The Future of Automation is BOAT
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Business Orchestration and Automation Technologies (BOAT) is a title used by Gartner that emphasises the importance of orchestration in the world of business automation and GenAI.
BOAT is a strategic framework and class of software that unifies various automation tools to automate and orchestrate end-to-end business processes. It addresses the fragmentation that results from using siloed automation tools (like separate RPA, BPM, and iPaaS solutions) by providing a single, integrated platform.
With IBM watsonx Orchestrate and the IBM Cloud Pak for Business Automation platform, Novadoc can help you to implement BOAT to integrate and orchestrate AI Agents and automated processes, to optimize your business automation.
Key Components and Capabilities:
Process Orchestration: Manages how tasks, people, and systems are sequenced and coordinated across an end-to-end workflow.
Business Process Automation (BPA) and Robotic Process Automation (RPA): Automates complex workflows and repetitive, rule-based tasks.
Integration Platform as a Service (iPaaS): Connects disparate enterprise systems and applications (e.g., CRM, ERP) through APIs and other connectors.
Low-Code/No-Code Development: Allows business users to quickly build and modify applications and workflows with minimal coding, increasing agility.
Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML): Embedded AI agents enable smarter decision-making, process optimization, intelligent document processing (IDP), and dynamic, autonomous task management.
Governance and Security: Provides robust control, monitoring, and audit trails to ensure compliance with regulatory requirements.
The benefits of BOAT are numerous:
Increased operational efficiency and speed: Streamlines processes, reduces manual effort, and eliminates bottlenecks.
Cost savings: Consolidates tools, optimizes resource allocation, and reduces maintenance overhead.
Scalability and flexibility: Easily adapts to changing business needs and growth.
Improved decision-making: AI-powered insights from unified data access enable more informed decisions.
Novadoc is happy to help you on your BOAT journey! We can start with a design thinking workshop to discover the best use cases to start with. Call us now to make an appointment.
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