The Most Innovative Business Automation Companies

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Editor's Pick Rousing the Innovator Within Ideating Novelty-Centric Business Ventures Leaders Perspective Prefiguring Automation - by Bharati Thakur Technology Hyperautomation Evaluating the Mechanisation Bandwagon Leadership Inspirational Leadership Aspire to Inspire!

Denis Gagné

CEO and CTO

TRISOTECH The Architect of Agile Digital Enterprises

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SPINNING THE MECHANIZED WHEELS Securing Novelty in Business Automation

In order to satiate the changing market demands of the ever-altering business arena, companies must remain cognizant when adopting the new tools and trends of automation. Digital transformation has modified the operational landscape for firms. Implementing Business Process Management (BPM) and Business Relationship Management (BRM) faculties are not enough to navigate the turbulent and ever-so competitive waters. Augmenting one's position in the success hierarchy necessitates the curation of a harmonious relationship between digital strategies of growth and effective cost management.

In this edition, we, The Leaders Globe Media, cover 'The Most Innovative Business Automation Companies' that have aced the process of creating novel, streamlined and efficient automation strategies and solutions for the competitive digital world. These ingenious industry stalwarts have excelled at the task of striking a cordial balance between the guarantee of standardization and customer satisfaction that is promised by the brilliance of business automation.

Automation lowers the margin of error by automating tasks that were once performed by humans. BPM has become a vital part of the operational intelligence solutions that deliver crucial insights to clients. This trend has been recognized as the canonical tenet of the concurrent digital age. Business automation strategies have become synonymous with the goal of streamlining operational protocols. Clear accountability, customizable notification, valuable insights, and faster turnaround times make it easier to eliminate wasteful activities and focus on enhancing tasks that add value to your enterprise.

The companies covered in our current issue exemplify the prodigious use of business automation tools and solutions. They imbue robotics with an unparalleled integrative drive, improving its application for the effective digital transformation of an organisation. From employee onboarding to the fulfillment of purchase orders, all the nitty-gritties of the operational realm are managed through the exemplary automation tools and solutions supplied by these firms.

Adopting Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Robotic Process Automation, and other emergent technologies will not be sufficient, unless a complete overhaul of the system is achieved. The key is not merely to integrate automation into the existent business model but selecting an automation solution provider who helps you integrate these processes well.

Embracing the tech revolution begins with the implementation of this strategic principle

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Denis Gagné, CEO and CTO

Trisotech

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Editor's Pick Rousing the Innovator Within Ideating Novelty-Centric Business Ventures

Leadership Inspirational Leadership Aspire to Inspire!

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Technology Hyperautomation Evaluating the Mechanisation Bandwagon

Leaders Perspective Prefiguring Automation - by Bharati Thakur

Trending Grasping the Future Incipient Trends for 2021

Must-Have Apps Business on-the-go Must have Apps for Business Professionals

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Dr. Allan Yang,

Chief Technology O cer

Advantech

Mark Botos, President

Aerotech

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Dr. Amrinder Arora,

CEO

BizMerlinHR

Amit Singh, Founder

Krag Automation

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Amol Gulhane,

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CEO & Co-founder

Robolab Technologies Pvt. Ltd

Trisotech The Architect of Agile Digital Enterprises

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Trisotech is already recognized as the reference implementation for many international standards such as BPMN, CMMN, and DMN. In the financial industry Trisotech is rapidly taking a leadership position with its implementation of the MISMO standard and support of other standards like the Financial Industry Business Ontology (FIBO)

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COVER STORY

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s the business landscape changes, new challenges and strategies to overcome those challenges appear. In today’s global marketplaces competition for customers, capital and talent have never been fiercer. Razor-sharp strategies and their rapid execution are paramount.

That is why more and more IT spending is being driven by its relevance to business outcomes.

With its API first modern automation architecture Trisotech is uniquely poised to accelerate the digital transformation of any organization

There is a revolution going on - a digital revolution. It is fueled by changing customer behaviors, rapid technology adoption and relentless and increasing competition. It is a paradigm shift no organization can escape. As new technologies and new business models are introduced, many will fail. It is a do or die situation for enterprises all over the world. Every successful company is becoming a digital company. Business leaders want IT focused on business results, innovation, continuous improvement and that 500pound gorilla, digital transformation.

Today, Trisotech is still led by the original core management team whose experiences and expertise range from military leadership and topnotch research and development, to professional sales and marketing. It has emerged as a leading name in international business process standards as well as decision management standards. Trisotech understands that digital transformation is not solely circumscribed by the conversion of physical assets into digital ones but includes creating new business models and forms of customer engagement. Their mission is to deliver the “Digital Agile Enterprise”

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Over two decades ago, when the digital revolution was still in its nascent stages, the true potential of visual modeling and automation eluded most organizations. It was during these initial days in 1996, when inspired by the pursuit of innovation and process improvement, a group of friends collaborated to provide software consulting services in a different way, thereby establishing the foundations of Trisotech. Almost 25 years later, Trisotech is a global leader in digital enterprise solutions whose vision is to develop a unified modeling and automation platform that bridges the business-IT divide.

by enabling business and IT to harness and orchestrate disruptive technologies in an intuitive, visual and standards-based way.

A Technology Leader Denis Gagné, CEO & CTO at Trisotech, is responsible for the solutions and technology vision at Trisotech. He has led Trisotech through the development of unique product offerings and provided leadership for Trisotech’s market strategy. Prior to joining Trisotech, Denis successfully negotiated and completed the sale of an emerging technology company. During his career, Denis has held several positions including Product Manager, Research Director, and University Professor prior to which, Denis spent 13 years with the Department of National Defense where he has held various technological positions.

Denis holds an M.Math. degree in Artificial Intelligence from the University of Waterloo and a BSc in Computer Science from the Collège Militaire Royal (CMR) de St-Jean. He is an active participant in many international standards groups.

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A Definitive Presence The Montreal, QC, Canada-based Trisotech, aids enterprises in realizing their goals by visualizing, improving, innovating, transforming and automating their technologies. The unique capabilities of Trisotech are rooted in its ability to simplify the complex process of digital transformation for all. In order to streamline their processes and decisions, enterprises must first know what those processes and decisions are.

Discovering and validating them is the responsibility of business leadership not solely IT. Thus, a must-do activity is rendering organizational workflows and business decision logic into international standards-based visual diagrams and documents. Then, they can be shared by business people and technical people and automated directly from those visual diagrams.

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According to Mr. Gagné, “With its API first modern automation architecture Trisotech is uniquely poised to accelerate the digital transformation of any organization.” Suffice it to say that until now, no digital tools have been available to clearly and simply connect the dots between business outcomes, goals, workflows and decision making within and across organizational silos and to provide automation services that execute those workflows and decisions directly from the visual diagrams. “Our simple intuitive interfaces put innovation in the hands of the subject matter experts,” says Gagné. “They can go from a visual model of their ideas to running automation in one click.”

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Revolutionizing Business Automation: The Digital Enterprise Suite Built as a SaaS browser-based product, the Digital Enterprise Suite (DES) accelerates digital transformation from business discovery through to automation. It brings strategy, design and technology together providing organizations with insight and automation for gaining competitive advantage.

DES includes the Digital Modeling Suite and the Digital Automation Suite. Together, they provide the capability to automate complete workflows that streamline procedural business operations across the organization and automate repeatable business decisions to standardize operational decisionmaking. DES allows modeling, management, testing, and invocation of automation services in the cloud from a user-friendly browser interface.

The Digital Modeling Suite (DMS) is a browserbased suite of visual applications that are intuitive enough for business users, yet sufficiently

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powerful to delight IT users. It brings together creative thinking and critical thinking, using recognized methods to guide and capture brainstorming sessions and structured operational models. DMS allows organizations to align operations to strategic intent all the way through to analysis and automation. The Digital Modeling Suite is a complete set of visual modeling applications, that can capture the DNA of any organization.

The Digital Automation Suite (DAS) is an APIfirst, container-based scalable cloud infrastructure for business automation. It enables complex automation of business workflows, cases and decisions in a simple, integrated run-time environment. It allows organizations to leverage business automation as a source of competitive advantage, via high performance, flexible, and linearly scalable automation engines. The Digital Automation Suite also offers an outcome-driven orchestration of AI and other emerging technologies using international standards and a microservices architecture.

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Incumbent lenders that still use manual and paper-based loan approval procedures have faced a hard stop when their employees were forced to work remotely. The Trisotech Digital Enterprise Suite o ers a fast path to continued distributed operations and allows lenders to digitally automate many operations, maximize cross-selling and up-selling and deliver outstanding customer experiences - all while mitigating risk and improving operational e ciency

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Our simple intuitive interfaces put innovation in the hands of the subject matter experts. They can go from a visual model of their ideas to running automation in one click

For Fintech organizations the Digital Enterprise Suite accelerates digital transformation by providing the ability to easily define, deploy and maintain improved decision-making and workflows supported by artificial intelligence and machine learning in a graphical environment. Gagné goes on to say, “Trisotech is already recognized as the reference implementation for many international standards such as BPMN, CMMN, and DMN. In the financial industry Trisotech is rapidly taking a leadership

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Disrupting the Financial Industry By now, every company in the world should be on the lookout for the digital disruption that will threaten their existence. The financial industry is facing an accelerating pace of change with Fintech start-ups, increasing regulations, and disruptive new business models. Financial institutions need to rapidly adapt to this new reality and accelerate their digital transformation, in order to meet and exceed their client’s expectations. Those unable to do so will inevitably lose market share to emerging new companies or competitors able to transform more rapidly. “For example,” Gagné says “incumbent lenders that still use manual and paper-based loan approval procedures have faced a hard stop when their employees were forced to work remotely. The Trisotech Digital Enterprise Suite offers a fast path to continued distributed operations and allows lenders to digitally automate many operations, maximize cross-selling and up-selling and deliver outstanding customer experiences - all while mitigating risk and improving operational efficiency.” www.theleadersglobe.com

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position with its implementation of the Mortgage Industry Standards Maintenance Organization (MISMO) standard and support of other standards like the Financial Industry Business Ontology (FIBO).”

members of the team. Trisotech ensures the creation of an ever-increasing knowledge environment, where each individual is delighted by a perpetual learning experience.

Tailored Solutions for Clients The Prominence of Asset Development Innovation, expertise, experience, and career agility are core tenets of the firm. Gagné believes that the most avowed asset of the firm is its invaluable personnel. Curating a harmonious work ambience that recognizes the importance of those contributing to the success of the venture is equally significant at Trisotech. Investing in expanding the expertise of the Trisotech team, to boost their creative faculties is one of the central objectives of the company. The team at Trisotech does not shy away from a challenging mission. Projects that stimulate their innovative drives are welcomed by

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A Dazzling Future Calling

Enterprises should relentlessly be customercentric in their goals to attract, delight and retain them by understanding the customer's digital journey.

Our Customer Success teams ensure that our customers are in full control of tools to guarantee a successful digital transformation

Modern organizations need to become customer centric (outside-in), and continuously improve (inside-out). To rapidly adopt disruptive technologies and effectively automate operations, they must be decision driven from strategy to operations. Trisotech is leading the charge in enabling the Digital Enterprise of the future.

Currently, Trisotech is catering to an expansive clientele, spanning over 170 countries around the world. Trisotech also has Success Programs to help organizations get started on the right path. These programs include short-term subscriptions to various product configurations and direct help and mentoring from Trisotech experts. In the upcoming days, Trisotech plans to continue disrupting Financial Services (FINTECH), Healthcare Information Technology (HIT) and Public Sector industries as well as manufacturing, agriculture, insurance, energy, distribution, and other notable sectors with its revolutionary approaches as it expands its own digital footprint even further

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Each enterprise must seek its own path to Digital Transformation. Customizing solutions that cater to the client’s specific needs is a Trisotech specialty. Trisotech is guided by the philosophy of valuing the customer above all. The team at Trisotech is cognizant of the differences in the needs and demands of potential clients and thus, works relentlessly towards ensuring that their solutions and suites are modular and adaptable to the changes in the needs of the clients. “Enterprises should relentlessly be customer-centric in their goals to attract, delight and retain them by understanding the customer’s digital journey” propounds Gagné. “Our Customer Success teams ensure that our customers are in full control of tools to guarantee a successful digital transformation.”

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ROUSING the INNOVATOR Within

Ideating Novelty-Centric Business Ventures

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hey say that 'you are only as good as your last idea.' This means that the greatness and success of you as an entrepreneur will be gauged by the novelty of every idea that you bring to fruition. With the unprecedented development of technology, the need to maintain a competitive edge over one's market opponents has become absolutely indispensable. The skill to ideate unique business enterprises is a coveted one. It is a skill that is possessed by few, but is desired by many.

However, there are ways to create exciting enterprises that are a class-apart from the rest by taking inspiration from the ideas given below:

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Welcome the Era of the Flexible Workspace With the advent and expansion of the world of tech, the goal of working in a flexible workspace has become a reality. New and innovative business ventures can be curated for providing modern workers with a flexible and mobile workspace.

Flexibility will be the cornerstone of such an endeavour right from membership to the duration of use. These workspaces can cater to a vast clientele including individual freelancers, work teams as well as larger companies. Freelancers who prefer to work in the calm of the world outside their homes may benefit most from such an endeavour.

Moreover, the possibility of sharing these workspaces also makes them much more lucrative.

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Editor's Pick

Genome Mapping: The Future of Medicine Genome sequencing laboratories are in rising demand globally. As research in the field of genome medicine expands further, the importance of genome mapping becomes apparent. The future antidote to holistically prevent diseases and personalize therapy is genome mapping. Investing in this budding biotechnological venture is as inspirational as it gets. Genome mapping is currently being used to prevent genetic diseases.

With the expanding investments in these initiatives, they will be used in the future to cure degenerative disease as well as launch targeted immunotherapies by studying the individual's genes. If you are looking for a uniquely novel business investment idea that couples technology with healthcare, then this is your best bet.

Online Education: a la carte The Covid-19 pandemic has made online educational modalities a reality of the concurrent times. You can take inspiration from the expanding online education market and start a venture that is both inspired and unique at the same time. This requires thinking about online education with a different approach the a la carte method. The enterprise would entail subject experts to make educational videos on diverse topics and make them available on a single platform that is accessible to students. Subscription to the platform would entail a minimal charge. The students have the liberty to watch and learn from these videos at their own pace. The subject experts can be hired as freelancers or can be on retainers. To make the idea even more exciting, one can introduce AIempowered interactional learning as well.

ensemble meals would befit all requirements of diverse diets including keto, vegan and whole30 diets. The market for this venture is quite expansive and is exponentially growing and investing in such an idea will prove to be remunerative in the times to come.

Acing the Virtual Assistance Game Another significant trend that can be capitalized in the current market scenario is that of virtual assistance. An enterprise that is dedicated to provide virtual assistance is a unique and inspired idea. Providing virtual assistance to companies can be made into a lucrative venture by curating your technological support infrastructure and virtual assistance team carefully. Several companies desire assistance in their field of operations, especially if they are startups run by novice entrepreneurs. You can use your expertise to provide them with virtual assistance to help them navigate through the waters carefully. The key to the success of this venture is to curate an excellent team of virtual assistants, with a well-balanced diversity in their individual fields of knowledge.

This will help you cover more ground and make the venture more successful.

Be Prepared for All Disasters Another unique and inspired idea that is more than appropriate for the year 2020 is the curation and sales of disaster and emergency preparedness kits.

Preparedness in the case of an emergency, especially a natural disaster is essential. But this can be a daunting task. These kits can be crafted for any disaster potentially anticipated by the client.

Execution is as Potent as Ideation Prepped Dietary Meals The dietary revolution has gripped the world like never before. Compared with the colossal rise in the demand for skillfully crafted diets, the number of providers of such diets are quite few. An inspirational and innovative business venture can be created to provide prepped meals for each dietary category. This would ease the trouble of the clients who usually have to go through the numerous aisles of a supermarket, trying to look for the perfect meal ingredients. These prepped, The 10 Most Innova ve Business Automa on Companies of 2021

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All these ideas are inspired and unique, but what really distinguishes a venture is the execution of an inspired idea. Ideation is a necessary process in creating a successful business venture, but it has to be accompanied by a committed execution strategy. Each of the aforementioned ideas is novel, but the real potential of an idea can be brought to fruition by a dedicated team and an inspired leader.

These two prerequisites must always be fulfilled to guarantee prosperity in any business venture

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ADVANTECH Fueling the Automated American Transfiguration

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he manufacturing landscape has witnessed a revolutionizing change over the course of the by-gone decades. With the IT revolution and the corresponding growth of the informatics sector, manufacturing has lost its strategic position.

However, the sector remains a crucial determinant of the economic standing of any country. As this sector braces for a renewed, automated future of growth, the position of certain key players have altered. Today, the US is no longer the manufacturing powerhouse in the world as it used to be.

Advantech is a leading brand in IoT intelligent systems, Industry 4.0, machine automation, embedded computing, embedded systems and many other core sectors which are at the heart of the American economy. The corporate vision embodied by the venture is simplistically expressed as - Enabling an Intelligent Planet and working towards bringing manufacturing back to America with the most advanced automation solutions in the world.

Curating a Staged Growth Trajectory Advantech partners with clients through three phases to help them realize the boundless potential of the automation revolution. To facilitate smart manufacturing, Advantech implements the use of iFactories and iMachinery. Ÿ In the first phase of the implementation of equipment connectivity, devices, machines, production lines and factories are connected to a central system. Data transparency as well as information visualization is central to this initial stage. Ÿ In the second phase, data collection and integration, as well as value-added products and services are introduced for smart manufacturing services. Ÿ The final phase of intelligent innovative services is the enabling of intelligent machinery and big data analysis. Companies realize the power of automation by using the big data to predict the failure rate of machines, products and build a truly self-governing factory in the future.

An Unwavering Commitment

Cloud-Based Brilliance for IIoT Solutions

Led by Dr. Allan Yang, Advantech’s Chief Technology Officer, the team has worked relentlessly to create value for customers and humankind alike. The unwavering motivation to excel emerges from the drive to effectively win back the manufacturing crown for America through the establishment of industry 4.0.

Advantech is inspired by the belief that automation- led by Industry 4.0- can become a golden bridge between manufacturing and delivering world-class products. Innovation has been the central tenet for the firm ever since its inception. It believes that by merging with the innovative industrial cloud service business model, the third wave of the digital revolution has officially kicked off to successfully transform industries.

Advantech uses a data-driven architecture incorporated with cloud platform service technologies as its core to create the WISE-PaaS industrial cloud platform. The platform can move across multiple clouds and it offers flexible expansion, multi-tenancy, superior reliability, multiple database services, AI model training and deployment framework services, visualization services for dashboards, and multi-level data security/management services. This allows Advantech and its partners to swiftly deploy a variegated range of IIoT solutions for clients.

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Fueling Efficiency through Automation Advantech helps clients augment their potential and achieve unmatched feats of success by helping them effectively adopt automation including robotics, video inspection equipment, etc. that in turn help curb the use of manual resources. By connecting the machines to the cloud, real-time status monitoring and supervision is simplified.

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IIoT solutions must be able to integrate the collection of industrial equipment data based on a variety of standards with edge device management, wireless communication, and data analysis

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Resulted-Oriented Methodology

The sensors can be effectively implemented to perfect the final product. Advantech has installed these technical changes in its own plants as well as those of its clients. It has documented proof that since 2016, their production value has increased by 16.9% and it has reduced energy consumption by 7.8%. Additionally, the innovative touch of automation has helped them increase the machine utilization in an average of 15%.

SRP Launch Currently, Advantech is in the process of announcing the co-creation of IoT Solution Ready Packages (SRPs) which involves co-creating with various domestic and international companies.

These SRPs can then be installed by system integrators at the client site. Eventually, IIoT industry chains will be formed as SRPs become established as comprehensive field solutions.

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As a visionary enterprise that is based on insight into the social, technology and science, the firm can position itself at the forefront of the technical revolution. The sole goal of the enterprise is to deliver cogent results to their clientele. This avowed faith in an outcome-oriented approach has earned the enterprise the title of being a rusted partner on this journey for its varied clientele.

Future Calling Advantech is not circumscribed by the limits of any individual market. After two consecutive years of unparalleled growth, Advantech is helming the reigns of global innovation and is among the top-league of companies in North America. Today, the venture has over 8,000 employees all over the world and its sales are a reflection of its true strength. Advantech is currently catering to a diversified clientele across the world including firms in the ace manufacturing countries like China and Europe

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Inspirational

LEADERSHIP Aspire to

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nly a few individuals are gifted with the ex tr ao r d in ar y co v eted capability of inspiring others and bringing about a positive change in someone's life. When inspirational leaders take over an organization, there remains absolutely no barrier to success. They infuse people with high levels of motivation and that coupled with a clear vision lights up the pathway for the future.

Additionally, an organization that is headed by a leader who inspires, also benefits from the positivity amongst the employees and the conducive work atmosphere so created where productivity is maximized. Now, what distinguishes an ordinary leader and an inspirational one are the qualities and traits found in the latter which can largely be summed up as: www.theleadersglobe.com

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Leadership

1. Supremacy to Values There is a strong sense of purpose that is found among inspirational leaders. They lead upfront and no matter what situation they have to confront, they uphold their values and don't cave under the pressure. Inspirational leaders do not compromise upon their values in order to achieve a favorable outcome because they are well-aware of the long-term consequences of such actions. People might despise them for taking the high road but in the longer run, they choose to be righteous and that is what sets them apart from the crowd.

2. Continuous Growth Inspirational leaders stop at nothing. They fully understand the value of personal development and growth and therefore throughout their lives they continue to imbibe knowledge and expertise that can help them in the future.

Furthermore, they recognize and acknowledge their weaknesses so that they don't become a barrier in the path to greatness. They take the necessary steps to overcome those weaknesses.

Holistic development is their aim. Leading by example, they inspire hundreds of employees working with or under them to continue the process of growth throughout their lives by investing in their own true potential.

3. Promote Inclusion Another valuable trait found amongst such leaders is their love for inclusion and promoting diversity. These leaders work best with their teams and ensure the growth of their team members alongside their own development.

They give credit for work and are constantly motivated by the achievements scored by their team. A healthy atmosphere is fostered where everyone is given space and creative freedom to perform to the best of their strengths, everyone is free to give their opinions and criticize what they feel is not best suited to the needs of the company. This helps the company grow even further as the is a room for improvement is detected and filled by the employees themselves.

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4. Innovation is Their Hallmark Inspirational leaders are gifted with the unique quality of thinking outside the box and crafting novel innovations. They encourage everyone in their team to do the same because creativity and innovation is the only way forward. The benchmark of innovative leadership is to provide customers with unanticipated surprises.

Somethings might not turn out to be as successful as estimated but these leaders are not afraid to take that risk, because it is only after taking certain risks that something great be truly achieved. Although even while doing so, they evaluate the pros and cons of a potentially risky step as the weight of responsibility levied on them is great. Innovation is something that truly holds the power to inspire everyone around.

5. An Employees’ Leader An inspirational leader always holds his or her employees as their topmost priority. They make sure that employee satisfaction is at the highest and understand that it is eventually the team that leads you forward. They listen to the problems of their team members and try to put themselves in their shoes and empathetically come up with solutions. Moreover, what is commonly seen is that such leaders take responsibility for any kind of unsuccessful result whereas give full credit to their team for the successes achieved. This is the most admirable quality in a leader as it truly shows who they are. They always place their employees above their own self.

These traits are essentially found in almost every inspirational leader alongside several others.

Inspirational leaders are a gift to any organization as they turn the entire company around and make it reach new heights of success. The aura that they hold is unmatchable and the influence that they wield is beyond imagination. Almost every company's success depends on the person who leads their talented team, and when there is an inspirational leader, the team is inspired and works to optimize their potential. While inspirational leadership is not something that everyone can showcase but the one we can all still try and imbibe certain qualities of such leaders to be better individuals www.theleadersglobe.com

Key Person

Company

Dr. Allan Yang CTO

Advantech www.advantech.com

Mark Botos President

Swapnil Agarwal CEO

Company Description

Aerotech designs and manufactures the highest performance motion control, positioning tables/stages, and positioning systems for our customers in industry, government, science, and research institutions around the world

Aerotech www.aerotech.com

Automation Systems www.automationsystems.org

Dr. Amrinder Arora - CEO, Bob Cofod -President and Elena Correas - SVP

BizmerlinHR

Michael E. Locher CEO & Founder

Enterprise Integration

Michael Haas VP

FerRobotics Compliant Robot Technology GmbH

Amit Singh Founder

www.entint.com

www.ferrobotics.com

IT solutions that help you achieve effortless IT through big data, automation and artificial intelligence-100% U.S. Based Managed IT Services Provider

FerRobotics is a world leader in the development and sale of sensitive and intuitive robotic equipment.

Kofax Inc. is an American process automation software provider with international headquarters in Irvine, California

KOFAX INC www.kofax.com

Krag Automation www.kragautomation.com

Amol Gulhane CEO & Co-Founder

Robolab Technologies

Denis Gagné CEO and CTO

Trisotech.

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Automation Systems has a team of industry's most qualified technocrats and specialist engineers who bring in vast experience and expertise for providing optimal engineering solutions.

BizMerlinHR uses an AI-centric approach to deliver automated solutions to HRM concerns

www.bizmerlin.com

Reynolds C. Bish CEO & Member of Board of Directors

Advantech is a leading brand in IoT intelligent systems, Industry 4.0, machine automation, embedded computing, embedded systems and many other core sectors which are at the heart of the American economy

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Krag Automation and Krag Touch Switches take up the challenges of innovation in the automation field to respond to the market needs as a diversified and multifaceted manufacturing company in India

Robolab is an on campus, Centre of Excellence in Robotics, IoT, AI, RP and Industrial Automation

Deliver the Digital Agile Enterprise by enabling Business and IT to harness and orchestrate disruptive technologies in an intuitive visual way

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Invigorating World the

SUSTAINABLE

TECHNOLOGIES

That Will Carve the Future

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he world is progressing and at what pace! The past decade has been a hub of technological innovations which have changed the very way that we live our lives. But at the same time, a lot of these innovations have depleted the quality and quantity of resources on earth, giving rise to a phenomenal demand for sustainability. Now, the aim of most businesses is not only to prosper, but to contribute towards a better and greener tomorrow. Technological innovations in this domain have been extraordinary and they hold in themselves the power to convert this world into a better place to live.

These innovations are paving the way for a brighter and sustainable future.

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Opinion

1. The Smog Free Project

4. Blockchain

This project primarily represents the need for clean air and is the first smog vacuum cleaner in the world. Built by Daan Roosegaarde, this tower is approximately 23 feet high and is an architectural marvel. It sucks in the polluted air and then through a process of ionization releases back clean air to breathe in. Not only this, this technology also makes small rings out of the smog particles that have been collected over time. Today, this technology is being highly lauded and has received numerous laurels and is currently being used in a number of countries like South Korea, China, Netherlands, Mexico and Poland. It is one technology to look out for as it holds significant promise for the future.

This technology is a relatively new one and is still in the nascent stages of its development, but it offers great potential. It is a distributed ledge system that will broadly promote sustainability by bringing in more transparency in the distribution process. One can ensure that all the products being used come only from fair trade. Moreover, it can also be used as an effective tracker for numerous purposes including the tracking of bins so that they can be changed whenever full.

2. B-Droid: Robotic Bees This is a very smart technology of robotic bees aimed at pollinating crops with almost the same efficiency as the original counterparts. The main use of this technology would be to increase the population of bees on Earth which has been drastically coming down these past few years. All the high labour intensive jobs would be done by these robotic bees. Development of this technology is attributed to the researchers at the University of Warsaw.

3. Plastic Recycling through Pyrolysis Not one but numerous technologies are in place for the recycling of plastic. Every year nearly 260 tons of plastic is used all across the globe giving rise to hefty amounts of pollution. A mere 16% of the total plastic used is recycled, raising alarm amongst everyone. Most of the plastic being used is one that is simply taken, made and then disposed. The plastic industry itself has now decided to intervene and move away from this approach. Out of the numerous options available, one that has been the most successful is pyrolysis that uses heat in the absence of oxygen to convert all plastic waste into liquid livestock, this is not only beneficial for the environment, but also proves to a be a boon economically.

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5. Autonomous Greenhouses Artificial intelligence is the future for all aspects of our lives and agriculture is no exception. With the help of AI-powered technologies, autonomous greenhouses have been constructed that have been yielding the best of results. As of now, autonomous greenhouse is only at its natal stage, but it is expected that with time it will ease the process of horticulture and reduce the usage of resources as well as complex management procedures. Not only this, the crops grown with the help of this technology will be more nutritious and infused with vitamins, leading to better health for human beings.

Sustainability is the ultimate goal of every project because simply becoming technologically advanced is no longer enough. Organizations like the UN are also promoting sustainability as a goal and believe that everyone has a role to play. It is not about bringing in enormous changes all at once, rather it is about changing your lifestyle bit-by-bit.

The above mentioned technologies are the ones which have the power to significantly impact our tomorrow, but at the same time, these are not all.

Colossal amounts of effort are also being put in for the development of electrical vehicles both for public and private use that could have momentous and far reaching impact on the environment. It would be right to say that there has never been a greater push in the world for sustainability and rightly so, we are moving in the right direction and hopefully, better sooner than later we will achieve a healthier life for both the planet and its inhabitants

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AEROTECH Dedicated to the Science of Motion

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ll efforts of the humans are aligned in one direction, how to get the maximum productivity with the least of efforts required. Automation is something that does exactly that where it creates and applies several technologies that require minimal human intervention and does the job with a hundred percent accuracy. Today, in almost every industry, the domination of automation is noticeable to a very large extent. Aerotech is a pre-disposed leader in the world of designing and manufacturing the highest performance motion controllers, positioning stages, and automation systems for its consumers. Aerotech provides its services to the innumerable sectors in the markets and helps them flourish and perform better in their respective arenas. They never shy away from business investments irrespective of the fluctuations and at the same time have an unwavering focus on employee productivity, development and retention.

The Erudite and Perspicuous Leader The leader behind this behemoth organization is Mark Botos who serves as the President of Aerotech. He is an ingenious mind with a distinctive vision towards industrial automation aiming to transform it in the right direction. Under his discretion, the company has done exceedingly well in all the sectors and the R&D wing of the organization in particular has worked day and night to ensure that all the present and future requirements of the customers are met aptly.

Mark’s cornerstone has always been to make certain of the fact that consumers around the world are satisfied with the services being offered and that the organization provides a strong value proposition to employ an Aerotech solution.

The Meticulous Conglomerate Aerotech is an organization that pays attention to even the minutes of details and curates only the best. The control and precision motion products are the hallmarks that have been mastered by this magnanimous organization. This organization believes in the spirit of stopping at nothing less than perfection and till date continues to break boundaries, set new records and make groundbreaking discoveries and products.

The Roadway to Triumph Today Aerotech is one of the most renowned organizations in the entire market for automation, it dominates globally. But the organization that we see today had to stumble on various rocks and was replete with innumerable struggles before reaching where it is now. 50 years ago, this ingenious organization was founded and since then Aerotech has designed and manufactured several customengineered motion control solutions for companies and industries spread all across the globe. This organization has never deterred from quality and thrived in even the most difficult of circumstances and environments.

The services offered by Aerotech are unified and such that appeal to the consumers. New product development projects are also undertaken time and again to deliver to the needs to the customers.

Research and development are two of the most important assets of this organization and it has always upheld it in the highest virtue. Not only this, once the sale is completed, Aerotech makes certain that the consumer is satisfied with the product and takes a follow-up to ensure that there are no glitches in the working of the technology.

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Aerotech also employees only the most skilled individual and invests heftily in the timely upskilling of all its employees to ensure that they are well-versed with the know-how of the new technology and trends. This ensures that the production process is extremely smooth and that the client gets a collaborative, open and hassle-free ideal solution.

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components in contrast to the others available options in the market. The result is an out of this world product that is exceptionally robust, precise and operates with the maximum accuracy.

Moreover, the production is always done keeping in mind the needs and desires of the consumers.

Every product is engineered and ideated in a way that there is no room for either error or complaint.

Custom and semi-custom options are also made available to the clients.

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connectivity of the components in order to ensure proper monitoring as well as maintenance of the entire process. Aerotech has accorded the automation industry over the years and is still continuing to contribute by investing lump sum amounts into the arena of technology development so as to improve the overall functioning and help industries all around the world to better their efficiency

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he technological revolution has elevated the competitive bar for innovation. Constant novelty-based development in the technological sphere has managed to keep the world on an ever-expectant mode. Apart from the unparalleled developments in the fields of Artificial Intelligence (AI), Machine Learning (ML), IoT, blockchain technology, the trend that has grasped the interest of many field experts including Gartner is hyperautomation. It has emerged as a potent force to be reckoned with during the course of the innovative drive of 2019-20. The augmenting implementation of hyperautomation has effectively revolutionised the world of business and industrial standards have been altered beyond recognition since the adoption of this indispensable principle.

automating tasks that were once performed by humans. Hyperautomation has furthered this agenda with an added dosage of vigour. Robotic Process Automation (RPA) can be termed as the initial stepping stone to achieve a more expansive understanding of hyperautomation. This is augmented further with AI, process mining, analytics, and other advanced tools.

The drive for automation has accompanied the need to adopt digital transformation strategies.

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Hyperautomation has marked the shift from a task-based automotive drive to a process-based automotive drive. It is committed to the application of various advanced technologies that have emerged and flourished in the course of the last decade. Hyperautomation effectively streamlines the application of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) in business models to efficiently automate and optimise the operative processes.

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Stretching the Boundaries of Automation Hyperautomation operates to expand the breath of automation. It goes over and beyond the now conventional strategies of automation. This technology has avenged the coveted accolade of being the leading tech trend not once, but twice in a row. The goal with this ever-diversifying tech trend is to attain automation at the level of the business ecosystem. Unlike most accepted understandings of automation, this process was not created with the intention of circumventing human involvements, rather it was created with the agenda of keeping humans in the loop.

Hyperautomation: Operative Goals As knowledge work is automatised, an integrative approach is needed to maximise benefits from such transformative processes. The goal of hyperautomation is singularly defined as the attainment of collaborative intelligence. The ground reality of applying hyperautomation would resemble a joint endeavour between human employees and Machine Learning software, to create a system conducive for AI-enabled decision making.

Cost and Error Reduction: Hyperautomation brings together several components of process automation, integrating tools and technologies that amplify the ability to automate tasks.

Hyperautomation works with AI, ML, Natural Language Processing (NLP), AI computer vision, and Intelligent Optical Character Recognition (OCR) to enable robotic systems augment their knowledge. It enables them to see, read, and process more work efficiently.

A u t o m a t e d P r o c e s s D i s c o v e r y To o l s : Hyperautomation is accompanied by advanced analytics that diagnose the operative business model to expose the arenas that need to be automated to reduce errors and unnecessary revenue losses. Automated process discovery tools of hyperautomation systems assess the working teams of an enterprise to suggest the best optimisation strategies.

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Integrated Transformation: An integrated approach is central to the adoption of hyperautomation. The enterprise needs to involve not just the traditional RPA developers, but also the various business analysts and subject matter experts associated with the brand.

Benefits of Hyperautomation Enhancing Operational Efficiency: The process of hyperautomation secures its primary goal of reducing error margins while boosting speed and efficiency of the system. It helps use the boon of technology to optimise our benefits and at the same time cut unnecessary costs of businesses and boosts their operational efficiency.

All-Empowering Tech: Hyperautomation imbues robotics with an unparalleled integrative drive, improving its application for the effective digital transformation of an organisation. It empowers all members of the organisation. Each member is integrated into the transformative process- thereby allowing people and robots to automate together.

Tailored Solution for Large-Scale Mechanisation: Hyperautomation is an indispensable tool for those firms that are undertaking automation on a largescale. It helps them not only discover automation opportunities but also measure the ROI.

A Force to be Reckoned with Hyperautomation is the need of the hour for all business models that hope to thrive in the diversifying and rapidly mechanising industry.

Adopting AI, ML, RPA, and other emergent technologies will not be sufficient, unless a complete overhaul of the system is achieved. The key is not merely integrating automation into the existent business model but rather integrating it well. End-to-end workflows can be automated with the use of hyperautomation. The tools of a hyperautomated system are unmatched by the elementary strategies of mechanisation.

Embracing the tech revolution begins with the implementation of this strategic principle. To maintain their competitive edges, firms will eventually have to adopt hyperautomation

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BizMerlinHR Synthesizing Automated HR Solutions

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he by-gone decades have witnessed an overhaul of the established HR systems.

They have effectively transformed themselves into highly engaging, communicative, and intelligent systems through a process of reinvention. Integrating automation into the HRM systems has emerged as the key to success. The AIbased solutions procured by BizMerlinHR enhances the growth of organizations while assisting them to stay ahead of the curve in their respective industries. The allure of the BizMerlinHR AI system works to effectively transform a regular company into a supercharged one. The AI-centric approach embodied by BizMerlinHR allows customers to optimize their decisions in all aspects of their HRM process including hiring, allocating, goal setting, training, retaining, etc.

The Brilliance behind this Ingenious Venture Dr. Amrinder Arora, CEO of BizMerlinHR instrumentalized his expansive experience in the field of Artificial Intelligence to curate BizMerlinHR. Dr. Arora aces multiple roles with utmost precision and ingenuity. He has secured accolades for designing an AI powered Risk Targeting System that screens millions of transactions as well as synthesizing an award-

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winning intelligent transportation system for a major seaport. Apart from being an Algorithm and AI expert, Dr. Arora has also penned multiple books in the field of AI and is also an adjunct faculty member teaching graduate classes on Artificial Intelligence and Algorithms at the George Washington University.

The Company President, Bob Cofod has helmed multiple initiatives in combating fraud in the financial services sector, for both commercial banks and credit unions. Elena Correas, SVP (Strategy) for BizMerlinHR has garnered unmatched expertise through her decade-long experience in the field of social entrepreneurship, non-profits and intergovernmental organizations.

Incomparable Plethora of Services BizMerlinHR’s highly automated solutions include Employee Records, Easy on Boarding, Leave Management, Instant Feedback, Performance Reviews, Applicant Tracking System (ATS), Goal Management, Skill Management, Payroll among others. Some of the most outstanding offerings of the BizMerlinHR system are: The system recommendation feature is a uniquely designed tool that helps clients bid adieu to their recruitments woes as this feature allows interviewers to enter their comments for each candidate and auto-generates a system recommendation for the candidate. Ÿ Auto-Skill Matrix is another novel and indispensable offering from BizMerlinHR systems. It enables the organization to identify, list, measure and analyze the relevant skills for the entire workforce by automatically calculating the competency levels based on mutual feedback, assessments and training efforts. It is instrumental in identifying the location of valuable expertise in an organization, in ascertaining whether that expertise is strategically positioned to face the challenges of business, and in ideating how to

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maintain that human capital advantage.

The Company Wall feature of the BizMerlin system inspires team members to give feedback to each other. This helps the organization reinforce its core values, identify experts, recognize progress as well as curate a distinctive cultural ethos. Ÿ Feedback is the key ingredient in concocting the success potion. Through the Wall of Fame feature any employee or manager on the BizMerlin system can leave feedback notes for any other employee on an easily viewed common “wall”. The system is designed with several fun and upbeat features that make using the interface pleasurable. It allows users to “like” people’s comments, to share them on personal walls; create customized notifications, and also use emojis.

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feats of success secured by the venture have been made plausible due to its relentlessly devout and talented team members. Every employee has an interest in the success of the organization, and thereby, an interest in the success of each customer. This cultural ethos aids in increasing the efficiency, reducing costs and improving productivity. The responsive, open, transparent and measurable organizational channels of communications invariably benefit the employees. Thus, this novel management style accrues benefits to both.

Mechanizing HRM for the Modern Age According to Dr. Arora, the shift to the knowledge-based economy has necessitated role modifications for the HCM systems. The BizMerlinHR approach is markedly different from other market competitors. It is not solely responsible for the automation of time intensive processes, but also adds ingenuity to their results.

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PREFIGURING AUTOMATION

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ovid-19 Pandemic has come as a tremor which the world wasn't prepared for. The unprecedented lockdowns have redefined the way companies operated. Overburdened Management, employees or, housewives with no housemaids, all are rushing towards technology and labor-saving devices to their rescue.

Automation was anyway gaining headways worldwide. But as organizations grapple with strained resources and uncertain markets, they are adopting Robotic Process Automation (RPA), rapidly, to seam through the demanding customers, streamlining operations, and reducing costs.

From Appliances→Kiosks→Robots, the journey has been hasty. One of the sources says India stands at no. 18 in the list of 25 countries showing readiness for Automation, and the Indian Industrial Automation Market is expected to grow at a CAGR of 11.6% during 2017-2023. But the global numbers are promising with three-quarters of organizations falling under the piloting or have already automated at least one business process.

While we wait and watch for the events to turn out in the coming year and wait for the numbers to reflect positivity on charts, let us look at some quick pointers, indicating what it needs for any Industry to be Automation ready.

Why Automation? → Reduced operation Cost New automation techniques, such as RPA and cognitive technologies, are having a transformative impact. By automating manual and repetitive tasks, successful operations centers are reducing costs by 30 to 60 percent while increasing delivery quality.-source Mckinsey & company December 2019. → Improved Accuracy and on-time delivery → Reduced cycle time → Improved Deadlines and quality of service → Enhanced customer experience → Remote problem resolutions www.theleadersglobe.com

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Identify potential for Automation- Is your business customer-centric or Process centric?

Compare your operations cost now and after automation based on what business you are in and the level of maturity your processes have.

How well do your company vision and strategies align with the kind of Automation you plan?

Are your Business processes well defined?

Analyze the risks involved in introducing Automation to any of your business processes.

Is your Team enabled, both technically and psychologically to drive and cope up with Automation?

Analyze the associated costs involved with automating and required training.

What will change once you decide to Automate: Manpower will need to learn new skills.

Organization Restructuring may be required.

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Decide Which Business processes to begin with.

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can be the initiator. Once you freeze on the processes that need automation all you need is : Detailed process Analysis→Process Map→ Blue Print →Development Plan.

Most recommended by industry experts is to plan the Automation for one of the whole business processes at once to evaluate the business value and ease of implementation.

Business Impact Technology is fluid, and continuously evolving across the world. Any organization going ahead with automation must adopt a comprehensive yet flexible approach, that is open to a variety of solutions from mixed platforms. Since Artificial Intelligence is storming ahead with marvelous solutions in almost every business process, keeping it unbarred is advisable.

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About The Author

The Human Impact

Bhara Thakur has over a decade of professional experience in Behavioral Assessments, Execu ve Coaching, and Human Resources Consul ng. She has extensively facilitated about 50 Management workshops and trained more than 200, middle, Senior Management, and C-suite execu ves from various client organiza ons, within India and Bangladesh. Bhara has a Master's degree in Personnel Management from Pune University and has completed an Execu ve MBA from IIM Kolkata. She has been trained for Predic ve Index Management Workshops by PI Worldwide, Boston, USA, and in the Selling Skills Assessment Program by PI Worldwide, Florida, USA.

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Reaction and resistance to any change introduced are but human. So how will your employees react to the automation of processes? While this has been my subject of utmost interest and a decade of experience with it, it certainly is a matter which deserves focused attention from the management and use of science.

Every personality reacts to the change differently. while some may be vocal, some resent, some complain, some are charged up with innovation and technology, and of course the worriers.

Imagine sales managers disappointment when he does not get to meet his prospects in person or a data processor who is used to a well defined, structured, or organized work environment suddenly is shaken by a fluid surrounding. While these reactions are transitional, a communication and clear people strategy to introduce change to the different sets of personalities within the organization promises a swift sail without any grapevines or misconceptions about the management

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AUTOMATION Automating Our Homes with the Best of Technology!

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ome is a place that we like to call our very own and for this valued possession we want only the best. With the advancements in technology, today the homes have become highly modular offering a wide plethora of conveniences. Automated tools have become the new normal in the housing and manufacturing lines. Krag Automation, an organization unique in its very essence was formed out of extreme love for advanced technology and the desire of the owners to have a home that offers exciting yet convenient prospects of life, forming the perfect amalgamation with the smart home technology for your dream home. These smart home technologies become the companion you need the most in the fast-paced life of today serving the dual role of functionality and luxury.

The Prescient Personage Behind This Endeavor The man responsible for laying the foundation of this prestigious organization is Mr. Amit Singh. He is a man who likes to dream big and then convert those dreams into reality. Founding this organization from scratch, he had a clear vision and all his efforts were aligned towards the fulfillment of that very vision -to enrich the lives of people with the help of the technological advancements.

For him, it has always been about the consumer, to keep them at the center stage and then make everything revolve around them. His motto is “Upgradation and Innovation” and through this he aims to reach and positively touch the lives of as many people as possible.

Mr. Singh has secured a BBA Degree from Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh and has completed his MBA Degree from G.H Raisoni University in Nagpur. During the days of his education itself, Mr. Singh realized that technology is the key to an easier and more convenient life and therefore he coupled technology with his dedication and hard work and curated one of the best organizations in home automation- Krag.

Ascendancy of Krag Automation and Krag Touch Switches Krag works as a two-fold organization offering distinctive services to make your homes more functional and aesthetic. When you make use of Krag products you are assured of: Ÿ Replaceable Warranty for 2 years Ÿ Practical and Easy Usage Ÿ Shock Proof and Safe Products Ÿ Retrofit Wires Ÿ Energy Conscious Ÿ Dual Light System for ON/OFF Ÿ Luxurious Products Ÿ Multiple People Usage with Proper Access Ÿ Convenient Size Ÿ Customization Ÿ Reliable and Durable Ÿ Child Lock Provision The products offered by Krag are truly a class apart and all the above features are taken care of in their highest virtue.

Upholding Ethicality and Environmental Responsibility Krag as an organization is extremely diversified and multi-faceted. Innovation is its hallmark and all the needs of the Indian market are taken care of by this firm. Moreover, the switches that are offered

by Krag are completely compatible with the already existing wiring in either the commercial space or a residential one. This frees you from the obligation of changing the wiring and makes the process of installation an instantaneous one.

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Research indicates that we waste tons of plastic every year and only about 21% of the plastic created is either recycled or incinerated. That makes the amount of accumulated plastic around a whopping 79%. Plastic is then responsible for numerous environmental problems and environmental degradation. With Krag, you can consciously buy a product that is both ethical and has been made by keeping the environment as the top most priority.

Spiriting Further with Vigor and Passion

Making A Difference in the World The mission of Krag is to Conceptualize, Design, Manufacture and Support these products that are state-of-the-art, while continuously striving for the highest quality in the same. They wish to upgrade their own products time and again so that any glitch or error can be improved timely and people can be bestowed with the best of services. The vision on the other hand is to be one of the leading brands in the home automation sector and curate products that enrich the lives of the people with technology.

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Krag is an extremely professional origination with employees having expertise in all arenas related to home automation. In the long run, Krag has the aim of extending its services all around the world and penetrate the markets with competitiveness and a passion to improve the lives of people. At Krag, they wish to effectively apply the technological advancements taking place in the world so as to make the lives of people easier and more convenient

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Future INCIPIENT 2 0 2 1 Trends for

s we welcome the New Year with the promise of a better future, we are also set to embrace the myriad changes it brings to the world of business. The upcoming months of 2021 are set to revolutionize the world of commerce in an unprecedented manner. The bygone year was colored in the hues of AI and Machine Learning, but 2021 promises the improvement of the existing technologies while also launching several innovative and novel others for the augmented enhancement of our digital futures. The following trends will dominate and restructure the world of business like never before:

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The Internet of Behaviors (IoB) is a rising trend that will expansively takeover the market in the upcoming months of this year. Various companies and corporations are already exploiting the distinctive promise of this technology by effectively monitoring customer trends and behaviours and predicting their future consumption patterns. IoB combines the technical feats secured by humans over the bygone decade into one comprehensive tool kit. Tools like location tracking, big data, and facial recognition are all combined to develop the formidable IoB platform that offers enterprises enhanced accuracy in tailoring their products and services according to the predicted needs of the customers.

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2. Intelligent Composable Business The Intelligent Composable Business trend is all about taking advantage of the packaged business capabilities. ICB is created to combine together the different aspects of managing a business, thereby simplifying the process of supervision. It can be developed through both in-house efforts as well as outsourcing. The goal is to ensure better access to changing data, improve the decision-making process, and ensure prompt application delivery.

3. The Rising Hybrid Cloud 2020 was all about the cloud. Digitization was the nodal point for the by-gone year. However, this digitization process is set to undergo novel improvements in the concurrent year. This year will be all about the ingenuity of the hybrid cloud model. The convenience of the hybrid cloud has amplified its appeal for most business ventures. It helps combine the need for exponential data growth while ensuring security compliance as well as minimizing the privacy concerns. The hybrid cloud assists businesses in striking a harmonious balance between their distinct cloud infrastructural needs. Cloud computing stalwarts like Amazon Web Services (AWS), Google Cloud, Azure, IBM, and others have realigned their focus towards the benefits of the hybrid cloud model.

4. Customer Data Platforms Enterprises face a substantial dilemma in trying to intelligibly format consumer data that has been gathered from multiple sources. To counter this woe, Customer Data Platforms or CDP have emerged as saviors. They help organize fragmented customer data to ensure the optimization of the firm's operations. They also help minimize the extra cost incurred by the firms when valuable datasets are wasted due to their fragmented character. CDPs have been lauded for their ability to organize, tag, and group datasets making them exceptionally valuable.

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especially those outside its perimeter- may be on a rise. In this arena, the cybersecurity mesh trend will be a definite trailblazer. It allows the user to access any digital security asset, irrespective of its location. The conspicuously different offering of the cybersecurity mesh protocol is that it allows people to place a security wall around individuals, instead of the entire organization. Thus, cybersecurity mesh allows the security perimeter to cover individuals who are working remotely.

6. The Expanding World of Quantum Computing Although quantum computing has been revered as a force to be reckoned with for quite some time. In 2021, this technology is set to witness an expanded application in the world of business. Many business ventures will be embracing the decisive power of quantum computing to boost their operational protocols and optimize their outputs.

7. 5G Empire Building The 5G dream will attain its complete fruition in the year 2021. As remote working becomes the norm, the need for a smooth and efficient network connection cannot be emphasized upon enough.

5G will come to realize its full potential as more enterprises embrace this wave of connectivity change. 5G will be especially significant for those ventures that are reliant on the use of IoT. Thus, it is expected that the value of the communications revolution will hit the roof in 2021.

Learning from the inaccuracies of the past and embracing the novel innovations of the future is the only plausible strategy one can ideate. 2020 was a year that left behind a legacy of digital trends and ingenious creations, however, these were mainly responses to the dire crisis that the world was enduring. Conversely, 2021 personifies the promise of tomorrow. It brings us new trends that will help enhance business models and rectify the errors of the past. The aforementioned trends will help boast the productivity as well as the output capacity of firms, marking a decisive change in the world of business

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TECHNOLOGIES The Cybernetic Genie

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he expansion of the world of AI and ML has revolutionized the business arena.

Acquiring adept knowledge about the field and its operational tools has gained preeminence.

Robolab Technologies Pvt. Ltd fulfills one such crucial need of these changing times. It was ideated as an on campus, Centre of Excellence in Robotics, Internet of Things (IoT), Artificial Intelligence (AI), Rapid Prototyping (RP) and Industrial Automation, that delivers tailor-made solutions to their clients.

Robolab is a venture by the alumni of the College of Engineering, Pune (COEP) and is being mentored and supported by BHAU Institute of Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Leadership (BIEL). As an advanced, state of the art platform to explore, learn and build robots and related technologies, the team at Robolab is committed to providing innovative and interactive training by experts consistent with the latest curricula and industry requirements.

The Gregarious Leader Robolab has elevated to unmatched epochs of success under the leadership and guidance of its formidable Co-Founder and CEO, Mr. Amol Gulhane. Amol has completed his B.Tech in Electronics and Telecommunication from the College of Engineering, Pune (COEP). As a firstgeneration entrepreneur and avid roboticist, Gulhane helms the responsibility of igniting the innovative drive of the enterprise. His unabashed leadership style has achieved the accolade of creating the Best Robotics and Automation Company. Mr. Gulhane is a specialist in the domain of digital image processing, embedded programming, design analysis and optimization.

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His expertise in the domain of educational, and defense robots is exceptionally brilliant.

Foundational Canons Robolab flourishes on the core tenets of honing the skillsets of its team members, building a distinctive team culture, and stroking the fires of innovation.

Various novelties in the products and services of the firm are ideated by its esteemed team of professionals, which in turn contributes towards boosting the efficiency, profitability, and productivity of the enterprise.

Optimizing Team Building Robolab's untainted success story is dedicated to the hard work and relentless efforts of its brilliant workforce. This talented team of professionals can easily disrupt any industrial arena they set their eyes upon. The sheer force of skills and the efficacy of their dedicated hard work reflects in the unmatched achievements of the firm. With an eye for detail, this motivated team can overcome any and all obstacles that may be encountered on the path to success.

The Promise of Ingenious Brilliance Robolabs offers a variegated list of robotics and automation laboratory establishments for colleges, universities, and incubation centers.

The AICTE-IDEA (Idea Development, Evaluation & Application) Lab is one of the main platforms offered. Ÿ Robolab has developed an ingeniously holistic package for the Centre of Excellence. The Center Of Excellence Labs are dedicated to: Robotics (COE-R), Internet of Things (COEIoT), Artificial Intelligence (COE-AI), Mechatronics (COE-M), Industry 4.0 (COE-

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I4.0), Rapid Prototyping and Scanning (COERPS), Pneumatics Technology (COE-PT), Vacuum Technology (COE-VT), and Industrial Automation (COE-IA). Ÿ These services are complemented by a Faculty Development Programs (FDP) and a Research and Development (R&D) as well as Consulting, Guidance, and Mentorship programmes. Ÿ For Schools, Robolab offers the Atal Tinkering Lab, a (DIY) Lab, Robotics Lab, Internet of Things (IoT) Lab, Artificial Intelligence (AI) Lab, and a Rapid Prototyping Lab. Ÿ For the Industrial, Defense and Research Organizations the Research and Development Consulting and Product Development programmes are organized by the firm. Ÿ

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Innovative Novelty to Counter the Pandemic In order to cogently recalibrate their response to the pandemic-disrupted world, Robolab has ideated a set of new offerings and services including: 1. AICTE-IDEA (Idea Development, Evaluation & Application) Lab: In order to encourage students to apply for STEM courses that deliver enhanced hands-on experience, through product visualization, the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) has decided to establish AICTE-IDEA Lab in AICTE approved institutions.

2. IoT in a Box: The IoT Learning Box is the ideal solution for university students, providing state-of-the-art, hands-on incorporation of IoT technology in an educational setting.

3. IoT Car: IoT Car is a product that allows users to learn, visualize and implement Internet of Things in fun and engaging manner.

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4. Miniature Industrial Production System (MIPS): MIPS enables the trainees and trainers to acquire adept knowledge in field of Robotics & Automation starting from basic theoretical concepts to advanced applications.

5. Online Course for Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning: this certification program helps individuals fast track their career trajectories.

Accolades Attained Robolab has been accredited with a plethora of awards and recognitions. The National Entrepreneurship Award from Government of India, Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE) has been the greatest professional achievement of the firm. It was named as one of the Top25 Tech Companies in India by Insights Success Media. Robolab is also the Winner of the HOT100 Startup Award by CORE. Moreover, the Founding Team at Robolab Technologies has won the IEEE Pune Section's Industrial, Entrepreneurial Person of the Year 2020 Award

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