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Automation Vs Efficiency - 2

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  As we discussed in the last notes that not all automation will bring efficiency in the process. To analyse that we defined three categories which will clarify the process readiness for automation. To Recap these three categories are  Strategic activities Operational Activities Administrative Activities Strategic Activities  - These are the activities which are very subjective in nature and outcome differs based on the person involved. These activities require high level of human involvement with the right skills. The example for these activities are as - Acquisition of subsidiary company for future growth, Sales approach to the big clients, Supplier negotiations for procurement, interviewing candidates for a specific job and Decisions for Vacations with family and friends. These are some example for strategic activities. As a process owner, we can help the user with right Input data and systems for doing the strategic activities but automat...
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Automation Vs Efficiency - 1

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In today's world of digitization each industry is talking about the automation of their business processes and putting effort and money towards automation. Many companies are investing a lot of money in bringing the new and intelligent technology towards automation and efficiency of the processes.  But before deciding the automation strategy, we need to evaluate each business process and milestone for the readiness towards automation.  As an individuals who was the part of the similar automation initiatives. Wanted to list down some perspective before deciding on the automation. In fact wanted to convey the message that not all automation will bring efficiency in the business process. In the analysis one may find the processes which need to be left for manual intervention for user to be involved in the process. Automation will not bring operational efficiency in each scenario.  Many a time we think on the high level that automation can be brought to the processes bu...
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Artificial Intelligence (AI) or Extended Logical Intelligence (ELI)

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Artificial Intelligence (AI)  as the name suggests it is some kind of new technology which has intelligence like human being, which can sense the problem and react to avoid or solve the same. As a curious person of information technology (IT), whenever we hear the word artificial intelligence one question come to our mind that, is it a completely new technology or the evolution of the previous way of working of IT. Should we call it an artificial intelligence or extended logical intelligence. Is it very different from the normal IT logical programs or it holds the same basics at the core. Just to mention first time I heard this word in a Hollywood movie named MATRIX released in year 1999. The word AI is used in the conversation between Neo and Morpheus though in a negative sense. I am trying to provide a different perspective of Artificial Intelligence a simple one. So, the new learners can understand the technology at its core. Let’s understand the difference of working of traditi...
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