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Standard Bank Case Discussion: Improving Customer Experience through RPA + AI-powered Cognitive Automation
WebinarincollaborationwithWorkFusion
September28th ,2016
TomReuner,ResearchVP,[email protected]@tom_reuner #hfsresearchWeb:www.hfsresearch.com |Blog:www.horsesforsources.com
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Overview§ Tom Reuner is Research Vice President, Intelligent Automation at HfS.
Tom is responsible for driving the HfS research agenda for Intelligent Automation practice across the whole gamut ranging from RPA to Autonomics to Cognitive Computing and Artificial Intelligence. A key element in Tom’s responsibilities is guiding clients and stakeholders on the evolution of Intelligent Automation including the coverage of new players and approaches. Furthermore, he is driving the research on application testing and service management. A central theme for all of his research is the increasing linkages between technological evolution and evolution in the delivery of business processes.
Previous Experience§ Tom’s deep understanding of the dynamics of this market comes from
having held senior positions with Gartner, Ovum and KPMG Consulting in the UK and with IDC in Germany where his responsibilities ranged from research and consulting to business development. He has always been involved in advising clients on the formulation of strategies, guiding them through methodologies and analytical data and working with clients to develop impactful and actionable insights. Tom is frequently quoted in the leading business and national press, appeared on TV and is a regular presenter at conferences.
Education§ Tom has a PhD in History from the University of Göttingen in
Germany.
Tom Reuner, Research VP, HfS Research
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HfS Research Gives You an Unvarnished View on the Market
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HfS Research Has Been Writing About Intelligent Automation for 4+ Years
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FixedAssetsLeveragedAssets
2DesignThinking
3BrokersofCapability
1WriteOffLegacy
4CollaborativeEngagement
7HolisticSecurity
5IntelligentAutomation 6
Accessible&Actionable
Data
8Plug&PlayDigitalServices
SOLUTIONIdeals
LEGACY
ECONOMY
AS-A-SERVICE
ECONOMYCHANGEMGMTIdeals
Ø “As-a-Service”isaboutaugmentinghumanperformancebyre-thinkingbusinessmodelchanges,enabled byDigitalTechnologiesandIntelligentAutomation
Ø MovingintotheAs-a-ServiceEconomymeanschangingthenature,attitude,focusandfinancialconstructsofengagements betweenEnterpriseBuyers,theirServiceProviders,technologysuppliersandadvisors
Industry is heading toward the As-a-Service Economy
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Automation Really is in the Eye of the Beholder
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Robotic Process Automation describes a software development toolkit that allows non-engineers quickly to create software robots to automate rules-driven business processes. E.g. digitizing the process of collecting of unpaid invoices, that involves mimicking manual activities in the RPAsoftware, the integration of electronic documents and generation of automated emails to ensure the wholecollections, process is run digitally and can be repeated in a high-throughput, high intensity model.
Cognitive computing is the simulation of human thought processes in an Intelligent Automation process or set of processes. It involves self-learning systems that use data mining, pattern recognition and natural language processing to mimic the way the human brain works, without continuous manual intervention. E.g. an insurance adjudication system that assesses claims, based on scanned documents and available data from similar claims and evaluates payment awards.
Autonomics is referring to self-learning and self-remediating engines, where the system makes autonomousdecisions, using high-level policies, constantly monitoring and optimizing its performance and automaticallyadapting itself to changing conditions and evolving business rules and dynamics. Increasingly minimal humanintervention. E.g. a virtual support agent continuously learning to handle queries and creating new rules/exceptions as products evolves and queries change.
Artificial Intelligence is where intelligent automation systems go beyond routine business and IT process activity to make decisions and orchestrate processes. E.g. an AI system managing a fleet of self-driving cars or drones to deliver goods to clients, manage aftermarket warranties and continuously improve the supply chain.
How HfS Defines the Building Blocks for Intelligent Automation
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The Key Take-aways
§ It is not a question whether Intelligent Automation will happen – it hasarrived
§ It is a question of where, how, at what scale and under which name§ It is about Human Augmentation – not Matrix 3.0§ Service delivery is being decoupled from labour arbitrage§ Service providers have to prepare for revenue model disruption§ There is a lack of discussion in the Enterprise/B2B market –
the perception is dominated by the likes of Facebook,Google etc.
§ You have to set the agenda:Start with the use case - NOT technologyHelp the client/stakeholder to envision the journeyand the end-state
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Our Panellists
IanWeir,HeadBusinessPerformanceImprovement,atStandardBankofSouthAfrica
AdamDevine,VPHeadofMarketingWorkFusion
Intelligent Automation at Standard BankThe tech that’s digitizing the bank from the insight out
They call it Africa we call it home
Ian and his cohorts
Operational Excellence
Measurement
Business Solutions
Engneering
Robotics feature teams
Exco Team
13
24/7
What matters?
Customer
Cost
The vision
COIBank
StatementsPayslips
KYCProof of
ResidenceProof of
IdentificationEmployment Confirmation
COE
Standard Bank’s challenge was similar to many: checking documents and capturing info into core systems
Process for originating a Revolving Credit Plan, aka a short term loan
Problems: highly manual process to check docs, reliance on customer to send docs or bring them into branches, KYC required to establish ID and residence of
applicants – proof of residence
What does the solution look like?
Customer enters:§ Name§ PIN§ Address
WorkFusion action:§ API calls to trusted 3rd party
databases§ 19 sources validate information§ Human escalations for
corrections and validations
Elimination of human investigation, data capture, copying-and-pasting, moving info from one system to another
Standard Bank customer experience win:
22 days 5 mins
Account opening time reduced by 99.98%
The buzz is justified.
How can a business born analog grow like digital businesses?
Workflow Robotics Cognitive (AI) Worker Mgmt Analytics
Process-level automation
(vs. task level)
Automate applications using
application UI
Automatejudgment work on unstructured data
Automate routing of exceptions and quality
control
Derive insights about performance
Control TowerMonitor business activities for Automation
The capabilities behind the results:A complete Smart Process Automation “toolkit”
The buzz is justified.
Why did Standard Bank choose WorkFusion over every other RPA solution?
WorkFusion doesn’t just automate the task, it automates the end-to-end business process.
Whereas other solutions provide an “if / then” robotic approach, WorkFusion learns.
Whereas pay-per-bot model is complex, WorkFusion scales simply and encourages “big things.”
“howmanybotsyouwant?”
“whatdoyouwanttoachieve?”
Sneak peek of big things to come....
WorkFusionChatbots
WorkFusionSmart Process
Automation
WorkFusionCrowdsourcing
Automate customer inquiries and task execution of through chat
interface
Automate operation of legacy applications and judgment work
on unstructured data
Automate FTE and external worker sourcing and
management
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