AI & Automation
What is Intelligent Automation?
Intelligent automation combines artificial intelligence (ML, NLP, computer vision) with process automation (RPA, workflow engines) to handle tasks that require both pattern recognition and sequential execution.
Explanation
Traditional process automation (like RPA) can follow rigid, predefined steps but breaks when anything changes. Intelligent automation adds AI on top — so the system can handle variation, make judgment calls, and learn from exceptions. In accounting, intelligent automation handles the 80% of document processing that is repetitive and rule-following, while flagging the 20% of exceptions for human review. This is the practical model most accounting teams adopt: automation handles the routine volume, humans handle the edge cases. The result is a dramatic reduction in manual effort without the brittleness of fully automated systems that fail silently on exceptions.
How Rima relates
Rima's Blueprints implement intelligent automation: they run automatically on every new document batch and route exceptions for human review, so your team focuses only on what needs attention.
Learn about workflow automationRelated Terms
Workflow Automation
Using software to automatically execute a sequence of tasks that would otherwise require manual effort.
Blueprint Automation
A configurable automation for a specific document workflow, built by describing the process in plain language.
Straight-Through Processing (STP)
The percentage of transactions processed end-to-end without manual intervention.
See it in action
Rima automates the manual document workflows accounting teams spend hours on every week.