Shared services From cost centre to value generator
The shared services model came about as an efficient means of managing administrative processes. Introducing RPA and AI not only slashes costs, but gives shared services professionals freedom from labour intensive tasks, allowing them to flourish as value creators and innovators.
Leanness that cuts costs
Cut costs by
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Accenture research found RPA helped some companies reduce costs by 80%, performing tasks at just 10% of the cost of the same work performed by people.
Speed to save time
Complete routine tasks faster by up to
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The virtual bots of automated services can handle clerical jobs, more quickly and accurately than their error-prone human counterparts
Freedom to Innovate
Your shared services professionals from the likes of Finance and HR spend less time keeping the lights on and focus on a more strategic, value-add role.
BUT: Business doesn't innovate by RPA alone...
RPA
RPA alone won’t make smarter business decisions. It can only automate what’s there already, and has little value processes vary from day to day. So if you don’t want a large mess made more quickly, you need to standardise your processes first. Or add a dose of Adaptive Intelligence.
Innovation-Enabling
AI is what elevates RPA to a self-improving mechanism that constantly scrutinises processes and makes improvement recommendations to users in real-time. It’s the final piece of the jigsaw that will empower shared services professionals to come out of the back office and play a strategic role in the direction and innovation of your lean and forward-thinking business.
These technologies will help you to innovate, reduce the costs of your shared services and potentially turn them into a source of value.
Read our eBook, 'A New Shared Vision', to discover the potential to innovate through RPA and AI in shared services at your organisation.