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The Driving Forces of Automation Adoption<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The Fourth Industrial Revolution<\/a> presents a significant macroeconomic impact on various global issues, such as the ongoing pandemic, a shortage of skilled workers, disruptions in supply chains, inflationary pressures, and an energy crisis. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

For businesses to thrive amidst these challenges, they must remain agile and adaptable. Global issues have led to various difficulties, including reduced productivity, rising labour costs, and labour shortages resulting from pandemic-related health concerns. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Additionally, inflation has caused price increases that can stifle innovation and quality. Moreover, businesses are hindered by inefficiencies from manual and repetitive tasks integral to their operations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

All in all, this has resulted in a perfect storm. Accelerating the development and adoption of automation within businesses. Improving efficiency and simultaneously reducing the burden on overstretched workforces.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Bots are here\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

MuleSoft’s RPA <\/em><\/strong>comes to the rescue\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In the digital transformation era, digital technology is integrated into all areas of an organisation, profoundly transforming how businesses function and provide value to consumers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

MuleSoft is vital in facilitating digital transformation by delivering solutions that assist organisations in seamlessly and efficiently integrating their applications, data, and devices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

MuleSoft Flow Automation uses Bots to automate repetitive, mundane, and rule-based tasks. MuleSoft’s RPA solution makes it simple for organisations to automate processes by building bots that can communicate with apps and systems via API calls. The various use cases that can be implemented include data input automation, report generation, and testing automation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

MuleSoft Flow Automation (RPA) in action\u2026<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Use case: Automated expense\/invoice approvals<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The use case I wish to explore is diverse and can be adapted to different scenarios based on personas. For instance, it could be used by a Finance team to approve travel expenses or by a Supplier Manager to approve invoices below a certain amount.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To gain an overview of this business process, consider the example of an expense report maintained in an Expense sheet. However, it could also be in email attachments or retrieved from an expense system. For simplicity, we will stick to a basic implementation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. The Finance team checks each expense line in the report for its amount. <\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. If the expense amount is less than \u00a3500, it can be approved automatically. However, if it exceeds \u00a3500, it requires the manager’s approval. <\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    Note<\/strong> that the approval amount is configurable, and the mentioned amount is only an assumption.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Now, using MuleSoft\u2019s RPA solution, let’s delve into how a Bot could automate the expense approval process:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    1. Firstly, the Bot accesses the Expense file from the Shared Drive. <\/li>\n\n\n\n
    2. Then, it selects the file content and checks each record to determine the expense amount. <\/li>\n\n\n\n
    3. If the amount is less than 500, the Bot automatically approves it. However, if it exceeds 500, the Bot requests Manager Approval.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

      BPMN – Tasks and Activity params <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

      First, log in to your RPA account using your RPA credentials. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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      MuleSoft RPA Builder<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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      Step 1: <\/strong>Set up the Activity parameters to hold the expense amount and the expense owner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n