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Intelligent Automation6 minTrufe InsightsMar 6, 2026

Why 80% of RPA Projects Stall After Pilot — And the 3 Structural Fixes

Trufe POV / Opinion perspective for Banking, Healthcare, Manufacturing with implementation guidance and internal references.

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Coverage focus: Automation · Banking, Healthcare, Manufacturing · Trufe POV / Opinion.

Mistake 1: Automating the Wrong Processes

  • Teams pick "easy" processes, not "impactful" ones
  • The automation candidate matrix: frequency × volume × error rate × cost
  • Why high-visibility, low-complexity processes should go first

Mistake 2: No Process Redesign Before Automation

when the real answer was eliminating 8 steps entirely

  • You can't automate a broken process — you'll just break it faster
  • The step most firms skip: process mapping and optimization BEFORE RPA
  • Case example: a bank that automated 14 steps of a 14-step process

Mistake 3: Building a Bot, Not a Program

  • One bot is a project. Fifty bots is an operating model.
  • The missing layer: governance, monitoring, exception handling, versioning
  • Center of Excellence (CoE) vs. federated model vs. hybrid
  • Why "RPA training for business users" without governance creates chaos

How Trufe Does It Differently

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  • We start with process mining, not bot building
  • Automation roadmap with ROI modeling per process
  • Governance framework deployed alongside the first bot
  • Knowledge transfer so your team can scale independently

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