TRANSFORMING PAPER-BASED SYSTEMS TO THE CLOUD CLOUD HAS DISPLACED TRADITIONAL ON PREM INFRASTRUCTURE AND IS THE ONLY WAY TO SUCCESSFULLY DELIVER DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION. HOWEVER, WHILST ORGANISATIONS ARE EXCITED BY THE PROSPECTS OF MOVING TO THE CLOUD, THEIR BUSINESS ARCHITECTURE AND PROCESSES ARE STILL SET UP TO SUPPORT MORE TRADITIONAL WAYS OF WORKING.
M
ore concerning is the fact that most organisations are still using traditional outdated
software. They need to automate their
AUTOMATING PROCESSES Initially automation sounds simple, one basically needs a form, an approval process and it needs to update the payroll
paper-based systems, but the outdated
system. Developing an automated leave
software requires extensive effort, time
management system to replace a client’s
and money to develop basic automated
manual paper-based leave processes is
processes.
complicated and can be costly.
Managing leave is a good example, many
More importantly, each organisation
organisations are still running spreadsheets
has its own idiosyncrasies and they all
and paper-based systems that are time-
have their own systems. For example, if a
consuming and error prone. Incorrect leave
company has shift workers, each person’s
balances are common due to data capture
leave needs to integrate with a workforce
errors and managers don’t always have
management system that has specific APIs.
relevant information when approving leave. It is no longer necessary to build a
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Furthermore, poor planning leads to
bespoke element for each organisation,
scheduling conflicts and employees don’t
one can now use these 3rd party apps
have easy access to their leave information.
in conjunction with cloud infrastructure
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