Agentic workflow automation keeps failing at the same step and it is not the model
Summary
The article argues that failures in agentic workflow automation stem from inaccurate process maps and lack of context in enterprise deployments, not AI model limitations, and suggests process intelligence tools like Celonis and Skan AI as key solutions.
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