Literature review of decision models for the sustainable implementation of Robotic Process Automation

• Main Author: Patrício, Leonel
• Publication Date: 2023
• Other Authors: Ávila, Paulo, Varela, Leonilde, Cruz-Cunha, Maria Manuela, Pinto Ferreira, Luís, Bastos, João, Castro, Helio, Silva, José
• Format: Article
• Language: eng
• Source: Repositórios Científicos de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (RCAAP)
• Download full: http://hdl.handle.net/10400.22/23224
• topic: Robotic Process Automation (RPA); Sustainability; Decision Models; Literature review; Smart systems

Robotic Process Automation (RPA) is a rules-based system for automating business processes by software bots that mimic human interactions to relieve employees from tedious work. It was verified in the literature that there are few works related to RPA decision support models. This technology is in great growth and, therefore, it becomes important to study the evaluation of the implementation of RPA. The objective of this work is focused on a literature review for the identification and analysis of Robotic Process Automation implementation models. This work analyses some models or studies available in the literature and, in addition, analyses it from a perspective relating to the Triple Bottom Line (TBL) related to environmental, social and economic effects. Regarding the results obtained, it appears that there is still a lot of room to improve research in this field, for example, with regard to the development of an evaluation model for the implementation of the RPA, taking into account the TBL of the sustainability concept.