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Power Automate: automate your processes and boost the productivity of your company

  • Writer: Elise Dejour
    Elise Dejour
  • Aug 22
  • 3 min read

Today, companies are looking to save time, reduce errors and improve their productivity. This is where Microsoft Power Automate takes place. It is a tool that allows you to automate your processes, connect your software and exploit artificial intelligence without being a developer.  


Microsoft Power Automate

What is Power Automate?  


Power Automate is a tool from the Microsoft Power Platform that allows automating repetitive tasks and creating workflows 

 

 

 

 

 

between your different software, without needing to code. Concretely, it is an invisible assistant that executes programmed actions for you, such as for example:  

  

  • Automatically send an email to the customer when their order is shipped.  

  • Update a customer card in the Dynamics 365 Sales CRM when the payment is recorded in Business Central.  

  • Send an email when a file is added  

  • Synchronize data between CRM and ERP, create automatic reminders, etc.  

  

More concretely, for an SME in distribution, receives orders by email. Power Automate can:  

  

  1. Automatically read the email  

  2. Extract the order data  

  3. Create the order in Business Central  

  4. Alert the logistics team on Teams  



Why use Power Automate?  


  1. Save time: No more manual copy-pasting or information re-entry: you can automate everything.  

  2. Reduce errors: Less manual input, therefore fewer human errors, which improves the reliability of data.  

  3. Improve productivity: Employees focus on high value-added tasks rather than on repetitive tasks.  

  4. Optimize collaboration: Information automatically circulates between your different tools (ERP, CRM, SharePoint, Teams...). 


Where does Power Automate fit into the Microsoft ecosystem?  


Power Automate is integrated into the Power Platform, which also includes Power BI (data analysis), Power Apps (creation of custom applications) and Power Virtual Agents (chatbots). It connects naturally to other Microsoft solutions:  

  

  • Business Central (ERP) to automate invoicing, inventory management, etc.  

  • Dynamics 365 Sales (CRM) to trigger marketing or commercial actions.  

  • Teams to send automatic notifications.  

  • SharePoint to organize the documents.  

 

What is the advantage of using Power Automate for your company?  


  • Increased profitability thanks to the reduction of manual tasks.  

  • Agility: easy modification of processes without relying on a developer. 

  • Interoperability: connection possible with more than 500 applications (including non-Microsoft applications).  

  • Compliance and security: native integration with Azure Active Directory for rights and access management.  


Power Automate: for which type of company?  


Contrary to what one might think, Power Automate is not reserved for large companies. Power Automate is suitable:  

  

  • To SMEs that want to automate low-cost tasks such as order management, invoicing, internal communication  

  • To large companies that manage complex processes.  

  • To companies that export and who must centralize and harmonize their data, such as for document exchanges and compliance (electronic billing, logistics tracking, reporting)  

  

In Switzerland, many SMEs in logistics, production and distribution already use it to streamline their internal and external exchanges with customers. 


Security and compliance: a key point for Switzerland  


In Switzerland, data security and confidentiality are essential. With Power Automate, data is hosted in nLPD and GDPR compliant Microsoft datacenters. This therefore ensures that the information remains protected and accessible only to authorized persons. The fine management of access ensures that unauthorized actions are taken.   



What is low code and why there is AI in Power Automate?  


The low code approach is an approach that allows creating automations with little or no code, via an intuitive interface. Power Automate offers artificial intelligence features via AI Builder for, for example: 


  • Automatically extract information from a PDF invoice.  

  • Analyze the feeling of a customer message.  

  • Make automated decisions based on the data received. 

  • A service company uses AI Builder to automatically analyze incoming emails, prioritize requests, and assign them to the right department, all without human intervention.  


How to get started with Power Automate?  


  1. Identify repetitive processes in your company  

  2. List the applications used: Microsoft 365, ERP, CRM or business tools.  

  3. Define a clear goal: save time, reduce errors, improve collaboration etc.  

  4. Do a pilot on a simple process: identify the desired process.   

  5. Be accompanied by a Microsoft certified integrator to configure, secure, and optimize your flows to SMEs as well as large companies to take a step towards intelligent automation. 


 

Power Automate, yes, but with the right partner


Power Automate is a strategic ally for Swiss companies that want to gain efficiency, reduce errors and connect their management tools. Easy to deploy, secure and equipped with AI, it allows SMEs as well as large companies to take a step towards intelligent automation.


Almakom, your partner in Switzerland


We are a Microsoft certified integrator and business application editor, based in Switzerland and France, with clients active in various sectors: medical, transport, logistics, production, distribution, investment banking... 


Our dual role as a software integrator and business solutions editor allows us to support you throughout your project. Our expertise allows our clients to benefit from:  


  • Certified consultants, business experts 

  • Vertical businesses developed to meet your specific needs 

  • A complete support from the consulting phase to the support 

  • Solid references and projects carried out internationally



 
 
 

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