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Business Process Automation

Overview

Business process automation (BPA) is the use of computers, software, andapplications to replace functions that used to be completed by human beings forcompanies. By automating these processes, procedures are accomplished bothfaster and with few errors. As techopedia explains, “BPA is designed to maintaineciency and increase the stability and operational productiity of an underutili!edwor"force by integrating business critical software applications.#$ %ith Businessprocess automation companies can now “capture, prioriti!e, route, escalate, trac",and manage processes through the entire process lifecycle# with little businessinteraction.&  'hese capabilities to streamline the system “is based on threefundamental principles rchestration Allows organi!ations to build systems thatproide centrali!ed management of its enterprise computing architecture.*ntegration Amalgamates business functions by ensuring the BPA system is spread

across the process+centric boundaries of an organi!ation. Automated executioneduces multiple tas"s with minimal human interention.#- 

Types of BPA

 'here are a couple of types of BPA systems as it could be either a “stand+alone# or an “embedded# system.  'he stand+alone system is a less broadoerreaching tool than the embedded tool, which is a BPA tool that is implantedwithin a much larger system./  'he embedded BPA tool wor"s within another systemto wor" on a particular case, while the stand+alone can only complete a fewprocesses.0  According to 1artner, “*B2 has an embedded *'PA, and has sererautomation, wor"load automation bro"er and cloud management tools.#3 

Additionally, some people call business process automation by the name“*nteraction Process Automation# which also uses computers and software tostreamline wor" pro4ects.5 

How it Works9

 'here are three 6oundations of *'PA 'ools. “All *'PA tools are composed ofthree main functions 78 A wor"9ow :designer: proides a mechanism to document

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