WHAT IS THE CURRENT STATE OF PROCESS AUTOMATION IN THE MARKET AND WHAT IS HOLDING IT BACK?
There has been a steady increase in Process Automation enabled integrated IT/ BPO
engagements in the last year, some at proof of concept stage. Automation capability is now being adopted across all regions and expanding from manufacturing into the services sectors. However, automation deployment has been limited by high set-up costs and lower labour costs, especially in offshore locations.
The market is still nascent, but client organisations are expecting their service providers to embed their RPA capabilities, a move which will reduce costs by around 30- 50% and improve the accuracy of rule- based processes and tasks. IT/BPO service providers are trying to fully gauge the impact of embedding RPA solutions into their service offering. We expect 2018 to be the year when Process Automation becomes a buzzword and even a game-changer for service providers. The potential for significant process efficiencies, cost improvements and flexibility in managing projects will be tremendous but the scale and complexity of implementations is currently limited.
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