Microsoft Dynamics NAV
by Alex Chow, Laura Nicolàs Lorente, Cristina Nicolàs Lorente, Vjekoslav Babić, David Roys, David Studebaker, Christopher Studebaker, Mark Brummel
Improve before automating
IT tools allow us to automate all kinds of tasks with the aim of reducing time and errors. But not everything should be automated. An inefficient and complex process can be sped up using some kind of automation but it will still be an inefficient and complex process. Because of its complexity, the cost (in terms of time, validations, and money) of automating the process will be probably greater than expected.
In addition, trying to automate an already messed up process will only make your process quickly more messy.
It is much better to improve your business processes and think about automation once they are good and efficient.
You should also think about the importance of the process and about how often that process is ...
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