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How Workflow Software Helps You Manage Automation Initiatives

Employees spend an estimated eight hours a week working inefficiently. Things like reworking a task and searching the web or intranet for information take time away from important work.

As a result, more companies are undergoing digital transformations. They’re turning to solutions like workflow software and robotic process automation (RPA) — using software “robots” to perform basic and repetitive tasks.

If you’re not already leveraging these solutions, you’re missing out on opportunities to boost productivity across the board.

In this article, we’ll look at how workflow automation can help you manage and advance automation initiatives at your company. We’ll also look at automation initiatives that you can get started with today.

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How to Make Business Process Flows Work For Your Company

Whether you’re creating a proposal, approving an invoice, or resolving a customer complaint, you generally follow a process or a set of steps.

However, problems like role ambiguity, lack of transparency, and low employee engagement can occur when processes aren’t clearly defined — all of which can lead to inconsistent results and poor customer experiences.

So how can you standardize how work gets done? How can you keep your teams aligned and on the same page?

Creating business process flows can be a good place to start.

Keep reading to learn more about business process flows, including what they are, how to create them, and practices to follow to make them work for you.

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How to Create a Process Flow Diagram (and Why You Should)

Every company strives (or at least should strive) to create efficiency. Operating at a high level of efficiency means you can produce more at lower costs.

One of the best things you can do is to document your processes. Doing so standardizes procedures and ensures that employees perform each step the same way every time.

Writing down each step is a good place to start. But a better approach is to create a process flow diagram — a graphical representation of a process from start to finish.

This article will take an in-depth look at what process flow diagrams are, including how to create them and why you should. We’ll also look at some examples, so you can see how these diagrams look in practice.

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Visual Workflow Designer: Benefits, Use Cases, and What to Look for

When starting a new task, you’ve likely figured out a process that works for you. But unless it’s clearly documented, it’s prone to error — you might forget a step or miss something important.

Keeping things in your head also reduces transparency. Managers don’t know where things stand, and your team members are kept out of the loop.

So how can you ensure more consistent results every time you start a task? How can you increase transparency across your company?

Using a workflow designer is a good place to start.

This article will cover what a workflow designer is and how it benefits your organization. We’ll look at its use cases and what features to look for when choosing one.

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What Is a Workflow Model? Definition and How to Optimize Yours

Missed deadlines, project overruns, duplicate work — these situations are all too common in organizations that rely on manual workflows.

Managers don’t know where things stand or what they can do to help. The lack of visibility in a workflow also puts teams at a disadvantage as it hampers collaboration.

So how can you streamline everyday business activities? How do you keep your team on the same page and hold them accountable for their work?

Start by putting together well-defined workflow models.

This article will cover what workflow models are and the different types. We’ll also look at how you can optimize your workflow models to bring more structure to your business processes. 

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12 Workflow Apps That Will Maximize Employee Productivity

Everyone wants a smooth workflow. The word itself says it all. You want the work to flow seamlessly and produce results with minimal time wasted. Yet we all know that’s rarely how our workdays turn out.

Thankfully, there are tools you can use to get rid of distractions and automate repetitive tasks. Think of them as shortcuts that enable you to focus on your work rather than all the superfluous details. 

A report from Forrester found that organizations with digital document processes have 10 times less at-risk customers than companies that rely on paper-based processes.

From the same study, 97% of respondents from organizations that still rely on manual processes are seeing a negative impact on employee productivity.

The finding speaks to the enormous potential for each business or institution to raise employee productivity by equipping them with the right workflow app and collaboration tools. 

So here are some essential workflow apps that can produce the results you want for maximum employee productivity:

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Top 12 Process Improvement Tools to Enhance Workflow Performance

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50% of organizations claim that they’re making a significant effort to improve their business processes.

But how are they going about this?

To improve business processes, you need to map your current processes, analyze their effectiveness and efficiency, and plan improvements accordingly.

However, if you don’t have the right tools, you’ll find this task tricky.

Read on to learn about the most important process improvement tools you need and how to use them to enhance the performance of your workflows.

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Everything You Need to Know About Workflow Engines

Business processes typically follow the same steps to achieve a specific goal, whether it’s onboarding a new hire or procuring goods.

Behind each process is a workflow to ensure each step “flows” efficiently. Workflows are crucial to streamlining routine tasks and increasing efficiency.

But workflows can become inefficient over time. This can happen when your organization expands, revises internal policies, or introduces new products.

Inefficient workflows result in wasted time and resources. They also place a heavy drain on employees who are likely doing something in a way they shouldn’t.

So how can you optimize your workflows and increase operational efficiency?

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A Complete Guide to Workflow Automation

Manual tasks like data entry routing aren’t just tedious and repetitive — they take employees away from more engaging work. Employees waste valuable time when they fill out forms and chase down their managers for signatures.

So how can you streamline these tasks and ensure that you (and your employees) don’t get bogged down by monotonous activities? 

The answer is workflow automation.

If your organization is still doing things manually, it’s time for a change. Automating business processes increases overall productivity and eliminates tedious tasks.

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6 Business-Boosting Benefits of Workflow Automation

It’s no surprise that over half of business leaders are showing an interest in workflow automation.

After all, 74% of business leaders and employees believe segments of their jobs could be automated. 

Not only would this speed up workflows, but it would also reduce labor costs and increase workflow scalability.

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