Recent research* reveals what most SMEs already know…time spent on technology issues could be a major contributor to the UK’s productivity gap. As the great game-changer, technology has enabled, multiple systems, spreadsheets and apps, that are now suffocating efficiency, with two-thirds of workers spending up to 45 minutes a day helping colleagues with IT issues. It’s time to work smarter.
Recent research* reveals what most SMEs already know…time spent on technology issues could be a major contributor to the UK’s productivity gap. As the great game-changer, technology has enabled, multiple systems, spreadsheets and apps, that are now suffocating efficiency, with two-thirds of workers spending up to 45 minutes a day helping colleagues with IT issues. It’s time to work smarter.
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:
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 …
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…
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?