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Case Study

Credit union improves staff productivity, process efficiency and member experience with robotic process automation

Forward-thinking credit union implements three robotic process automation solutions to remove the need for manual data entry, reducing human error and time spent and enabling real-time data transfers between systems.
Teller at a credit union assisting a customer
Case Study

Credit union improves staff productivity, process efficiency and member experience with robotic process automation

Forward-thinking credit union implements three robotic process automation solutions to remove the need for manual data entry, reducing human error and time spent and enabling real-time data transfers between systems.

Client background

A well established, forward- thinking corporate credit union serving over 1,400 members in the United States, with over $2.2 Billion in assets.

The business challenge

The corporate credit union strives to continuously increase the efficiencies of their internal operations and provide enhanced, innovative services to their credit union  members.

They had many manual processes that required data entry across multiple systems via complex spreadsheet uploads. They wanted to leverage Robotics Process Automation (RPA) but were unsure which processes to select for the greatest return on their investment of RPA technology. They were looking to achieve the following from implementing  RPA:

  1. An RPA use case road map to assess and prioritize potential use cases
  2. Improved process time and transparency
  3. Process optimization, accuracy and standardization
  4. Improved member experience

The Baker Tilly approach

Baker Tilly provided its proven intelligent automation use case selection process and implementation approach and guided the credit union through the following activities:

  • An assessment of automation use case candidates that included process mapping,  business case development and use case prioritization
  • Development of an ROI model to set targets for the cost, time and labor savings for each use case
  • Facilitated requirements gathering sessions to compile workflow details and developed optimized future state processes with  automation
  • Creation of an implementation roadmap that included future automation  opportunities
  • Facilitated a Center of Excellence (CoE) workshop to enhance the credit union’s understanding of the purpose, benefits, alternative CoE governance models and implementation best practices
  • Development and implementation of three RPA solutions

The business impact

The three RPA solutions that were developed and implemented supported the following business processes: government fraud/risk compliance, checks and wire transfers and monthly member reports. The outcomes achieved were:

Improvements in staff time and productivity:

  • Elimination of human error related to data input and spreadsheet  uploads
  • Average of 70% time saving with attended RPA  solutions

Increased process efficiency and member experience:

  • Removed the need for manual creation and uploading of complex data files
  • Real-time data transfer across systems enabled faster processing of requested wire transfers
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