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A Guide to Automation for the Enterprise

Key Takeaways

• Digital automation has the potential to significantly transform businesses by enhancing efficiency, agility, and scalability, driven by factors such as the pandemic and advancements in AI.

• Traditional automation tools often create silos due to their patchwork nature and high maintenance demands; a shift towards comprehensive enterprise automation is necessary for true integration across departments.

• Leveraging low-code/no-code platforms allows broader teams to engage in building automations, reducing reliance on technical specialists and paving the way towards a more scalable and flexible automation strategy.

The Workato Guide to Automation for the Enterprise emphasizes the transformative potential of digital automation in improving business efficiency and scalability, while advocating for a holistic approach that integrates processes and technologies across departments and encourages the use of low-code/no-code platforms to empower broader teams.

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The Workato Guide to Automation for the Enterprise explores the evolving landscape of digital automation, emphasizing its potential to transform businesses by improving efficiency, agility, and scalability. It outlines key drivers such as the global pandemic, advancements in AI and machine learning, and the growing availability of data. The guide addresses the complexity of automation categories like Robotic Process Automation (RPA), Business Process Management (BPM), and Integration Platform as a Service (iPaaS), while advocating for a shift toward comprehensive enterprise automation for end-to-end solutions.

The document critiques the limitations of traditional automation tools, such as their reliance on patchwork systems and high maintenance demands, which create silos rather than reducing them. It introduces enterprise automation as a holistic approach integrating processes, data, and technologies across departments. By leveraging low-code/no-code platforms, organizations can empower broader teams to build automations, reducing dependence on technical specialists. The guide concludes with a maturity model for automation strategies, urging organizations to adopt scalable, flexible infrastructure to evolve their automation journey effectively.

 

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