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Accelerating Business Transformation: How Digitalisation Can Improve Operations in the Automotive Industry

Shaun Turner
3 min readApr 10, 2023

Why Digitalising Paper-Heavy Processes is CRUCIAL for the Automotive Industry

In the highly competitive automotive industry, businesses constantly search for ways to improve their operations and gain a competitive edge. One area that has received increasing attention in recent years is digitalisation, particularly in the realm of paper-heavy processes like accounts payable.

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Taking on or adopting a digitalisation-first approach can help businesses, particularly those in the automotive and manufacturing sectors, unlock a range of benefits that can drive success in both the short and long term.

One HUGE key large short-term benefit of digitalising paper-heavy processes for example, in accounts payable, is cost savings. This is where businesses can typically make the biggest ROI.

Traditional paper-based processes require significant manual intervention, validation, verification, approval and other systemic elements leading to increased costs and risk of errors. But, by leveraging digitalisation technologies like document management, workflow, automated system data validation, artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning, businesses can automate large swathes of manual processes, reducing…

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Shaun Turner
Shaun Turner

Written by Shaun Turner

Digital Transformation Leader | AI Enthusiast | Strategist | Podcast host | Reformed Theology Nerd

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