Businesses want to automate their processes using mobile apps – but they think there are many challenges involved like costs, complexity, data security, user resistance, etc. Surprisingly they are all wrong about it. Read this blog to find out what are the perceived challenges, and unveil the solutions to automation. Building Mobile Apps for Automation could be everyone’s cup of tea!
WHAT IS WORKFLOW AUTOMATION?
Here is a simple example of mobile workflow automation for your understanding:
An inspector from a facility management company is conducting a routine inspection at one of the sites with a mobile form app.
When he finds an issue in the restroom, he clicks a photograph through his mobile app and raises a ticket as a ‘plumbing issue.’
The task is created automatically, and assigned to the plumbing department.
The plumber now receives details about his job to be done. When he completes his task, the inspector and manager receive the report saying the issue has been resolved.
This is workflow automation enabled with mobile applications.
WHY WORKFLOW AUTOMATION?
The simple answer is businesses want to increase the productivity of employees, lower the turnaround time for jobs, make work easier and efficient, scale business operations, gain competitive advantage, tap more revenue opportunities, etc.
It could be one or more of the aforementioned reasons.
Since most employees can carry mobile devices – mobile workflow automation seems to be an attractive solution for businesses who are eyeing better productivity, reducing overheads, eliminating paper-based processes, etc.
This is also known as Enterprise Mobility Management (EMM).
When the benefits of mobile workflow automation are so obvious – why is it not being deployed by some companies even now?
There are certain factors that are seen as challenges by enterprises when deploying mobile solutions.
This blog will uncover various such challenges and also unveil a series of solutions that can enable building a mobile app to implement workflow automation.
DEVELOPMENT CHALLENGES
TIME & COST OF DEVELOPING A MOBILE APPLICATION
SIZE OF THE BUSINESS
So many companies have got it wrong about this. They have this notion that automation is something suited for companies of a large scale, and smaller companies cannot really benefit out of automation.
This perspective too , keeps companies away from deploying mobile solutions for automation.
But is it true? You will find it soon on this blog.
TECHNICALITIES
RESISTANCE FROM THE END USER & MANAGEMENT
Sometimes, the management is also sceptical about deploying mobile solutions – they usually think their current processes will have to be disturbed to accommodate new changes. Another important concern of management is whether the mobile app will have a good ROI and how sooner will that be. It could also be a case where the management must have tried to introduce technology in the past to solve a certain problem but it failed to deliver. Such bad experiences can also keep companies away from experimenting with even tried and tested solution. The concerns are valid enough but are there are certainly solutions available to these concerns.
DATA SECURITY CONCERNS
NOT ANYMORE! THERE’S A SOLUTION!
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BY 2020, THERE WILL BE MORE THAN 20 BILLION DEVICES CONNECTED TO EACH OTHER.
What you could achieve through enterprise mobility depends upon how you leverage it effectively.
Enterprises using Axonator have seen growth in their productivity, customer satisfaction levels, and eventually business revenues in the long term.
More importantly, the management is free from day-to-day fire-fighting which consumes a lot of time.
The management can now lay focus on strategic decision-making.
What is your automation strategy?
How about starting it by building a simple app?
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