Gilman’s Intelligent Automation Impact Pyramid
There is a lot of confusion in the market right now regarding Intelligent Automation (IA) and the impact that it can have on organizations. Based on the process automation work we are doing every day with our customers, we [...]
Announcing Guided Training Directly in ClearWork
We've seen our customers struggle for years to effectively train their employees on new business processes. Whether it's creating and keeping training documents in Microsoft Word up to date, conducting in person training courses, or keeping up with a [...]
3.7.6.114 Release Notes
Target Deployment Dates Development - March 18, 2020 Test - March 18, 2020 Production - March 25, 2020 New Features CLEAR-588: CD/CI push to make dev environments bleeding edge. CLEAR-586: Implemented the ability to run tutorials inside of Clear. CLEAR-579: [...]
3.7.5.113 Release Notes
Target Deployment Dates Development - January 16, 2020 Test - January 16, 2020 Production - January 23, 2020 Bug Fixes CLEAR-487/541: Removed the in-modal save page operation when creating a new component/page. CLEAR-533: Fixed an issue where the copy page [...]
3.7.4.112 Release Notes
Target Deployment Dates Development - December 6, 2019 Test - December 6, 2019 Production - December 12, 2019 New Features Added a new templating processor to help with more complex processes for ClearProcess. Added an offset and limit to the [...]
3.7.0.108 Release Notes
Target Deployment Dates Development - October 24, 2019 Test - October 24, 2019 Production - November 1, 2019 New Features CLEAR-117: Raw JSON editor in API/Page builders. This functionality is only enabled for users with the is_staff flag enabled. If [...]
Like an Athlete on Steroids, the Intelligent Automation Community Is Inflating Their Statistics
Image Above Copyright: Mike Lane A sales executive at an automation software firm was recently bragging to me that his company’s platform automated more than 600 processes in a call center at a large telecommunications provider. After spitting out my [...]
SAP Customers: Don’t Stay on the Sidelines Waiting to Enter the Automation Game
I’ve heard dozens of Fortune 500 executives over the last 12 months extol the virtues of process automation, only to then admit that their organizations have not actually started down the automation path. The benefits are obvious: massive productivity gains [...]
Bridging the Process Mining Gap in RPA Projects
Modern ERP platforms provide an indispensable backbone of complex functions and processes that represent a significant technology investment. Understanding all the details of a business process is ultimately one of the keys to any successful RPA project, especially when it [...]
The Impact of a Strategic Approach to Integrated Automation on Merger & Acquisition Risk
The State of M&A in 2019 Mergers and acquisitions (M&A) remain one of the key methods that companies are responding to opportunities for direct inorganic growth as a result of changing business models, disruptive technologies, and shifting global markets. Improved [...]
Why RPA Isn’t Scaling (Yet)
Intelligent Process Automation (IPA) is hot right now, there’s no doubt about that. McKinsey estimates that 85% of a typical firm’s 900+ processes can be automated. Suddenly every consulting firm on the planet has an RPA practice. And Gartner, Forrester, [...]
Clear Software and Automation Anywhere Announce Strategic Partnership
Clear Software, a leading provider of attended Intelligent Process Automation (IPA) software, announced a technology alliance partnership with Automation Anywhere, recognized as the leader in Intelligent Process Automation, to fully integrate their respective solutions and collaborate on global sales and [...]
Punchout Lowers Procurement Costs And Improves Working Capital Performance
Accurate measurement of days sales outstanding (DSO) and days payable outstanding (DPO) are critical for assessing overall corporate financial health, since total working capital performance can only be determined when DSO and DPO are used in conjunction with days inventory [...]
Why Finance Executives Should Care About Attended RPA and Order Entry Optimization
Ask any finance executive about one of the things they obsess over, and it is invariably Days Sales Outstanding (DSO). The magic number of how many days it takes for a company to convert its accounts receivables into cash varies [...]
Procure to Pay, The Last Guy Picked in Dodgeball
For those of you old enough to remember grade school dodgeball, you might recall the very uncomfortable process of selecting teams. There had to be someone who was picked last. I felt sorry for the poor classmate who was left [...]
Coding for Clarity: The Hidden Costs of Code
There are thousands of ways to code a solution to meet any business requirement. From a business perspective, as long as the code performs the required function it works. Code is a living construct in that it is likely it [...]
Building the Business Case for Robotic Process Automation: The Promise and Peril
Table of Contents Should we consider Attended versus Unattended RPA? What processes actually stand to gain the most from RPA, and where should RPA be focused? Is my business process a good candidate for RPA? [...]
Effective Business Process Automation: The Hybrid RPA Approach
Intelligent Process Automation (IPA) was developed to both assist and replace work accomplished by human beings. Processes are standardized, centralized, and optimized with the deployment of software bots which can accomplish tasks with flawless precision and effortless scalability. Talent within [...]
RPA Ebook: A Better Way to Robotic Process Automation
The leadership within the Clear Software organization have decades of combined history in the ERP industry. Jon Gilman, our CEO, founded Clear Software because he grew weary of seeing companies spending hundreds of millions of dollars on IT projects that [...]
Business Process Automation for Order to Cash
The downstream impact of inaccurate or delayed Order-to-Cash processes are enormous to an organization: Customers are frustrated, impacting satisfaction, retention, and the ability of a company to increase overall revenues. In a digital world, where customers share their frustrations, you [...]