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“Automation First” Increases Cash Flow

By Rich Hoover

One principle most business leaders have learned to embrace is the principle of proving a positive net present value (NPV) or a strong internal rate of return (IRR) for capital investment decisions and projects.

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Dewey Defeats Truman: RPA is Dead

By Mark Davison

Recent headlines proclaiming “RPA is dead” should remind us of that famously incorrect headline we learned about in grade school, "Dewey Defeats Truman.”

Categories: Consulting Robotic Process Automation (RPA)

Why Automate a Bad Process?

By Darryl Hamer

Welcome to the “great automation debate” centered around one pivotal question: should you automate a bad or broken process?

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Where It Starts to Fall Apart – Losing the ROI on Your RPA Initiative

By Heather Lapinski

Expect the best, plan for the worst.

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RPA Lessons Learned: Opening Excel Files on Local and Network Drives

By Jeff Horowitz

Automating Excel can introduce some obstacles not often thought of when initially designing and developing an automation.

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Accelerating the RPA Journey

Accelerating the automation journey requires commitment, structure, discipline and a culture that is open to change. Without these, organizations stall.

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RPA Testing 101: A Beginner’s Guide to Automation Testing

As companies continue to adopt and implement RPA into their organizations, proper testing methods and techniques become even more important to make the transition to RPA as successful as possible.

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Maturing Your Automation Program – the Need for Speed

By Tracy Lipasek Taylor Wendaur

As we take stock of business technology at the start of a new year, it is clear that enterprises are all over the map when it comes to the automation trajectory.

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RPA Delivery: On Time and Under Budget

By James Jones

How do companies ensure or at least improve their chances for a successful RPA implementation? The answer is in the seven following best practices.

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RPA: How Easy Is It To Get Started?

By Mark Davison

The simplest way to begin is to find out more about RPA – how it can help a business and what its potential is.

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What’s the Impact of Automation? It Depends on Who You Ask

By Stanton Jones

Last week at the ISG Sourcing Industry Conference, we conducted a real-time study with swarm technology provider Unanimous AI.

Categories: Research Robotic Process Automation (RPA)

Leveraging Automation for Data Insights

By Tracy Lipasek

In a world that is ever more LEAN and agile, continuously improving bots ensures optimization of resources.

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Bot Costs to Drop by More Than 30% In Two Years – And Here Is How

By Andreas Lueth Ron Exler

Recent ISG research among robotic process automation (RPA) users in the DACH region reveals that companies aim to increase the number of processes they are automating by nearly 50 percent over the next two years.

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Have You Had Your Annual RPA Checkup and Benchmark?

By Mark Davison

When ISG hosted its annual Automation Summit in New York City, the predominant topic of discussion among the attendees was: How am I doing on my automation journey?

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How’s Your RPA Journey Going?

ISG joined SSON’s 4-day World Series Virtual Event to present the importance of annual RPA checkups to optimize your Center of Excellence.

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A New Way to Look at RPA

By Stanton Jones

One of the most common questions we hear from enterprises today: How does my RPA program compare to my peers?

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The Good Fortune RPA Can Bring to Banking

By Steve Holbrook

Banks that embrace new digital technologies are beginning to reshape the banking industry.

Categories: Banking Consulting Financial Services Industries Robotic Process Automation (RPA)

The Digital Workforce Is Ready and Waiting. Are You?

Have the “innovator” and “early adopter” waves for robotic process automation (RPA) passed?

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The AI Wave is Beginning, But the RPA Wave is Breaking

By Stanton Jones

AI isn’t creeping its way into the enterprise. Robotic process automation (RPA) is crashing through the front door.

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Doing RPA Right – With a Spoonful of External Consultants & Service Providers

By Keri Smith Aparna Gajanan

ISG Research conducted a survey of 549 European business leaders to assess their adoption of robotic process automation (RPA) technology and services.

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