90 Day Automation

The “90 Day Automation” delivers Automation Results and covers processes, technology, people, skills and culture.

To achieve the “Swivel Chair evolution” the method recognises that simply buying some software will not achieve the real change that a business requires.

To comply with Health and Safety guidelines, all office staff have “Swivel Chairs”. It is these staff who benefit from the automation of the business processes.

PROCESS

Examining existing processes to determine where automation can be effectively applied is the starting point. As the details of the process are discovered, the variations that are required will become visible. These variations need to be designed into the solution either as part of the automation or routed for human processing. This typically includes considering both a fully automated “Happy Path”, a partially automated and partially manual process. Determining what to keep as an existing manual process can ensure the success of the automation.

TECHNOLOGY

By using the UiPath Automation Cloud, it is possible to get technical activity started very quickly. Some planning is required for the design and provisioning of technical environments for the robots to operate and be supported in line with other IT software.

The existing IT applications which are to be used in the automation will not need to be changed. The software robots will require appropriate security and governance to ensure effective on-going operations.

PEOPLE & CULTURE

For the people aspects it covers the education of the:

office staff who currently perform tasks manually
managers of the teams
IT staff who will provide the facility and who will support the on-going execution of the automation.

The education needs to include some training on what automation delivers, how it can be used and where appropriate, technical training on the UiPath software used to build the automations.

People take time to accept automation. As the culture changes, people start to look for opportunities to use more automation.

In most scenarios, as experience of software robots undertaking routine repetitive tasks grows, the idea of removing automation and reverting back to manual activity is seen as not palatable.

NEXT STEP

Ether Solutions 90 Day Automation method delivers Automation Results which benefit the business in a realistic 90 day time period. The structured programme of activity has goals for 30, 60 and 90 days.

Contact us for a conversation on how it will achieve the “Swivel Chair Evolution” for your business transforming manual tasks to automated processing.