Your Automation Strategy is Hemorrhaging Millions – While Competitors Pull Ahead
While Industry Leaders Achieve 24x Cost Reductions with IDC-Validated Intelligent Automation
- Stop data bottlenecks crushing productivity
- Deploy AI automation without coding complexity
- Achieve best-in-class technology that evolves with you
IDC Business Automation Platform MarketScape Assessment
Key research points about the Put It Forward platform:
- Put It Forward delivers orchestration capabilities through a portfolio of technologies supporting both complex and simple automation requirements
- Recognized for "broad set of long-and short-running orchestration requirements, especially where algorithmic decision-making, and affordability is critical"
IDC ProductScape - All Major Automation Vendors Platform Analysis
What You'll Discover in the IDC Automation Report:
- Validated inclusion in global analysis of business automation platforms meeting strict criteria for enterprise readiness.
- Platform assessed across seven critical technology segments with full capabilities coverage required for operational excellence.
IDC ProductScape: Worldwide End-to-End Orchestration Solutions
PIF Among Global Leaders in End-to-End Orchestration
- Put It Forward is recognized by IDC for fully supporting key end-to-end orchestration features required by enterprises.
- IDC ranks Put It Forward with top global leaders, making it a trusted choice for organizations needing robust automation.
IDC Requirements: Next-Generation Business Automation Platforms
Why Fragmented Automation Is Crushing Your Efficiency
1. Integration Nightmare Multiplying Costs
- IDC finds most organizations use disconnected automation, manual workflows, and multiple disconnected technologies, making even basic improvements slow and costly.
- Maintaining and integrating these solutions multiplies tech debt and increases operational drag, not ROI.
2. Competitive Disadvantage Accelerating Daily
- Business automation should drive continuous process improvement, but most teams still operate in reactive mode, chasing manual fixes instead of using data-driven insights to optimize in real time.
- Without capabilities like process mining and real-time performance measurement, competitive opportunities are missed, and automation underperforms.
3. Manual Process Traps Destroying Productivity
- Executives underestimate the cost of lingering manual processes. Over-reliance on human input persists even as AI and automation are available and validated by IDC as mature.
- Each day spent with manual handoffs is a compounding opportunity cost.
The Measurable Cost of Falling Behind
Competitive Loss Calculator:
Competitive Gap Timeline:
- Leaders: Continuous improvement, unified platform, AI-driven insights.
- Laggards: Multiple tools, manual workarounds, no optimization loop.
Industry Leader Comparison:
“IDC data shows that organizations with unified platforms achieve lower cost, reduced error rates, and accelerated time-to-value compared to peers using multiple fragmented technologies.”
5 Critical Executive Mandates - Based on IDC Global Research
These Are NOT Suggestions - They're Business Imperatives
MANDATE #1: Eliminate Fragmented Automation
IDC Finding: "Business automation evolved from fragmented solutions creating complexity and cost"
Executive Action Required: Consolidate to unified platform in 90 days
Put It Forward Advantage: Single platform eliminating integration complexity
Failure Cost: 24x higher operational costs vs. unified approach
MANDATE #2: Adopt AI-First Automation Strategy
IDC Finding: "New operational phase underway as vendors shift to AI-first model"
Executive Action Required: Deploy agentic automation capabilities immediately
Put It Forward Advantage: Native AI-first architecture with agent development
Failure Cost: Competitive obsolescence within 18 months
MANDATE #3: Establish Real-Time Process Optimization
IDC Finding: "Continuous collection and processing of event logs with ML algorithms"
Executive Action Required: Move from manual to algorithmic decision-making
Put It Forward Advantage: Built-in continuous optimization with ML routing
Failure Cost: Permanent efficiency gap vs. optimized competitors
MANDATE #4: Prepare for Digital Labor Revolution
IDC Finding: "AI agents will play an active role in innovating business processes"
Executive Action Required: Build agent-ready process infrastructure
Put It Forward Advantage: Agent development studio with orchestration platform
Failure Cost: Workforce productivity stagnation while competitors scale
MANDATE #5: Deploy Natural Language Development
IDC Finding: "Natural language development will significantly decrease time, effort, cost"
Executive Action Required: Enable business users to create automation without IT bottlenecks
Put It Forward Advantage: Business copilot with natural language generation
Failure Cost: IT bottlenecks preventing business agility
Strategic Assessment:
"Put It Forward delivers orchestration capabilities especially where algorithmic decision-making and routing will be beneficial, and affordability is critical"
Inclusion Criteria Achievement:
- Global Operations: Operations in at least two regions worldwide ✅
- Multi-Technology Platform: Utilizes two or more automation/AI technologies ✅
- Complex Orchestration: Advanced orchestration capabilities ✅
- Human Integration: Human-in-the-loop task integration ✅
- Enterprise Scale: Serving Fortune 500 and Global 2000 clients ✅
Market Position Validation:
- Primary Target Market: 35% customers (250-1,499 employees), 35% customers (1,500-4,999 employees), 30% customers (5,000+ employees)
- Geographic Presence: North America, EMEA and APAC market leadership
- Platform Maturity: Meets all inclusion criteria for global assessment
- Competitive Standing: Among select vendors meeting rigorous evaluation standards
What This Means for You:
- Validated by leading industry analysts as meeting enterprise requirements
- Proven at scale with Fortune 500 implementations
- Strategic investment protection through analyst-backed platform choice
The 5 Rules for Choosing the Right Intelligent Automation Platform
- Demand True End-to-End Orchestration
Select a platform that manages every step from data integration through to decision automation, removing manual work, silos, and technology gaps. - Insist on Native AI and Agentic Automation
Choose a solution built from the ground up with real AI and agent functionality, not bolt-on features. This ensures measurable improvements in speed, cost, and intelligence. - Prioritize Rapid, Low-Risk Deployment
Don’t settle for months of implementation, complex integrations, or slow user adoption. Your platform must deliver results in weeks and guarantee time-to-value. - Require Transparent Measurement & Proof of ROI
Only consider platforms that make ROI tracking simple and crystal clear, so business case justification and optimization are always at your fingertips. - Demand Enterprise-Grade Security and Compliance
Your automation platform should deliver ironclad data protection, audit trails, and compliance features, no exceptions, regardless of complexity or scale.
Risk Mitigation - Every Business Automation Risk... Eliminated
❌ "What if it doesn't integrate with our existing systems?"
✅ IDC validates our "legacy system connectivity" including Apache Kafka intermediaries and comprehensive API support
✅ Guarantee: If we can't integrate within 30 days, implementation is free
❌ "What if the ROI projections are wrong?"
✅ 100% money-back guarantee + IDC research backing 24x cost reduction methodology
✅ Guarantee: If you don't achieve projected ROI in 90 days, full refund
❌ "What if implementation takes too long?"
✅ 37-day average deployment with dedicated success team (vs. industry standard 180 days)
✅ Guarantee: If implementation exceeds 45 days, we pay penalty fees
❌ "What if we can't afford the total cost?"
✅ IDC specifically notes our "affordability" advantage - you can't afford NOT to act
✅ Guarantee: If TCO exceeds projections, we adjust pricing retroactively
❌ "What if leadership doesn't buy in?"
✅ FREE executive briefing with IDC research presentation to secure stakeholder alignment
✅ Guarantee: C-suite presentation with IDC validation and ROI justification
❌ "What if the technology becomes obsolete?"
✅ AI-first architecture with agentic automation roadmap ensuring future-readiness
✅ Guarantee: Platform evolution protection with automatic capability updates
❌ "What if our team can't learn the system?"
✅ Natural language development enabling business users to create automation
✅ Guarantee: 85% user adoption within 60 days or additional training at no cost
Intelligent automation tools focusing on real-time insights drive competitive advantage
“Put It Forward is 3+ years in ahead of any other technology solution in the intelligent automation space. Put It Forward offers a comprehensive capability set needed for the modern digital enterprise to succeed.”
Maureen Fleming - IDC Program Vice President
The Mathematics of Urgency:
"IDC research proves early movers capture disproportionate advantage. Every day you delay costs your organization real money while competitors implement proven solutions. The 90-day window starts when you decide - not when you're ready."
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