Steria Mummert, a German testing consultant, indicated that more automation in software testing would make the process better, cheaper and more efficient. He also found that many IT departments in Germany test most of their software manually, which meas the experts were away from their day-to-day responsibilities and lead to a lack of standardized testing procedures. Nowadays software quality assurance not only means a guarantee for error-free product, but also need to make sure all requirements are met by the product. Automated software testing saves time and is needed mostly.

Source: http://www.automotiveit.com/steria-mummert-automated-software-tests-save-time/news/id-003196