Leveraging Workflow Management and Automation to Improve Productivity, Efficiency and Communication
17th & 18th May, 2022
Day One
9:00 am - 9:45 am
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Debate: Defining the Value of Low Code and No Code Citizen Development Programmes
Christine Hawkins -
Director of Digital and Process Automation,
HP
Linford Dailey - Global Digitalisation and Automation Leader, Robert Bosch GmbH
Mike Fitzmaurice - Chief Evangelist and VP - North America, WEBCON
While low code and no code citizen development programmes are often popular in the corporate world, they are not without their limitations. While some see citizen development programmes as an important part of building automation-friendly company culture, others have concerns about spreading employees too thinly and training them away from their expertise. Join Mike Fitzmaurice, Chief Evangelist and VP at WEBCON, as he chairs this debate between Christine Hawkins, Director of Digital and Process Transformation at HP, and Linford Dailey, Global Digitalisation and Automation Leader at Bosch as they discuss:
- What are the benefits of low code and no code citizen development programmes?
- How effective are citizen development programmes at boosting productivity and reducing costs?
- When is it appropriate to employ low code & no code tools? When is it NOT?
- Can citizen development programmes distract employees from their expertise?
- Governance: how much power should be given to citizen developers?
Sponsored by: WEBCON
10:00 am - 10:45 am
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Maximizing business results with process automation
Jesse McHargue -
Senior Solutions Engineer,
Nintex
Process automation is something many organizations have either already actively deployed or are beginning to investigate. Despite all the buzz around automation and the benefits it yields, there are still many questions surrounding the topic.
Join Jesse McHargue, Nintex Senior solutions engineer, at Nintex who will cover:
- The basics - what process automation actually is
- How organizations should strategically plan for it
- What types of process automation options are available
- How you can tactically deploy it
- Common business processes can it replace
Sponsored by: Nintex
11:00 am - 11:45 am
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Why Sullivan Engineering Made the ‘Do or Die’ Decision to Digitize, with Intelligent Workflow and Automation
Stewart Miller -
Territory Manager,
FlowForma
Gary Mellows - Head of Delivery and Customer Success, FlowForma
A leading construction company transformed its business processes with a no code process automation tool, saving significant time and money to prevent project overruns, improve data accuracy, and improve efficiency across the business for employees. In this session, discover how Sullivan Engineering addressed their workflow challenges by digitizing their business processes with speed and agility, to help further their digital transformation journey and drive a culture of innovation business-wide.
Join this session to:
• Discover how Sullivan Engineering is automating processes with a no code tool across their business
• How easily you can overcome challenges and delays with digital processes
• How this organization has reaped serious savings from digitizing
• Why agile automation is the new normal, with businesspeople driving responsive and rapid automation
• How to overcome developer and data skill shortages, with no code process automation
12:00 pm - 12:45 pm
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Getting the Most Out of Automation: Deploying Workflow Tools and Culture Change Across A Business with Kuehne + Nagel Canada
Hana Lee -
National Process Engineer, Corporate Finance and Controlling,
Kuehne+Nagel
The logistics industry requires particularly tight spending control, so process cohesion is essential. Kuehne + Nagel Canada are leveraging workflow tools across several departments to ensure process and cost efficiency. Join Hana Lee, National Process Engineer at Kuehne + Nagel as she explains how she transformed the finance department and streamlined various finance processes in AP, AR, GL and Compliance by automating around 30 processes, a number which continues to grow.
- Automating various approval flows in Finance: support the tight spending control needs
- Handling 1500 lines of compliance checking with 25 people: the true value of workflow tools
- Using RPA in tandem with workflow tools
- How Kuehne + Nagel built an automation-friendly culture in which staff feel safe to suggest new automation opportunities
- Calming the storm: how Keuhne + Nagel dispelled the chaos of emails by using workflow systems
