Conducting your processes manually may make sense for a brand-new startup. However, the cost benefits quickly dwindle after thousands of repetitions, especially as you scale your business. That’s why over half of all businesses plan to invest in automation to some extent this year, and that trend will only continue throughout the decade.

Fortunately, it’s easier than ever to re-engineer the processes that keep your business running, which will save you plenty of time and money. Here’s what you need to know!

Why Should Businesses Re-Engineer Manual Processes?

Automating and configuring a program to manage your digital processes comes with a few key benefits. The first is obvious: labor is expensive. Automating your processes will always work out in your favor as a business owner, as tools don’t require salaries, benefits, overtime, or liability insurance.

Even if you aren’t worried about the added expense, automation is simply more accurate. Human error accounts for $3.1 trillion in losses to the global economy every year, offering plenty of room for improvement. When programmed correctly, machines can operate without errors for as long as you need.

Also, automation is exponentially more efficient. Processes that may take hours for your workforce to complete can be completed with higher accuracy at near-instant speeds.

Okay, but what kind of digital processes can businesses automate away? We’re glad you asked.

Examples of Manual Processes

Before we explain how to re-engineer these processes, let’s first identify what you can re-engineer. Some tasks will always require human intervention, such as staff evaluations or customer service. However, automation will still dramatically improve many of these processes and even eliminate the need for human intervention in others.

Either way, you need to identify which manual processes you can re-engineer. Here are some common manual processes you can improve with the right tools.

Repetitive Processes

The easiest processes to improve are repetitive and/or predictable tasks. In a modern business, this includes data entry, event management, spam filtering, and more. Most businesses already rely on automation to a large extent for these processes, which is why you likely don’t think about them.

Well, enterprises used to have plenty of administrative staff to manage scheduling, bookkeeping, and so much more. Now, even our smartphones can perform most of these tasks faster, more accurately, and with minimal expenses.

Varying Processes

While repetitive tasks are easier to engineer, the limits of automation have increased substantially in recent years. With modern technology, you can even automate manual processes that include:

• Archival
• Task delegation
• Business analytics
• Logging
• Reporting
• Data synchronization
• Platform management
• Authorization

These are only a few examples, and you may have dedicated staff to manage these processes for your company. Still, there are ways to engineer these tasks in a way that works for your business. Let’s talk about that.

How to Re-Engineer Your Manual Processes

Again, the more processes you can automate, the more efficient your business becomes. Fortunately, you don’t need a team of software engineers and data scientists to automate your manual processes. Instead, you can invest in the right tools to customize, re-invent, and manage your digital processes yourself.

Whether or not you have programming experience, platforms like FlowWright can help you build and customize your workflow using a low-code, graphic designer. Essentially, this means that you can set up your platform to manage your entire workflow with the same type of platform as a DIY web or graphic designer. You can even take our 4-day training course to learn how to design and update your processes over time.

What’s more, you’ll only need to pay one flat fee every month to cover all of your digital processes. You won’t have to pay hundreds of dollars an hour for programmers to automate each individual process, you won’t go over budget, and you can easily integrate these processes and tasks for a cohesive workflow. 

Re-Engineer Your Processes Today

Now that you know how to re-envision and re-engineer your business processes, there’s no time like the present to improve yours today. The sooner you invest in automation, the more time and resources you’ll save. With the right platform, you can have most of your business processes covered, customizable, and designed by you, regardless of your programming experience.

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