Table 1.

Eight Wastes of Lean associated with situations RPA can avoid.

Lean Waste	Examples RPA ameliorates
Transporting	Data flowing between different departments/systems needs to be more consistent.
Excess Motion	Moving exceedingly to process data between systems/platforms.
Waiting	Stopping workflow waiting for an answer from another department, to be able to finish one determined process.
Overproduction	Workers performing activities that aren't necessary at the moment.
Unnecessary Inventory	Keeping unused documents in the system.
Over Processing	Workers repeating activities, due to previously done errors, or lack of quality in the processing (e.g. missing details); Duplicate work, due to re-entering the same data in the system.
Defects	Processes with similar workflows producing somehow different outcomes.
Skills	Mechanical and rule-based tasks, with zero cognitive actions; Under-utilization of provided tools and systems.