Business Process Automation – BPA for fast business growth

Business Process Automation - BPA

Manual V/s Automation

Business Process Automation (BPA) is a term to transform any business from manual to Digital Platform at the same time providing security and controlled access.
A Manual business process is maintained in either physical books or on Computer but in several application which are not connected to each other. Every process is dependent on person and that person’s availability.

Comparing Manual to Automation.

Automation Support Live response and reporting which is not present in Manual Process. System checks and error controls are handled by Application Logic and can work 24×7 which is not possible in Manual process. Automation Platform can be used and worked upon by multiple users at the same time.

Few insights about Manual Business Process

  • Every process is
    • independent.
    • person dependent.
  • Every step is person dependent and not verified.
  • There is no option where you can go back and check what was the last step performed in a particular process.
  • Or if any changes were done at any particular level of process.
  • There are no backup’s for data.
  • There is no authenticity for the data.

How Business Process Automation (BPA) has helped many organizations to

  • Helps reduce errors and mistakes in business process
    • Create Workflows and assign approvals to multiple hierarchies. This way every step / level in a process is checked my multiple ownerships before approving. This results in eliminating mistakes and errors.
  • Every process / division / department is connected
    • Considering Manufacturing.
      • Every department needs right information to complete the whole manufacturing process.
      • Purchase needs information about what needs to be bought.
      • Production Planning needs information about what inventory is available and by when is new inventory arriving accordingly Production Planning will inform Sales and similarly sales can too inform about project requirements for next quarter.
      • Lastly production can update how much raw material was consumed and how many products where manufactured in the process.
      • Likely Management can check how much time was taken to process and how could they increase the productivity by knowing gaps.
      • This can be achieved by using data provided by the connected Business Process Automation – BPA systems
      • Example IOT’s. This is analytical data which helps Management to take right and onetime decisions.

Business Process Automation - BPA FAQ's

What is Business Process Automation (BPA)?

Business Process Automation – BPA lets organization move from Manual process to automated process, due to which applications with certain set of defined rules and policies as per Organization requirements, take care of the security and workflow while accessing these business process.

These Applications are accessed by the Employees, Management and sometimes Vendors (Who are not part of the organization) to make the process easier, error free and connected.

Every connected department, division, Location and process. gives management information about any progress or event on their hand handle devices or laptop / desktops from anywhere and anytime.

The data provided helps management to take right decisions at right time.

These applications are protected with Security, Workflow and Access roles.

Who can Implement Business Process Automation?

Any business having multiple departments, divisions, and process can implement BPA.

Businesses who can implement Business Process Automation:

  • Service Providers.
  • Manufacturers.
  • Retail Chain Stores.
  • Distributors.

BPA helps integrate all departments and locations for ease of business. Offers a single view for your business process.

We provide Dashboards for:

  • Business Processes
    • Sales
    • Purchases
    • Production.
    • Inventory.
    • Invoices.
    • Payments.
    • HRMS
    • Payroll
  • IT Infrastructure Status update for
    • Servers
      • Applications
      • Databases
      • Files
      • Backups
    • Storages.
    • Networks
      • LAN
      • WAN
    • Cloud
    • On-premise

Security and Access Control:

  • Alerts for
    • Any breaches.
    • Any Infections from Malware, Trojans etc.
    • un Authorized Access.
  • Two Factor Authentication
  • Single Sign On – All applications use same username and password. This way it’s easier to identify and control user access across corporate network.

What are access and security policies?

In Manual Business Process everyone and anyone has access to everything unless the books are not kept in locks all the time or computers and files are not password protected.

What Business Process Automation offers?

BPA offers high level of security and access controls to businesses. This way businesses are sure that their data and application is accessed only by authorized personals.

Access Controls in BPA

Access controls provide rights like Edit, Delete, Update depending what has been allocated to the user.

These applications can generate access Logs with date and time. Which provides information whether the particular record is updated, deleted, added by which user.

Apart from logs versions are maintained in data. Version help to compare changes and even reverse any entry if necessary.

Data Backups

The data generated by these applications is backed up on devices like Tape drives, Backup Storages and Movable disks (Which is stored in a secured location outside office), Thus eliminating data loss.

High Availability Infrastructure

Apart from the above, the infrastructure used with BPA is self resilient and provides uptime guarantee for business continuity.

How does Business Process Automation helps?

BPA helps organizations grow by securing data and keeps the business running in any condition.

The new normal has brought in many challenges. Almost every second organization is trying to implement Work from home solution. Where employees get access to corporate network and data from their home. Identifying the user and granting that user correct access is the need of the hour.

Businesses needs to be ensured that the information is accessed only by authorized persons.

BPA can extend access to people anywhere using secured user identity solutions.

What is the procedure to implement BPA?

TechnoPlanet needs to understands current processes.

Our team of experts with your process owners gather information about all the current processes.

The information collected is scrutinized and our team of experts with our internally developed systems provide us a digital print of the process .

With study of current manual processes our systems let us know if there is window of improvement in any of the studied processes. The same is presented to the clients and depending on the discussions and mutual agreement we start designing the architecture for Business Process Consulting – BPA.

Business Process Automation designs include

  • Automated Processes.
  • Check Points.
  • Gateways.
  • Infrastructure Sizing
  • Applications Requirement.
  • Access and Security Policy Document and Guidelines.

Existing client team is briefed about the whole solution. we try and bring existing manual solutions to digital process as they were. So that employees feel comfortable about the new system then we have to train them about systems operations as most of the processes are similar to what they used to do manually. Hence adaption is easier and faster with minimal or no resistance.

The implementation has several stages

  • Information gathering.
  • Providing Solution from the information gathered.
  • Designing the architecture
  • Developing or using existing applications (This is totally dependent on the business requirement)
  • Implementing
    • Infrastructure for applications to be deployed.
    • Applications
    • Security and Access policies.
  • Providing training program for all employees which includes operators, Managers, Management and IT Staff.
  • Providing documentation for whole process.
  • Lastly providing remote / on-premise support services for our clients. (Most of our clients request us to manage the whole solution for them. you can read about our Support services here

How do I implement Work from home?

Today every business needs systems to support users to work from home / remotely. To achieve this, systems need to be secured and have right access control implemented to ensure only authorized persons get access to the corporate network and applications.

What does Work from Home Solution Offer?

Work From home – WFH solutions allow users to work from anywhere providing similar experience as working at office.

Work from home – WFH solutions ensure that the user gets access to office applications and resources  at permitted timeframes so that businesses continue to work in any conditions.

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