Automation is becoming very popular in organizations as they seek to become more productive, decrease costs, and improve manual error-prone processes. At TDWI, we see that automation is occurring across the data and analytics life cycle. In a recent TDWI survey, for instance, approximately 25% each of the respondents cited automation for data management and analytics as a top priority. Traditional automation includes a range of technologies that reduce human intervention in processes. Examples include data entry or trouble ticket submission. However, more recently, advanced analytics such as machine learning and natural language processing is being infused into automation tools to improve business outcomes. This is often referred to as cognitive automation and it is used to perform tasks typically performed by humans. This intelligent automation is also being used together with Robotic Process Automation (RPA) to improve processes involving suppliers, vendors, customers, and more. Join this TDWI webinar to learn more about automation, RPA, and how to ensure a successful automation implementation. Topics include: An introduction to automation, intelligent automation, and RPAHow automation is being used in companies; both for data and analytics as well as to improve processesOrganizational and technology best practices for implementing automated solution

1. Fern Halper Ph.D.
VP and Senior Director, TDWI
Advanced Analytics
October 25, 2022
Key components of a successful automation
implementation

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3. FERN HALPER
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Advanced Analytics
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4. An introduction to automation, intelligent automation, and RPA
How automation is being used in companies; both for data and analytics
as well as to improve processes
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Organizational and technology best practices for implementing automated
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5. Automation is
becoming more
important
• Data, analytics becoming much more
complex
– Higher volumes, different types
• Organizations looking to modernize
platforms and processes because
manual processes won’t work
• More often looking to automation
– More productive, decrease costs, and
improve manual error prone processes
• Not just automation, but augmentation
and intelligent processes
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6. Automation, Intelligent automation, and RPA
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Automation
Intelligent
Automation
Robotic
Process
Automation
Software that automates
repetitive digital processes.
Follows rules/instructions
A labor-saving technology
that helps make an apparatus,
a process, or a system operate
automatically
Software that has AI technologies
such as ML or NLP infused
into the product.

7. • Documentation generation
• Testing in data warehouse design
• Data profiling
• Some data cleansing
• Scheduling pipelines
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88% of respondents to a recent TDWI survey agreed
that “tools that automate data management processes
are key for success.”

8. • Quality checking
• Some data cleansing
• Classifying sensitive data
• Metadata mapping
• Data blocking
• Generating features for ML models
• Suggesting insights from data
• Suggesting SQL queries based on past SQL
queries
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72% of respondents to a recent TDWI survey said that
tools that automate data management processes are
key for success

9. • Collecting raw data from multiple systems
and put it into a standard format
• Copy data about customers from screen
scraping
• Updating customer information
• Patient registration
• Testing in data warehouse development
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• Target customers for upsell opportunities
• Resume review
• Credit card applications
• Closing fraudulent accounts
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In a TDWI survey, 33% of those using AI were already
using RPA to automate certain activities

11. Automated and
augmented tools are
a top priority
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12. Still early days for
these kinds of tools
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13. • The system relies on human
intervention
– E.g., Humans needed to attend to a ML
learning
– Participates in an algorithmic decision-making
• Benefits
– Not a black box; more transparency
– Humans can draw on their view of the world
to make decisions quickly
• Challenges too, such as integrating the
human into the workflow
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Human in the
loop

14. Considerations
• Determine the problem that you want to
solve with Intelligent Automation/RPA.
Does it have an impact? Will it be
funded?
• Consider skills and focus. Refine the
problem/process
• Consider the technology you will use
• What about the interface?
• Don’t forget about the people
• Consider any governance that will need
to be instituted
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16. Key Components
of a
Successful
Automation
Implementation
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19. Why
Automation?
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20. Common product challenges
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• Complex materials environment:
Many raw and semi-finished
goods
• Multiple vendors and suppliers
• Complex data objects
• Complex processes
• Manual data management
& spreadsheets
• Often multiple plants
• Frequent changes
• Complex customer environment
• Tight margins
• Seasonal exceptions
• Promotional packaging
• Sales alignment
• Multiple systems involved
• SAP in the middle of it all

21. Upstream process components
Plus other, non-SAP systems
Vendors
Procurement
Product
Development
Controlling Finance Materials
Production
Planning
Warehouse
Manufacturing
Operations

22. Make an impact across your business
Financial
Accounting
Controlling
Sales and
Distribution
Materials
Management
Plant
Maintenance
Asset
Management
Project
Systems
Production
Planning
Quality
Management
Human
Resources

23. Spreadsheets, GUI and Fiori apps
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Automate and accelerate
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SAP business processes
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Data
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• Data creation and maintenance
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• Server-side job execution
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Automate and streamline
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• Advanced form and workflow
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• Advanced data stewardship
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• Detailed process analytics
Business users
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Business users work
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27. Dynamic
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Choice of forms
or Excel front end
Smart, tailored,
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Flexible, extensible
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Granular user &
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SmartTables
Live data
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Automated data
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Audit trails for
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Look for a complete set of
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28. Questions!

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32. Question 1
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How are your customers making use of
automation, intelligent automation, and
RPA?
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33. Question 2
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What is the biggest challenge
organizations are facing as they implement
RPA and intelligent RPA? What are they
doing about it?
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34. Question 3
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What about governing process
automation? How are organizations
approaching that?
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35. Question 4
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What should organizations look for in an
automation platform?
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36. Question 5
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What advice do you have for organizations
just starting out with automation and RPA?
What are the keys to success?
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37. THANK YOU!

38. QUESTIONS?
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39. CONTACT INFORMATION
If you have further questions or comments:
Fern Halper, TDWI
fhalper@tdwi.org @fhalper
Andrew Hayden, Precisely
andrew.hayden@precisely.com
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