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==What is Robotic Process Automation?==
==What is Robotic Process Automation?==
Robotic Process Automation (RPA) is the term used for software tools that partially or fully automate human activities that are manual, rule-based, and repetitive. The software robots (A.K.A Digital Workers) follow <u>objective decision making</u> by mimicking and replicating the actions of an actual human interacting with one or more software applications to perform tasks such as data entry, standard transaction processing, or responding to customer service questions.
[[File:RPA1.png|left|366x366px]]Robotic Process Automation (RPA) is the term used for software tools that partially or fully automate human activities that are manual, rule-based, and repetitive. The software robots (A.K.A Digital Workers) follow <u>objective decision making</u> by mimicking and replicating the actions of an actual human interacting with one or more software applications to perform tasks such as data entry, standard transaction processing, or responding to customer service questions.
Robotic Process Automation tools do not replace the underlying business applications; rather, they automate the manual tasks of human workers. They essentially look at the screens that workers look at and fill in and update the same boxes and fields within the user interface by pulling the relevant data from the relevant location.
===Purposes Served by RPA ===
*Automates routine and repetitive tasks to reduce the human workload and allows for time to be allocated to more meaningful work.
*Automates routine and repetitive tasks to reduce the human workload and allows for time to be allocated to more meaningful work.
*Liberates humans from monotonous, low-value-added work that does not contribute to growth, and reduces human error.
*Liberates humans from monotonous, low-value-added work that does not contribute to growth, and reduces human error.
*Helps to ensure that outputs are complete and correct.
* Helps to ensure that outputs are complete and correct.
*Helps to ensure that tasks can be completed more quickly.
*Helps to ensure that tasks can be completed more quickly.
* They work by replicating the actions of an actual human interacting with one or more software applications to perform tasks such as data entry and processing standard transactions.
*They work by replicating the actions of an actual human interacting with one or more software applications to perform tasks such as data entry and processing standard transactions.
=== RPA Benefits Compared to Traditional Methods===
===RPA Benefits Compared to Traditional Methods===
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|'''<u>Robotic Process Automation</u>'''
|'''<u>Robotic Process Automation</u>'''
*Designed as a productivity tool and can be used efficiently and effectively.
*Designed as a productivity tool and can be used efficiently and effectively.
*Specializes in repetitive office tasks, and short development time.
* Specializes in repetitive office tasks, and short development time.
*The infrastructure supports easy scaling, new builds, maintenance, and monitoring.
*The infrastructure supports easy scaling, new builds, maintenance, and monitoring.
|'''<u>Other Tools</u>'''
|'''<u>Other Tools</u>'''
* Through a workflow design approach, we mimic the manual process keystroke by keystroke.
* Through a workflow design approach, we mimic the manual process keystroke by keystroke.
*BP features an agile, collaborative process.
*BP features an agile, collaborative process.
*Deployment in Blue Prism is to create a package, export it and import it.
* Deployment in Blue Prism is to create a package, export it and import it.
|'''<u>Readability of a Process</u>'''
|'''<u>Readability of a Process</u>'''
*Blue prism has an aesthetic sense and visual elements.
*Blue prism has an aesthetic sense and visual elements.
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|'''<u>System Integration</u>'''
|'''<u>System Integration</u>'''
* Excellent options for a system-to-system integration both on the server-side and client-side.
*Excellent options for a system-to-system integration both on the server-side and client-side.
*Supports REST calls.
*Supports REST calls.
|'''<u>Integration with Other Applications</u>'''
|'''<u>Integration with Other Applications</u>'''