{"id":31906,"date":"2019-09-27T04:28:00","date_gmt":"2019-09-27T08:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.cybercon1.com\/?p=31906"},"modified":"2019-09-27T04:28:00","modified_gmt":"2019-09-27T08:28:00","slug":"business-process-management-vs-robotic-process-automation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.cyberconservices.com\/index.php\/2019\/09\/27\/business-process-management-vs-robotic-process-automation\/","title":{"rendered":"Business Process Management vs. Robotic Process Automation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"> By\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cmswire.com\/author\/erika-morphy\/\">Erika Morphy<\/a> &#8211; Kevin Burkhart, vice president of global consulting firm\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.northhighland.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">North Highland<\/a>, once helped a client select a robotic process automation (RPA) application. It was perhaps the easiest business case ever to be made.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The company had a set of over 1 million records, both digital files and scanned images, and it was seeking a way to quickly scan these files for information about when invoice payment was due. \u201cThe RPA system took 3 seconds to scan a test bank of 400 records,\u201d Burkhart said. \u201cA similar exercise using a group of people took four to five hours and the RPA system was much more accurate.\u201d In addition, he added, the RPA system even uncovered additional information useful to the company, such as certain clients were charging late fees before an invoice came due.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It is stories like these that have made RPA the darling of the automation industry.\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.forrester.com\/report\/The+RPA+Market+Will+Reach+29+Billion+By+2021\/-\/E-RES137229\" target=\"_blank\">Forrester Research<\/a>\u00a0has projected that the robotic process automation market, while only $250 million in 2016, will grow to $2.9 billion in 2021. Unfortunately, dazzled by case studies such as Burkhart\u2019s and impressed by numbers such as Forrester\u2019s, buying companies are sometimes inclined to jump straight to RPA as a solution when in fact they need a more\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cmswire.com\/information-management\/what-is-business-process-management-bpm-and-why-is-it-relevant-today\/\" target=\"_blank\">holistic approach to automation<\/a>, such as business process management, or BPM.  <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Read On: (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cmswire.com\/information-management\/business-process-management-vs-robotic-process-automation-how-to-choose\/\" target=\"_blank\">Read On:<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>RB Note:<\/strong>  Great article, quick read.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By\u00a0Erika Morphy &#8211; Kevin Burkhart, vice president of global consulting firm\u00a0North Highland, once helped a client select a robotic process automation (RPA) application. It was perhaps the easiest business case ever to be made. The company had a set of <span class=\"excerpt-dots\">&hellip;<\/span> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.cyberconservices.com\/index.php\/2019\/09\/27\/business-process-management-vs-robotic-process-automation\/\"><span class=\"more-msg\">Continue reading &rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[215],"tags":[142,629],"class_list":["post-31906","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog","tag-bpm","tag-rpa"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":44573,"url":"https:\/\/blog.cyberconservices.com\/index.php\/2021\/03\/08\/get-started-with-robotic-process-automation\/","url_meta":{"origin":31906,"position":0},"title":"Get started with robotic process automation","author":"Rick Backus","date":"March 8, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"RPA is the tool I use for automating AP invoice entry to reduce manual keying of data. Accounting firms are using up-and-coming technologies with the potential to change the business landscape forever. One technology gaining interest is robotic process automation (RPA), a tool that computerizes\u00a0mundane, repetitive tasks\u00a0and completes them far\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Robotic Process Automation&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Robotic Process Automation","link":"https:\/\/blog.cyberconservices.com\/index.php\/category\/robotic-process-automation-processs-automation\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cdn.pixabay.com\/photo\/2014\/10\/16\/20\/08\/income-tax-491626__340.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cdn.pixabay.com\/photo\/2014\/10\/16\/20\/08\/income-tax-491626__340.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cdn.pixabay.com\/photo\/2014\/10\/16\/20\/08\/income-tax-491626__340.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":41091,"url":"https:\/\/blog.cyberconservices.com\/index.php\/2020\/08\/11\/how-intelligent-rpa-is-changing-traditional-enterprises\/","url_meta":{"origin":31906,"position":1},"title":"How Intelligent RPA Is Changing Traditional Enterprises?","author":"Rick Backus","date":"August 11, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"The key here is RPA is not a magic bullet. 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