{"id":12252,"date":"2023-08-09T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-08-09T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/formtek.com\/blog\/?p=12252"},"modified":"2023-06-14T15:31:58","modified_gmt":"2023-06-14T23:31:58","slug":"enterprise-automation-rpa-to-be-superceded-by-newer-automation-tools","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/formtek.com\/blog\/enterprise-automation-rpa-to-be-superceded-by-newer-automation-tools\/","title":{"rendered":"Enterprise Automation: RPA to be Superceded by Newer Automation Tools"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Robotic Process Automation (RPA) is automation software that processes high-volume repetitive tasks in a business. RPA typically is applied to tedious, manual digital tasks that would normally be performed by an office worker.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The RPA market in 2022 saw a nearly 20 percent jump in revenues, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gartner.com\/en\/newsroom\/press-releases\/2022-08-1-rpa-forecast-2022-2q22-press-release\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.gartner.com\/en\/newsroom\/press-releases\/2022-08-1-rpa-forecast-2022-2q22-press-release\">according to Gartner<\/a>.  IDC predicts that RPA will be a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.morganstanley.com\/ideas\/enterprise-automation-stack-software-market\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.morganstanley.com\/ideas\/enterprise-automation-stack-software-market\">$9 billion market by 2022<\/a>.  But not all analysts agree.  Despite the growth and success of RPA, Forrester is predicting that RPA growth won&#8217;t keep up with the hype and that it is actually flattening this year.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/formtek.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/image-10.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/formtek.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/image-10.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12254\" width=\"611\" height=\"417\" srcset=\"https:\/\/formtek.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/image-10.png 865w, https:\/\/formtek.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/image-10-300x205.png 300w, https:\/\/formtek.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/image-10-768x526.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 611px) 100vw, 611px\" \/><\/a><figcaption><a href=\"https:\/\/www.morganstanley.com\/ideas\/enterprise-automation-stack-software-market\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.morganstanley.com\/ideas\/enterprise-automation-stack-software-market\">From: Morgan Stanley Research, IDC<\/a><br>Note that AI Automation isn&#8217;t considered <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The reason why Forrester thinks that the growth of RPA technology may be stagnating is that it is losing out to other types of automation, particularly AI-based, more generic solutions.  In addition, RPA is seeing competition from enterprise software applications that are embedding RPA capabilities into their standard offerings, reducing the need for separate stand-alone RPA offerings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.forrester.com\/analyst-bio\/leslie-joseph\/BIO13104\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.forrester.com\/analyst-bio\/leslie-joseph\/BIO13104\">Leslie Joseph<\/a>, Forrester analyst, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.techtarget.com\/searchenterpriseai\/news\/252514484\/RPA-market-expected-to-plateau-in-the-next-few-years\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.techtarget.com\/searchenterpriseai\/news\/252514484\/RPA-market-expected-to-plateau-in-the-next-few-years\">said that<\/a> &#8220;RPA always was meant to be brittle technology. It was not meant to be durable in the sense that you create a native integration between two applications and enable a workflow that flows through the state of integration.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Forrester says that RPA must evolve in order to remain relevant.  RPA works well when processes are very well-defined, and many back-office processes fall into this category and are good targets for RPA.  But RPA doesn&#8217;t work nearly as well when processes become more variable and complex.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">What comes after RPA? <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cio.com\/article\/305952\/roi-expected-to-boost-enterprise-spending-on-rpa.html\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.cio.com\/article\/305952\/roi-expected-to-boost-enterprise-spending-on-rpa.html\">Forrester predicts<\/a> that next-generation business automation will be composed of elements from business process management\/workflow, low code\/no code, artificial intelligence, and iPaaS (integration platform as a service).  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