--- title: "SAP IT Automation: Improve Quality, and Reduce Costs and Risk" description: The scope for automating SAP IT operations is broad. 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However, improving quality and reducing risks whilst lowering costs have traditionally proven to be difficult. Now, with I&O leaders facing skills shortages and increasing volumes of work, the combination of improving quality and reducing risks whilst lowering costs seems even more difficult to attain. ## Automating SAP IT Operations SAP IT automation can help. SAP I&O teams can implement automation to reduce reliance on people skills, and manage ever-increasing volumes of work. In fact, Gartner predicts 70% of organizations will implement infrastructure automation by 2025. ### SAP IT Automation Outcomes The scope for automating SAP IT operations is broad, and the benefits are far-reaching. Many purpose developed solutions and tools exist. Anyone, or a combination, will provide better efficiency, productivity and cost reductions. - Reduce risk and human error - More consistent outcomes - Better system stability - Increased speed/output. - Improved user and employee satisfaction, and - Reduced overall IT costs ### An SAP IT Automation Option SAP system refresh, for example, is a task-intensive time-consuming process. It requires highly skilled SAP basis engineers and involves following a systematic documented process. By automating the process, several outcomes result. - The need for such highly skilled basis engineers is reduced - Human error is avoided - The process is faster - The quality of refresh is consistent Improved quality and reduced risk at lower costs is achievable. 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