Find Your Best Automation Opportunities Fast

Most businesses know they need automation. The problem isn't awareness—it's knowing where to start. Automate the wrong thing and you waste time and money. Automate the right thing and you free up your team to focus on what actually grows your business.

The key is identifying high-impact opportunities quickly. Here's exactly how to do it.

Start With What's Eating the Most Time

Don't guess what needs automation—measure it. The workflows consuming the most hours are usually your biggest opportunities, especially if they're repetitive and follow consistent rules.

Track one week of actual work

Have your team log how they spend their time for five business days. You're looking for tasks that take significant time and happen frequently. Manual data entry, report generation, order processing—these are your targets.

Look for High-Frequency, Low-Complexity Tasks

The best automation candidates are simple tasks that happen over and over. If a process follows the same steps every time and doesn't require creative judgment, it's probably ready for automation right now.

The repetition test

Ask yourself: Does this task follow a consistent pattern? Could I write down the exact steps someone should take every single time? If yes, automation will handle it perfectly.

Prioritize What Causes the Most Pain

Some workflows aren't just time-consuming—they're actively harmful. Tasks that create errors, cause bottlenecks, or frustrate your team should move to the top of your automation list regardless of time spent.

The business impact question

Which manual processes cause the most problems when they go wrong? Customer complaints, revenue loss, compliance issues—these pain points make automation ROI obvious and immediate.

Ready to identify where automation will deliver the biggest impact for your business? Book a free 30-minute assessment and we'll show you exactly where to start.