Intelligent process automation is making businesses smarter: Cognizant
The claim was reflected in the company's recent study, which polled 537 senior business and technology decision-makers across multiple industry sectors including financial services, insurance, healthcare, pharmaceutical, retail, hospitality, and technology.
It showed that senior executives across these industries agreed that these new software robots possess attributes such as machine learning, artificial intelligence, and the effective use of Big Data to make more timely business decisions through automation-enabled analytics.
In addition, it allows data processing with fewer errors, unlimited scalability, and lowers their cost of ownership. The executives surveyed also considered their use of process automation to be high, but indicate they are still in early stages compared to the technology available.
Cognizant said there is a line-up of process systems yet to be automated, as machine learning and artificial intelligence enable a new generation of knowledge robots that can mimic human actions while interacting with multiple applications.
"The future of process work includes connecting skilled people to increasingly powerful technologies such as autonomic computing--including artificial intelligence, machine learning and deep learning--that can increase savings, enhance insights, and accelerate business.
"This shift is playing out in just about every industry," Cognizant business process services executive vice-president, Gajen Kandiah, said.
Other key findings from the survey include:
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