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“ A global supply chain typically involves many partners that reside in different time zones , speak different languages and possess unique systems , documents and data standards . This complexity puts tremendous pressure on workers to standardise across the transaction by bringing together the data , synthesising and processing it according to mutually agreed upon terms and conditions ,” comments Chris Huff , Chief Strategy Officer , Kofax as he reflects on the current landscape within supply chains . “ As one can imagine , this is a time-consuming manual process filled with the potential for error , re-work and compliance gaps . Intelligent automation transforms high-cost and peopleintensive fulfilment operations into a highly efficient and automated state , by bringing together automation and artificially intelligent technologies . Intelligent automation is able to ingest high volumes of data from disparate systems and people , transforming unstructured data into standard and structured formats to automate the workflow .”
Over the years , Huff has seen fulfilment operations evolve significantly , in particular “ more software on fewer machines with even less people involved . Fulfilment centres today are technological marvels that primarily operate with a high degree of autonomy .
APRIL 2020