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The purpose of this post is to offer a high level look at some of RPA options available to customers to help customers decide what might work best for them. Please contact us if you have any questions anytime. What is RPA?Robotic process automation (RPA) is the use of software bots to automate highly repetitive, routine tasks normally performed by knowledge workers. SummaryIn this post, we've focused on three (3) different types of RPA solutions that are available commercially:
ProsEach offering has a number of great features and benefits to offer their customers. As the competition heats up in this space we expect to see even more!
ConsAlthough none of the RPA offerings we've looked at would disappoint customers, it's important to have the right expectation when choosing one.
FitEvery company is different and we expect that they will look at RPA with some caution at first.
More InformationIf you're looking for more information about the products, we've compiled a list of FAQs that might help answer some questions that you might have about them.
QC Technology Decisions Inc. Is not affiliated with any of the companies that were reviewed nor do we have a single preferred offering. If you would like some assistance choosing the right product, designing or developing an RPA solution please contact us anytime!
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Microsoft, Google, Amazon and Apple have all demonstrated that people can interface with their services using only their Voice. Of course, us humans are only coming around to fully adopting this as part of our daily lives.... but that is because there are still some barriers. Eventually, those barriers will be removed by some innovation so why not plan for the future and start looking at a Voice UI for Employees to help them get the information they need to do their job better. Creating a Voice UI for your Enterprise?Through the use of Microsoft's Bot Framework and some innovation we believe companies can train "Bots" to help employees find information more efficiently and mobile than ever before! If you don't believe, me have a look at this case study by Microsoft where they created a chatbot to assist educators to find training and teaching resources. When you think of Bots, you may be thinking of "chatbots"... you're right, those are the same bots that would power your Voice UI. Bots are essentially software programs that automate tasks we would otherwise ourselves. There have always been simple bots that provide a very specific service; However, most recently, we are seeing the emergence of intelligent bots that can serve more complex use-cases. All that is needed is a voice layer for these bots and we're in business, right? Perhaps, but once you layer on Voice, you need to be much more accurate in your responses for it to have utility... 99% accurate according to Google.. for that you need machine learning, combined with a strong foundation in information architecture and data science. Machine Learning is a must...You need some machine learning because information may need to be summarized or analyzed to provide an answer before it's sent back to the person asking for information. Without it, you'll just get a list of search results displayed on the screen.... this might be ok in some cases, but to be relavent a number of factors from the user's profile must be taken into account before coming up with the recommended response such as:
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