Identifying Automation Potential

Objective

After completing this lesson, you will be able to analyze current processes to improve efficiency through automation.

Automation Potential

In this lesson, you will explore the various use cases for plug and gain by SAP Signavio, focusing on concrete examples that demonstrate how this solution can create value for your business. The content has been designed to be concise while acknowledging that numerous additional use cases are available. Let's dive in and discover the possibilities.

This lesson is all about automation. Here’s what you’ll discover:

  1. Why you should absolutely consider automating certain process steps?— understanding the tangible benefits and improvements automation can bring to your daily operations.

  2. How Plug and Gain by SAP Signavio empowers you to identify and realize automation opportunities?—helping your enterprise uncover where automation makes the most impact and guiding you through the process of implementing it effectively.

Why Automating Process Steps?​

Automation is a topic that many individuals encounter in their lives. When it comes to SAP ERP systems, automating, it makes just as much sense. Especially those SAP customers who have been working with SAP for many years, typically develop individual ways of working with the system. Sometime it is for the better, sometimes it is for the worse.

Automating certain process steps, especially those that included manual efforts, can substantially add value to a business:

  • Reducing the time and effort required for specific tasks
  • Achieving substantial savings in labor costs
  • Minimizing errors inherent in manual processes
  • Enabling the allocation of resources to more value-generating activities
  • Establishing approval workflows and improving process control
  • Mitigating unauthorized expenditures

You might be wondering how to identify which specific process steps can be automated—and whether that automation will truly deliver value.

Let’s take a quick look at how Plug and Gain can help you pinpoint the right opportunities.

This figure illustrates that Plug and Gain by SAP Signavio is focused on identifying potential for process automation through process flows, performance indicators, industry benchmarking, and value analysis.

In Plug and Gain by SAP Signavio, you have access to a range of powerful capabilities designed to help you identify where process automation will make the biggest impact. For example, the process flow visualizations let you easily see the document flow within your SAP system, making it simple to spot automation opportunities.

You’ll also find performance indicators specifically focused on automation, enabling you to benchmark your company’s processes against industry standards or compare your organization to industry peers. Additionally, the Value Analysis feature calculates the potential monetary benefits of automating certain activities, giving you clear, data-driven insights into where automation can add the most value.

Watch the video to have a look at the capabilities in SAP Signavio.

Summary

Plug and gain by SAP Signavio…​​

  • Provides insights into automation potential​.

  • Shows automation potential in process flows and performance indicators.​​

  • Provides clear guidance on how to improve automation by correction and innovation recommendations.​

  • Calculates the added value of automating specific process steps by using our Value analysis​.