You’ll have all of your business-critical data across all departments and in real-time, networked with one another in one IT system.

When all departments such as purchasing, production, human resources, accounting, and sales are seamlessly linked, the communication processes between them are much easier. Your customer and supplier relationships will definitely benefit from this as well.

Plus, distance no longer plays a role after you’ve incorporated process automation. Create new job opportunities for your employees because the physical distance between your employees or departments no longer plays a role. A location-independent way of working or a link to colleagues in the home office gives you new advantages for efficient work. Tasks are distributed more efficiently and processed faster because affordable technological options make this possible.

Avoid Mistakes and Strengthen Data Security

Every task that an employee has to do manually is prone to errors. Such a scenario can occur when manually posting outgoing invoices. Your employee is stressed, has time management pressure, or is simply unable to concentrate for a few moments.

So, invoices may be processed sub-optimally, incorrectly filed, or incorrectly forwarded. As a result, sales may be missing, and both your accounting and your entire company suffer from this inefficiency.

Significantly reduce error rates after implementing process automation by eliminating manual work steps. Plus, your employees capture time to evaluate data and fine-tune cash flow optimization. In short, they manage to work strategically rather than administratively.

Data security is another significant advantage of process automation. For example, an  automated, preconfigured invoice workflow guarantees enhanced data security. While the data is correctly and completely recorded in this case, the information only reaches those employees with authorization to process this data.

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An integrated approval workflow ensures this safe procedure. All data is sent securely and confidentially to the responsible employees, and the individual work steps are also checked and logged.

In short, through process automation in areas such as accounting, you create more time and money for strategic concepts and profitable processes. Ultimately, your business becomes fit and strong for the digital future and the more intense competition.

Do you see your company equipped for the digital future and strict legal regulations? Call us today at (317) 350-8928 to discuss process automation options for your company.

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At Catapult Technology Solutions, we don’t believe in compromising the integrity or safety of your IT system - no matter the circumstances. We work to make your technology serve you in the most efficient, powerful manner. We place our priority on client relationships, not on turning a high profit. We’re here to maximize your current IT infrastructure, not drain your bank account. We’ll likely even lower your IT costs rather than raise them.