Nitro released a survey of 239 C-suite executives and 1,100 managers and directors across five sectors in the US, UK and Canada.
Nitro Research Reveals a Widening Gap Between AI Promises and Productivity ↗
What happened
- 84% of executives rate AI in document workflows a high or critical priority, versus 54% of managers and directors.
- 62% of managers report employees spend six or more hours a week on manual document tasks.
- 53% of executives named better AI and automation capabilities as the top factor for switching vendors.
Why it matters to Signicat
- Survey covers document workflows, an adjacent market to Signicat's document identity verification; relevance to Signicat's core identity products is indirect.
- Nitro reports 95% of executives are evaluating or roadmapping document tool consolidation in 2026, which may affect vendor evaluations in adjacent document-heavy buyers.
Evidence from the source (5 quotes)
- “84% of executives rate AI in document workflows a high or critical priority, compared with only 54% of managers and directors” source ↗
- “62% of managers report that employees on their team spend six or more hours a week on manual document tasks” source ↗
- “53% of executives named better AI and automation capabilities as the top factor” source ↗
- “Nitro today released The State of AI in Document Workflows” source ↗
- “95% saying their organization is actively evaluating it or has placed it on this year's roadmap” source ↗
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