{"id":44469,"date":"2021-01-11T03:17:00","date_gmt":"2021-01-11T08:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.cybercon1.com\/?p=44469"},"modified":"2021-01-11T03:17:00","modified_gmt":"2021-01-11T08:17:00","slug":"pandemic-shifts-tech-priorities-to-workflow-automation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.cyberconservices.com\/index.php\/2021\/01\/11\/pandemic-shifts-tech-priorities-to-workflow-automation\/","title":{"rendered":"Pandemic shifts tech priorities to workflow automation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The emerging wave of procurement technology that supply chain companies are using to automate repetitive, time exhaustive tasks and manage spend are allowing procurement staff to focus on high-impact decisions instead, saving money and expanding capacity. Increasing workers’ ability to collaborate across functions is an investment that makes working from home that much easier and more productive. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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2020 marked a dramatic shift in IT investment priorities<\/a> with the rise of remote work, but the year also impacted talent management operations over the long term. Industry analysts noted, for example, the rise of automated workflows and processes that accelerated during the pandemic<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Robotic process automation <\/strong>allows procurement offices to invite suppliers to showcase products without any input from an individual procurement employee.\u00a0Machine-learning tools to improve negotiations by interpreting contracts are now using prescriptive analytics to make recommendations to staff.\u00a0Technology like\u00a0SourceDay’s collaboration tool<\/a>\u00a0is enabling companies to automate purchase order management and track spend. And\u00a0Maersk has developed a tool that automates contract review for more than 15,000 suppliers.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On a practical level, employees in many organizations were asked to shift to new tech platforms overnight in some cases. Nearly a year into the pandemic, however, it’s clear that transition has not always been seamless. An October survey of workers by The Harris Poll found a majority of workers\u00a0faced at least one challenge<\/a>\u00a0when using software platforms to do their jobs. Read On:<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The emerging wave of procurement technology that supply chain companies are using to automate repetitive, time exhaustive tasks and manage spend are allowing procurement staff to focus on high-impact decisions instead, saving money and expanding capacity. Increasing workers’ ability to collaborate …<\/span> Continue reading →<\/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":[674,628],"tags":[675,629],"class_list":["post-44469","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-robotic-process-automation-processs-automation","category-rpa","tag-robotic-process-automation","tag-rpa"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":46038,"url":"https:\/\/blog.cyberconservices.com\/index.php\/2021\/03\/16\/robotic-process-automation-for-procurement\/","url_meta":{"origin":44469,"position":0},"title":"Robotic Process Automation for Procurement","author":"Rick Backus","date":"March 16, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"The focus for any RPA project should can this be automated? 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