Summary of Trends
Quit talking and start doing…
In our post-pandemic world, organizational aspirations are high – but often without any ability to turn insight into action, quickly respond to events, or overcome business silos. This is where Process on the Fly comes to the fore. Breakthroughs within intelligent automation and a taste of touchless execution have firmly placed this container center stage. It’s time to quit talking and start doing.
Process is Mine, Mine, Mine
Change can be tough. One step forward, two steps back. Applying a digital twin to a business process enables new ways to own it. You can prototype changes in a risk-free environment to identify, measure, and prioritize improvements, enabling you to be ready for whatever comes next.
Rock, Robot Rock
Digital robots are here, evolving, and becoming more sophisticated by the day. We talk about them, we hype them, and we apply them. They give us the time and freedom to think, plan, and focus. They speed up the flow of routine business activities. Robots work. Robots rock.
Silo Busters
Aging silo systems support the kind of disconnected silo processes that can haunt an organization for years. That’s why more and more businesses are busting corporate silos by adding flexible process layers on top of them, rather than breaking or rebuilding already established structures.
Can’t touch this
Inflexible, human-dependent processes are being replaced by powerful AI-driven reasoning systems. These systems automatically adjust to whatever situation occurs, anticipating the next-best actions and resources needed on the fly. Stop! Hammer Time: the touchless enterprise is coming.
Augmented Me
The symbiotic relationship between humans and AI is changing the way we work, the way we organize ourselves, and ultimately, the way we live. Get ready for improved productivity and effectiveness through automated decision making and the availability of real-time, predictive insights.
What’s changed?
Microprocesses
This isn’t a new trend, but it’s worth highlighting in Process on the Fly – as it touches most of the trends within. Microprocesses sound small – but they apply to everything. It refers to how organizations are moving away from large, complex processes to much smaller ones. From digital twins to robots, to AI – establishing Microprocesses within these key areas is enabling greater agility than ever across all areas of business.
A Microprocess built on application microservices within a cloud architecture removes the undesirable rigidity of monoliths. It is a collection of loosely coupled parts, each of which is responsible for a single feature. Microprocesses interact when requested, but they don’t rely on each other. Naturally, this means that one element of an application can be changed without having to restructure everything. As a result, Microprocesses can be developed, maintained, and deployed independently, which is their biggest benefit.
Also, Microprocesses can be integrated into the ‘mesh web’ of Web3 – which is about to impact B2B in a big way. Businesses can connect and collaborate instantly (‘on the fly’, anyone?) making it the ideal way for agile start-ups. They even help to deliver sustainability thanks to their size, simplicity, and modest need of resources. They’re well worth the big hype.