HFS on Automation and Process Intelligence

A collection of the latest views of the HFS analyst team on automation and process intelligence.

More HFS Automation and Process Intelligence Research

Market Impact Report

Turn your collection risks into opportunities with digital precision and empathy

Lenders should connect smarter with digital precision and empathetic outreach for stronger recoveries and CX.

Highlight Report

Stop designing chips the old way—use AI for on-time, quality delivery

Verification—the most labor-intensive, risk-prone, costly stage in chip development, should be AI-enabled for on-time launches.

Market Vision Paper

Kill your legacy ServiceNow services model before agentic AI does it for you

More than two-thirds of global ServiceNow implementations stall because delivery models are stuck in a pre-AI era.

Challenger Series

HFS Challenger: Enterprise Minds

Enterprise Minds (EM), Inc., is named an HFS Challenger for its innovation-led approach to legacy service models.

Point of View

Enterprises must prepare urgently as AI will flip the tax and audit models soon

AI will have a major impact on the way services are delivered. HFS researched the effect of AI on tax and audit services.

Highlight Report

Bust out of pilot purgatory with proprietary agentic platforms

CIOs and CTOs must choose between open and closed approaches to build and orchestrate AI agents for value.

Point of View

Turn AI compliance into your competitive advantage with the OneOffice data cycle

Compliance executives waiting on AI legislation to tell them how to behave are already falling behind customer and market needs.

Point of View

Eliminate data debt to unlock the full power of Agentic AI

The biggest barrier to AI success is the weight of legacy systems and outdated processes.

Point of View

PLM must evolve from storage to an innovation and compliance hub in petrochemicals

Petrochemical industry must be a digital command center that connects innovation with compliance and agility with accountability.

Market Impact Report

Tariffs lit the fuse for bold enterprises to automate

Tariffs exposed brittle delivery models, pushing bold enterprises to automate, adapt sourcing, and build resilience.

Point of View

Listen up, telcos: Embrace GenAI to join the newco era

Telecom companies need to rethink their business models and leverage technologies like genAI to move from being telcos to newcos.

Point of View

Flat-rate pricing isn’t rational but psychological—that’s why it wins

Flat-rate pricing wins because it offers peace of mind, not savings—buyers value certainty most.

Hot Tech

HFS Hot Tech: AidenAI

Hot Tech Profile: AidenAI blends AI+digital services, driving AI-driven automation for modernization & greenfield deployments.

Point of View

Enterprises must lead the software-defined auto revolution to drive the future

This PoV explores how enterprise R&D must adapt for the SDVs era, digital innovation, and new mobility business models.

Data Viewpoint

IT service providers in E&U are strong on delivery but struggle to scale innovation

This article talks about customer and partner experience of IT service providers in the E&U industry.

Point of View

Reimagine GCCs as innovation powerhouses—not cost sinks

Reimagine GCCs as innovation powerhouses—not cost sinks.

Point of View

How to avoid agentic sticker shock

Don’t let cheap tokens fool you; true AI agent costs hide in compute, orchestration, APIs, security. Plan now or pay later.

Point of View

Agentic AI is redefining services—now, enterprises must redesign themselves

Across two days of unfiltered conversations, live data, and bold insights, HFS and its attendees uncovered the truth.

Point of View

Digital dinosaurs: Why chemical manufacturers are losing the e-commerce game

This article talks about the Chemical industry's e-commerce channel and its ecosystem challenges with the examples.

Point of View

Cash in on the four collapsing costs of enterprise transformation

AI shifts the economics of enterprise operations through the collapsing costs of code, knowledge work, compute, and organization.

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