--- title: SaaS Productivity Changing the Game description: Technology has enabled multiple systems, spreadsheets & apps that now suffocate efficiency. 2/3rds of workers spend up to 45 mins a day helping colleagues with IT issues. 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Just as the law hasn’t kept pace with technology, social media and privacy; businesses are still limited by templated, generalist software that doesn’t reflect the way they work.  SaaS and the Cloud now means that SMEs can benefit from, end-to-end, tailored-to-fit software that is cost-effective and fast to implement, overcoming common issues like: ## **THE SPREADSHEET LIFE JACKET** Does your business have more spreadsheets than life jackets on a boat trip at Niagra Falls? Spreadsheets multiply across the business as the only way information can be extracted, analysed and imported across system gaps but are prone to error, multiple versions, double-keying and more.  To solve the problem, managers attempt to patch the gaps between systems with … ## **APP PROLIFERATION** Yet more software that links across systems, if you’re lucky. Vital data and information is spread you across even more solutions, raising security risks, leading to… ## **GROWING COSTS & TIME LOSS** Juggling more systems, more subscriptions and increasing time spent on solving reporting key metrics and running the business late into the night. What would it mean to SMEs to overcome the technology overload?  Simpler, scalable, streamlined systems that cost less and do more… now that’s an idea that could make small businesses more productive.  Wouldn’t that be smart? ![](https://blog.goworkhorse.com/hubfs/WH-logo-_-new-strap_outline%20(1).png) 613 Kingsgate, Redhill, RH1 1SG, United Kingdom +44 (0)808 284 0016 hello@goworkhorse.com ### Quick Links - [Customer Stories](https://goworkhorse.com/customer-stories/) - [Features](https://goworkhorse.com/features/) - [Pricing](https://goworkhorse.com/pricing-faqs/) - [Xero Integration](https://goworkhorse.com/xero-integration/) - [About Us](https://goworkhorse.com/about-us/) ### Use Cases - [Distribution](https://goworkhorse.com/distribution/) - [Hospitality](https://goworkhorse.com/hospitality/) - [Manufacturing](https://goworkhorse.com/manufacturing/) - [Retail](https://goworkhorse.com/retail/) - [Wholesale](https://goworkhorse.com/wholesale/) ### Resources - [Knowledge Base](https://goworkhorse.com/knowledge-base/) - [FAQ's](https://goworkhorse.com/faqs/) - [Blog](https://blog.goworkhorse.com/blog) - [Xero Guide](https://goworkhorse.com/xero-guide/) - [Order Management](https://goworkhorse.com/order-management/) - [Referral](https://goworkhorse.com/referral/) ### Email Sign Up [Terms of Service](https://blog.goworkhorse.com/terms-of-service) | [Privacy & Cookies Policy](https://blog.goworkhorse.com/blog/privacy-policy/) | [Contact Us](https://blog.goworkhorse.com/contact)