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Dm OPINION: RPA<br />
Just the job<br />
Bruno Ferreira, Area Vice President for UK & Ireland, UiPath, explores the idea that<br />
Robotic Process Automation may in fact bolster employment rather than diminish it<br />
Recent stories have prophesied a<br />
bleak future for human workers.<br />
The Office for National Statistics<br />
has predicted that automation could<br />
replace 1.5 million jobs - however, the<br />
same was said about the internet.<br />
Rather than take jobs, it boosted<br />
employment, and today new<br />
technologies - including robotics<br />
process automation (RPA) - are set to<br />
do the same.<br />
In fact, a World Economic Forum<br />
study has predicted that machines and<br />
algorithms in the workplace could add<br />
up to 58 million new jobs in the next<br />
few years. In addition, AI, robotics and<br />
other forms of smart automation have<br />
the potential to bring great economic<br />
benefits, contributing up to $15 trillion<br />
to global GDP by 2030.<br />
When it comes to specific<br />
organisations, RPA can help both staff<br />
and businesses - unlocking previously<br />
untapped human resources by freeing<br />
workers up from repetitive, routine<br />
tasks. UK employees are still bogged<br />
down in daily admin, with more than<br />
two-thirds (71%) spending a day a<br />
week on repetitive tasks that could be<br />
undertaken by software robots. At the<br />
same time, workers are recognising that<br />
automation will free them up to<br />
complete more valuable tasks and<br />
projects: 58% of people working for<br />
organisations where RPA has been<br />
introduced say it has had a positive<br />
impact on their role.<br />
With nearly two-thirds (63%) of the<br />
UK workforce saying they would<br />
outsource tasks to a robot given the<br />
choice (figures from research by<br />
ABBYY), it becomes clear that robots<br />
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