{"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<p>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.&nbsp;Increasing workers&#8217; ability to collaborate across functions is an investment that makes working from home that much easier and more productive.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.pixabay.com\/photo\/2020\/02\/28\/21\/48\/editorial-4888700__340.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"656\" height=\"671\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>2020 marked&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ciodive.com\/news\/CIO-IT-leadership-next-normal\/586515\/\">a dramatic shift in IT investment priorities<\/a>&nbsp;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&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hrdive.com\/news\/if-covid-19-accelerates-automation-how-can-training-keep-up\/585200\/\">that accelerated during the pandemic<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>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\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.supplychaindive.com\/news\/emerging-wave-procurement-spend-technology-RPA\/588897\/\">SourceDay&#8217;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<p>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&#8217;s clear that transition has not always been seamless. An October survey of workers by The Harris Poll found a majority of workers\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hrdive.com\/news\/workers-struggle-work-software-survey-says\/588730\/\">faced at least one challenge<\/a>\u00a0when using software platforms to do their jobs.  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?rct=j&amp;sa=t&amp;url=https:\/\/www.supplychaindive.com\/news\/pwc-pandemic-shifts-tech-priorities-to-workflow-automation\/592937\/&amp;ct=ga&amp;cd=CAEYACoTMzIwMjU1MzI5ODgzMzM2NzQ5MDIaNGFjOTI3ZjdkYTNiM2I1YTpjb206ZW46VVM&amp;usg=AFQjCNH4w5Us1GOl5Tg1gBi-JjPfMeRWyg\">Read On:<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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.&nbsp;Increasing workers&#8217; ability to collaborate <span class=\"excerpt-dots\">&hellip;<\/span> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.cyberconservices.com\/index.php\/2021\/01\/11\/pandemic-shifts-tech-priorities-to-workflow-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":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_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}},"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":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.cyberconservices.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44469","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.cyberconservices.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.cyberconservices.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.cyberconservices.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.cyberconservices.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44469"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.cyberconservices.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44469\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.cyberconservices.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44469"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.cyberconservices.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44469"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.cyberconservices.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44469"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}