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EXPERT SPEAK customer activities for opportunities to upsell, as well as preparing data for customer subscription renewals. It can also help manage marketing campaigns by collecting data through web scraping and help to get the right information out to assist with marketing and sales activities. Bots can also be programmed to monitor the policy status of your customer base, and identify gaps and opportunities for bundles or discounts, which will enable the business to send targeted communications to maximise opportunities. Moreover, RPA can replace troubleshooting that is reactive in nature, with the proactive identification of any challenges, allowing issues to be resolved before they become a problem for the business. RPA also has a crucial role to play in alleviating the enormous administrative burden that our stringent regulatory environment has placed on businesses. Think about POPIA and its comprehensive policy Viewing RPA as a standalone, technology- only solution is a mistake. Business, increases the value of stand-alone RPA tools. It leverages the platform to augment task automation with additional automation capabilities, enabling RPA bots to orchestrate workflows, integrate with business rules and decisions, manage content and capture data. This is what truly sets it apart from its competitors. The platform helps businesses address their immediate task automation requirements and use the additional automation capabilities to make their RPA bots smarter, more agile and better able to INTELLIGENT TECH CHANNELS INTELLIGENT TECH CHANNELS Issue 26 help them achieve their business objectives. One major objective for all businesses is Digital Transformation, and an RPA journey is intrinsically connected to this. Driving strategic, enterprise-wide change is the sign of any successful RPA implementation. RPA has the power to augment and free up resources, completely redefining the standards of speed and efficiency, as well as significantly change the way the organisations operate. RPA enables the automation of a number of other tasks too, including monitoring to promote advanced data review rights and consent management. This is going to see a tidal wave of requests drowning every business, which will drive operational costs up. RPA tools can capture and interpret the data, action what is necessary, and provide appropriate responses. The use cases for RPA are endless, and one thing is certain. Businesses who outperform their competitors are the ones that strive to continuously improve how they do business, and that is what RPA is all about. ˜ 53