5 Benefits of Process Automation You May Not Have Considered

When people hear the term process automation, an image of Elon Musk’s gigafactory probably jumps to their mind with heavy robotic arms along an assembly line replacing all forms of human labor. Such imagery makes process automation seem like a daunting initiative to implement and only reserved for companies in manufacturing or technology. However, that can’t be further from the truth.

The reality is that process automation projects have a wide range of complexity. In its simplest form, process automation can be achieved as easily as using a macro in an Excel spreadsheet to automatically format cells with a single click.

In this post, we will take a look at several process automation benefits that you may not have considered before, including how simple it is for every company to start taking advantage of them.

Probably the most obvious reason for people to consider process automation is the ability to eliminate any manual workflows. The promise of time-saving and freeing up your manpower for higher-value works is exactly what makes process automation a compelling corporate initiative in the first place. It’s not the productivity benefit of automation that is overlooked by most companies but how little the amount of effort it takes to achieve great results.

A workflow that follows a simple if-and-then logic is well suited for process automation. Here are a few examples where simple automation can have a huge impact on productivity:

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