Derobia’s Agentic Process Automation (APA) provides a clear roadmap for AI-driven business transformation — from automating single tasks to orchestrating full workflows, scaling to enterprise AI, and ultimately achieving full business transformation. With APA, organizations can boost productivity, free resources for innovation, and future-proof themselves against AI-native competitors.
What if the biggest risk to your business isn’t to make mistakes with AI – but not doing anything at all?
No matter what your line of business is, it’s certain that, in one way or another, there will be an AI disruption. The challenge for legacy operators is that current processes and operations take up all their resources and limit their possibilities to work on business transformation.
This leaves the business vulnerable to AI-based startups who can dedicate all their efforts to developing a favorable product or service without the same operative baggage.
But fear gets us nowhere. And neither does waiting around doing nothing. What you need is to free the resources to fuel your own business transformation – by improving your productivity.
And that you can start working on right now. This is our road map to business transformation with AI.
But we are already using AI-copilots!
For many in the business realm, the AI journey started with co-pilot solutions. With them we were able to achieve small-scale automation in basic office tasks and within specific apps.
The role of the co-pilot solution was mainly to build awareness and to inspire employees to experiment with AI. Co-pilots were the starting point.
But how much did they actually improve productivity? That is difficult to measure and depends entirely on the user and the task they are used for.
Step 1: Task Automation
Implementation time: 1 Week
The first step towards actual measurable improvement in productivity is automation. Specifically automating individual tasks. We are firm believers in a bottom-up approach to automation. Remember that every process is just a series of tasks.
Think of an email box that receives all customer requests.
- The first task is to recognize who the message is for: is it for sales, customer service or the finance department?
- The second task is to recognize what action needs to be taken
- and third is to perform that task.
Automating any task will lead to an improvement in productivity as now the person responsible for that task can focus on other, more value-adding, work.
Task automation is also fairly simple, quick to implement and provides a measurable improvement in productivity. No matter where you are on your journey, there are probably tasks you could automate.
Step 2: Workflow / Process Automation with AI
Implementation time: 1 Month
But automating individual tasks will only get you so far. The bigger leap in productivity comes from automating an entire process.
This is where Agentic Process Automation (APA) comes in. It’s an AI application that runs entire processes by orchestrating the different task automations. Not only does it recognize the content of the customer’s request, but it also recognizes the corresponding action – and it has the ability to perform said action.
Continuing on our earlier example, it reads the email, understands what it’s about and what needs to be done – and then goes and does just that.
Implementing an Agentic Process Automation is slightly more complicated than task automation, but not my much. And the improvement in productivity? Notable.
Step 3: Enterprise / AI Scale Up
Implementation time: 3 Months
Now then, imagine automating not only one or two processes but multiple processes – and each of them brings about a significant leap in productivity.
At this point, we’re talking about enterprise-level AI adoption that will bring about a major shift in your business productivity.
And it doesn’t require a huge IT-project as you are building up to it incrementally by automating tasks and processes with APA – none of which require an IT-project.
Step 4: Business Transformation
Implementation time: 1 Year
With APA instances handling entire workflows and other APA instances orchestrating those workflows, you will find more and more of your business processes operating automatically.
Once you have reached this point, your entire business has transitioned to the age of AI. The transformation phase is complete, and a new journey begins.
Now the discussions should focus on generating new business, fostering transparency, and driving cultural change – both in your business and society at large. Now you can build the kind of disruption you want to see yourself.
Start your Business Transformation Journey with Derobia
Are you ready to improve your business productivity with Agentic Process Automation and start your journey towards business transformation? Whether you are on your first step or your third, we have the skills and technology to get you where you want to be.
Our team has over 40 years of combined experience in business process automation and AI-driven solutions.
We help you achieve real and measurable business benefits with AI – from defining use cases to delivering complete solutions.
Start your journey with Derobia today!
Frequently Asked Questions About AI Disruption and Business Transformation with Derobia
Why is doing nothing the biggest risk in the age of AI disruption?
Because AI disruption is inevitable across industries. Companies that don’t act leave themselves vulnerable to AI-native startups that can focus fully on innovation without the burden of legacy processes.
Isn’t using AI copilots enough for productivity gains?
AI copilots are a good starting point, raising awareness and encouraging experimentation. However, their impact on productivity is limited and hard to measure. True, measurable gains come from task and process automation with APA.
What is task automation and how fast can it be implemented?
Task automation means automating individual repetitive tasks, such as routing customer emails. It can often be implemented in just one week, immediately freeing up employees to focus on higher-value work.
How does workflow automation with APA go beyond task automation?
While task automation addresses single actions, APA orchestrates entire processes end-to-end. It can understand customer requests, decide the right actions, and execute them automatically, driving significantly higher productivity.
How long does it take to scale AI across the enterprise?
With APA, organizations can move from individual processes to enterprise-wide AI adoption in about three months — without massive IT projects, thanks to incremental deployment.
What happens once AI-driven business transformation is complete?
After one year of APA implementation, most business processes can run automatically. At this stage, focus shifts to new business creation, transparency, and cultural change, enabling companies to shape the disruption rather than just react to it.
