The Next Revolution

The bots are coming. No, it’s not the new “Terminator” movie or an update of “I, Robot,” but the next software tool coming to an agency near you. These Bots won’t take over the world, but they will help your agency do its job. Have you or your staff ever been overwhelmed with too much mundane, repetitive work? Has that work prevented you from getting to the important, creative and analytic work that could significantly help your organization? Well, Bots are here to help.

What is a Bot? Bot is short for Robotic Process Automation (RPA), which uses software to automate and, in many cases, exactly replicate with computer software what a human does. Imagine being able to automate the task of manually entering data fields from a spreadsheet to a software application, saving yourself time and allowing you to get to the important tasks on your to-do list. Not only do Bots free up humans for more important tasks, but they also may perform the process faster, more accurately and at any time during the day or night. Bots can help out in areas such as purchasing, personnel on-boarding/ off-boarding, inventory reconciliation, help desk, fraud prevention, information technology configuration, filling out forms, auditing and many more areas, saving thousands of hours of work.