From the course: Process Discovery for Robotic Process Automation

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Synergies with automation

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From the course: Process Discovery for Robotic Process Automation

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Synergies with automation

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- When paired with automation tools, like robotic process automation, process discovery can greatly enhance the degree of value gained. If you're totally unfamiliar with RPA, the course I mentioned in the course overview lesson, Introduction to Robotic Process Automation, will be useful preparation for this upcoming section. In a nutshell, RPA is an automation technology that can be programmed to mimic the digital tasks that humans do, allowing a software robot to complete rule-based tasks in place of the manual effort of a human worker. Think of tasks like filling in a form or copying data from a document into a spreadsheet. In large enterprises, these tasks are commonplace in virtually every process, whether it's finance or human resources. This is where automation tools like RPA can create value by minimizing the manual repetitive work that would otherwise be done by a human. Before you automate a process with RPA or…

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