Robotic automation: get to know the potentials to boost productivity

Robotic process automation saves hours on manual and repetitive tasks, increasing business efficiency

The demand to produce more in less time is constant in the corporate world. And faced with this growing need, robotic automation has been gaining ground as a technology capable of optimizing the performance of several processes.

Robotic automation increases productivity while reducing errors and the need for rework. And since everything that can be done faster and at less cost is looked upon favorably by companies, "robots" have been given increasingly more space.

Domingues e Pinho Contadores, through its Innovation and Technology Development Lab – Lebtech, takes upon itself to design solutions of this type for its clients.

Understanding Robotic Process Automation (RPA)

In the so-called Robotic Process Automation (RPA), software robots are used to automate manual, repetitive, and often time-consuming tasks.

This technology involves the collection, interpretation and processing of data. While programming and designing the automation, it is necessary to previously set the "work path" that the robot will follow. From then on, that same route will be followed precisely and reliably. And then the process is operated automatically, based on specific rules, without any human interaction.

In practice, it is as if the programmed software performed a series of actions in the same way a human would, but faster. Through RPA it is possible to perform pretty much any operational task in a system.

Robots and their countless potentials for application

A robot can be used to upload and download files, send e-mails, perform queries on websites, keep records updated, prepare periodic reports, among many other repetitive, recurring, and high-volume chores, even in cases where those tasks need to be carried out across various platforms and systems.

By simulating human action, a software robot is able to browse the internet, perform clicks and double clicks, log in and out, perform authentications, open menu tabs and systems, create folders and files, fill out forms, etc.

Benefits from using software robots

One very clear advantage of using a software robot is the boost in productivity. But there are other benefits to implementing this type of solution. Check them out below:

• Less time spent on routine tasks;
• Minimization of errors when carrying out repetitive processes;
• Team availability for more strategic work;
• Reduced risk of information leakage;
• Cost reduction stemming from process optimization.

RPA deployment

Before deployment can be done, you need to go through a few steps, the first of which is understanding what can be automated and what cannot. What manual tasks are repeated daily in the business? Which of them has been jeopardizing the team's productivity? Upon identifying which processes can be optimized, it is necessary to map them.

Once the workflows have been set, it becomes clearer how everything will come together. RPA technology can be applied to any type of system, regardless of the software used by the company.

Since every business is unique and has its own internal processes, DPC’s development team works from the earliest stages of process mapping to identify the aspects where some kind of robot automation is required. From then on, a custom automation is created, based on the client's specific demands.

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Enhance the robotic automation in your business processes

DPC’s Labtech can assist your business with RPA creation, deployment and process mapping. Count on our team of developers to automate tasks and help your company boost its productivity through custom technological solutions. Contact us: dpc@dpc.com.br.