# Explainer-Paris freaks out over bedbugs ahead of Olympic Games Author: Pal Sinha, Barnali Author URL: https://financedigest.com/author/pal-sinha-barnali Published: 2020-12-30 Category: BUSINESS Category URL: https://financedigest.com/category/business Meta Title: Paris Panic: Bedbug Outbreak Before Olympics Meta Description: Discover the nationwide panic in Paris over bedbugs just months before the 2024 Olympics. Learn about the French response and why this 'Bug-pocalypse' URL: https://financedigest.com/explainer-paris-freaks-out-over-bedbugs-ahead-of-olympic-games-2html ![undefined](https://prod.superblogcdn.com/site_cuid_cm5qst7v3003gwirgwqtxn8i8/images/hand-and-gold-people-cogs-a-1737287549461-compressed.jpg) _By **Harel Tayeb,** CEO of Kryon Systems._ It’s difficult to imagine a more tumultuous year than 2020. The pandemic crisis that wreaked havoc on global workflows and business continuity also served as a business automation accelerator. The events of this year illuminated critical challenges and made addressing them even more essential to survival [moving forward](https://www.financedigest.com/life-is-moving-forward-china-declares-new-covid-phase.html "‘Life is moving forward’: China declares new COVID phase"), particularly in BFSI (banking, financial services and insurance). Post-Covid-19, organizations will need to [move from a tactical focus—oriented toward](https://www.financedigest.com/the-pesticide-inert-ingredients-market-to-move-towards-constructive-advancements.html "The Pesticide Inert Ingredients Market To Move Towards Constructive Advancements") weathering the storm—to a strategic one. Where do we go from here? What will it take to get there? The answers to these questions are inextricably linked to more efficient, profitable operations and to three fundamental RPA (robotic process automation) developments. **Automation and Process Discovery Robots Unite** At the outset of RPA adoption, the distinction between execution automation (“unattended” and “attended”) and process discovery automation (bots that work alongside humans to identify processes for automation) made sense. When RPA was still in its infancy, enterprises had no choice but to [bring in human](https://www.financedigest.com/when-the-ai-goes-haywire-bring-on-the-humans.html "When the AI goes haywire, bring on the humans") advisers to oversee the process discovery function. These experts spent many hours identifying the best [processes for automation and mapping organizations toward digital transformation](https://www.financedigest.com/automating-business-processes-is-essential-to-digital-transformation.html "Automating business processes is essential to digital transformation"). But today, the distinction between execution automation and process discovery is disappearing. We’re [moving toward](https://www.financedigest.com/the-shavers-market-to-move-towards-constructive-advancements.html "The Shavers Market To Move Towards Constructive Advancements") a reality where attended bots will not only run automation, but also identify and map processes within your organization. Several years from now, it will be difficult to imagine how we ever worked without our desktop personal assistant that monitors our activities, completes routine tasks, and enables us to offload processes from our day-to-day job to software bots behind the scenes. In a parallel development, bots will increasingly handle more front-office processes. Consider a financial institution looking to provide customers with more value and a ubiquitous [banking process like loan](https://www.financedigest.com/ant-group-starts-to-differentiate-consumer-loan-business-jiebei-from-bank-loans.html "Ant Group starts to differentiate consumer loan business Jiebei from bank loans") or mortgage adjustments. There is no reason for that process to take weeks with multiple people [working several days](https://www.financedigest.com/no-more-five-working-days-how-getting-paid-immediately-can-transform-black-friday-for-merchants.html "No more ‘five working days’ – how getting paid immediately can transform Black Friday for merchants") to complete tasks, such as information and cost reference validation. It should take just minutes. This [year has shown the need to make this type of automation a reality on a much larger scale,  which leads to the next](https://www.financedigest.com/austria-plans-to-bring-budget-deficit-within-3-of-gdp-next-year.html "Austria plans to bring budget deficit within 3% of GDP next year") prediction. Companies, along with RPA providers, must [address the challenge](https://www.financedigest.com/rising-to-the-challenge-addressing-the-difficulties-of-pillar-2-reporting.html "Rising to the challenge: Addressing the difficulties of pillar 2 reporting") of scaling automation. **[Solving the Scale Problem](https://www.financedigest.com/solve-a-problem-you-know-and-live.html "Solve a Problem You Know and Live") with the Citizen Developer** The problem of scale is not new, but solving it now is vital to widespread RPA adoption. If enterprises are going to make investments in RPA, then providers [must make it easier for organizations to scale](https://www.financedigest.com/advisors-must-play-a-bigger-role-in-unlocking-scale-up-potential.html "Advisors must play a bigger role in unlocking scale up potential") their automation efforts and realize greater ROI. It’s a failure of the entire industry that few companies, even large enterprises, have more than 50 bots in production. Even using 50 robots as a KPI is ridiculous. We should be measuring bot deployments by the thousands. Part of the issue lies with misaligned [expectations around](https://www.financedigest.com/cherry-picker-crane-market-is-expected-to-experience-substantial-gains-with-projections-around-6-to-8-cagr-from-2021-to-2031.html "Cherry Picker Crane Market is expected to experience substantial gains, with projections around 6% to 8% CAGR from 2021 to 2031") citizen developer output and capabilities. [Expecting an accomplished finance](https://www.financedigest.com/analysis-china-property-financing-tweaks-fall-short-of-investor-expectations.html "Analysis-China property financing tweaks fall short of investor expectations") employee, for example, who has worked as an accountant for many years to focus most of his day on developing robots is arrogant and misunderstands the concept of the citizen developer. An accountant’s passion is numbers and that’s where he wants to spend most of his time. Our job as an RPA [company is to provide](https://www.financedigest.com/is-it-important-to-provide-media-coverage-for-your-company.html "Is it Important To Provide Media Coverage For Your Company?") easy-to-use solutions that will enable him to delegate the mundane, repetitive tasks he doesn’t enjoy to a bot. The [problem of scalability is also closely tied to process](https://www.financedigest.com/the-problem-with-current-anti-money-laundering-processes-a-lack-of-context.html "The problem with current Anti-Money Laundering processes: A lack of context") discovery. Identifying which processes are best for automation and calculating the value RPA will bring are the two biggest hurdles to widespread adoption and far-reaching benefits. It’s why [automated process](https://www.financedigest.com/how-process-automation-increases-productivity-in-the-insurance-sector-while-giving-employees-room-for-more-high-value-activity.html "How Process Automation increases productivity in the insurance sector while giving employees room for more high value activity") discovery encompasses identifying work processes, mapping the main path and variants of any given process, evaluating suitability for automation, and generating workflows instantly. It [saves hundreds of hours and many thousands of dollars of consultants’ time](https://www.financedigest.com/how-omnichannel-identity-servers-help-enterprises-enhance-customer-experience-unlock-cost-savings-and-accelerate-time-to-market.html "How omnichannel identity servers help enterprises enhance customer experience, unlock cost savings and accelerate time to market") manually observing, documenting, and advising, with imprecise outcomes. But even more important, automated [process](https://www.financedigest.com/the-implantable-biomaterials-market-to-move-ahead-on-rpa-robotic-process-automation.html "The Implantable Biomaterials Market to move ahead on RPA (Robotic Process Automation)") discovery provides the baseline for automation available to any employee, uncovering 80% of the automation available and ready for execution. Citizen developers need to [invest most of their time in their respective business](https://www.financedigest.com/more-businesses-investing-in-assets-like-virtual-credit-cards.html "More Businesses Investing In Assets Like Virtual Credit Cards") areas. The automation will automate itself, requiring citizen developers to make only minor [time investments](https://www.financedigest.com/a-guide-to-luxury-property-investment-in-the-time-of-covid-19.html "A guide to luxury property investment in the time of COVID-19") in fine-tuning bots. This is where the real change in RPA scalability comes into play. Along with automated and cost-effective process discovery, [companies must](https://www.financedigest.com/three-must-do-think-about-before-opening-a-company-in-hong-kong.html "Three Must-Do Think about Before Opening a Company in Hong Kong") address TCO (total cost of ownership) much more specifically. Analyzing [investments and quantifying the ROI and potential upsides should be a fundamental business](https://www.financedigest.com/unlocking-fresh-business-investment-opportunities-beyond-covid.html "Unlocking fresh business investment opportunities beyond COVID") practice. Does a $10 [million investment](https://www.financedigest.com/uk-budget-fashion-chain-primark-to-invest-140-million-stg-in-stores.html "UK budget fashion chain Primark to invest 140 million stg in stores") to get 100 bots into production that will execute 200 processes behind the scenes make sense? Is there a positive ROI potential? These kinds of [insights must be measured before the market](https://www.financedigest.com/heightened-interest-in-global-cuisines-to-brighten-the-expansion-prospects-of-herbs-and-spices-manufacturers-industry-predicted-to-rise-at-3-6-cagr-future-market-insights-inc.html "Heightened Interest in Global Cuisines to Brighten the Expansion Prospects of Herbs and Spices Manufacturers: Industry Predicted to Rise at 3.6% CAGR | Future Market Insights Inc. ") can scale dramatically and achieve the full range of RPA advantages. **Oversight and Orchestration** In 2021, [companies will begin to understand](https://www.financedigest.com/understanding-company-debt-finance.html "Understanding company debt finance") that there are too many interfaces to get an accurate understanding of activity within the organization from three key perspectives: productivity, efficiency and impact. Organizations will need a person, product or company to take ownership of productivity, provide direction around the activities that should be monitored, and [create the plan](https://www.financedigest.com/how-to-create-a-pr-plan-and-link-it-to-your-business-marketing-strategy.html "How to create a PR plan and link it to your business marketing strategy") to scale up to bring more productivity and efficiency. Imposing strict percentage increase goals and clear metrics for quantifiable improvements will be an important breakthrough. This kind of monitoring will also provide [critical operational insights](https://www.financedigest.com/aquaponics-market-critical-insights-key-trends-global-outlook-forecast-till-2031.html "Aquaponics Market Critical Insights, Key Trends, Global Outlook & Forecast Till 2031"). RPA providers will be able to help organizations better understand exactly how employee are executing tasks from home, whether they are spending their time on one, two, or five applications, and how workflow processes vary. In comparison to many other technologies, RPA is still young, with a lot of room for growth. But it has also matured to a point where it’s ready to exert its true power. It’s incumbent upon RPA providers to help [organizations with the issues that are compromising widespread adoption](https://www.financedigest.com/the-medical-tourism-market-is-estimated-to-substantiate-i-e-grow-at-a-handsome-rate-in-upcoming-years-the-present-day-scenario-implies-the-adoption-of-smarter-ways-to-do-business-as-such-digital.html "The Medical Tourism Market to get filtered through organic digitized growth"). [Next year](https://www.financedigest.com/musk-says-tesla-will-launch-prototype-of-humanoid-robot-next-year.html "Musk says Tesla will launch prototype of humanoid robot next year"), we need to make RPA deployable in a way that realizes the full value it can bring.  What lies ahead is exciting. We’re just [scratching the surface](https://www.financedigest.com/explainer-western-sanctions-on-banks-only-scratch-surface-of-fortress-russia.html "Explainer-Western sanctions on banks only scratch surface of Fortress Russia") of what’s possible. As an industry, we’re up to the challenge. Look for far greater value and easier, more scalable RPA deployment in 2021. --- This blog is powered by Superblog. Visit https://superblog.ai to know more. ---