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Attended vs. Unattended RPA: It Doesn’t Need to be an Either-Or

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Industries that can particularly benefit from automation run the gamut: retail, healthcare, automotive, government, communications, travel and hospitality, financial services, and insurance. And RPA can help employees across the board in an organization: customer care, sales, finance, HR, supply chain, IT, and procurement.

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The Questions Executives Should Ask About 3D Printing

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Imagine the changes afoot in the pharmaceutical, medical device, automotive, and consumer electronics industries. And last year saw the first demonstration of a digital printer producing multilayer, standards-based circuit boards. 3D printing is poised to redefine global manufacturing and distribution.

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A Survey of 3,000 Executives Reveals How Businesses Succeed with AI

Harvard Business

While the question of correlation versus causation can be legitimately raised, a separate analysis uncovered some evidence that AI is already directly improving profits, with ROI on AI investment in the same range as associated digital technologies such as big data and advanced analytics. Digital capabilities come before AI.

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