By Guest writer – If you work in transportation and logistics, technology may sometimes seem like the bane of your existence. The implementation of different kinds of software applications meant to elevate and simplify your business may, in fact, have the opposite effect.

Your employees may experience “portal fatigue,” trying to manually piece together a workflow involving a lot of copy-and-pasting among five or more technology platforms. The work can be mind-numbing and overwhelming. When is the paperless, seamless digital future we were promised going to become a reality?

Fortunately, help is on the way.

Robotic process automation (RPA) is an affordable, flexible way to manage different software solutions. RPA uses a blend of artificial intelligence, machine learning and natural language processing to learn and mimic repetitive, time-sucking workflows. The result of this automation is a more integrated process that optimises your existing technology, saves time and resources, and generates significant gains for your business. RPA can also improve the user experience for your employees, eliminating redundancy and busy-work from their 8-to-5 lives. Read On: