Posted on
February 17, 2012 by Debbie Dragon
How many times
have you heard the saying, “time is money”? It’s never been more true for the
small business owner who simply can’t afford to waste time. Technology offers
countless opportunities to maximize efficiency within your business operations,
and therefore, save you time. When your business is operating efficiency, it
gives you more time to market your business and increase sales.
How Technology Can Maximize
Business Efficiency
Computers and
technology allow for faster processing of data, easier retrieval of
information, and in some cases – automation can reduce or replace physical
employees. When people perform tasks by hand, it can be time consuming and full
of human errors. When technology is used for repetitive operations, mistakes
are reduced or eliminated, and the time it takes to complete the task is
greatly reduced.
Consider how
credit cards are accepted as payment with modern technology compared to the
past: once upon a time, employees had to take a physical impression of the
credit card with a little hand tool that pressed the card against carbon paper
and transferred the image onto a piece of paper. Today, credit cards are swiped
through a small card reader and payment is made. Orders are processed much
faster, making it possible for employees to service more customers in the same
amount of time.
In addition to
making processes quicker, technology also makes it easy to keep information up
to date. Instead of searching through a room of file cabinets and trying to
guess how information was stored in order to update a customer address, a few
clicks of the mouse and can pull up a customer file from a database. What used
to take several minutes to an hour can now be done instantly.
When you know
what technology can do for your business, chances are you’ll want to implement
technological solutions to make your own business more efficient. Here are some
ideas to get you started…
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