RECLAIM $60,000 IN LOST BUSINESS PROFITS!
In the business world, technology problems translate to increased overhead and lost productivity. The time that workers spend hunting for answers, searching for ways to get things done, trying to communicate clearly, and solving technological problems all cost businesses huge amounts of time and money. It's time businesses take control of technology and reclaim their lost profits!
Today’s businesses rely on technology for almost everything, from tracking
inventory and bookkeeping to maintaining client files and communications. And
why shouldn’t they? After all, technology can help increase productivity and
enable a company to run more efficiently. But according to technology expert
Brian Nichelson, a business can only reap the benefits of technology if its
workers know how to use it effectively.
“In the business setting,
technology problems translate to increased overhead and lost productivity,” says
Nichelson. “The time that workers spend hunting for answers, searching for ways
to get things done, trying to communicate clearly, and solving technological
problems all cost businesses huge amounts of time and money.”
For
example, suppose a company has an employee who earns $40,000 annually and who
routinely spends three hours per week talking to tech support, hunting down the
IT guy, or even creating a report manually because he can’t figure out how to
use a spreadsheet program. In one week, that employee costs the company $60 in
lost productivity. In one year, that adds up to $3,000 in lost time. Now imagine
if you have twenty employees in the same situation. You’re losing $60,000 a
year!
At the other end of the spectrum, a manager may make a bad
decision about what technology to buy, how to implement it, and when to replace
it. This, in turn, creates problems for the manager, as well as the employees –
problems Nichelson says should not be ignored. “Technology can make or break a
business. If you ignore technology problems, they only get worse, thus beginning
a vicious cycle.” Instead of ignoring or surrendering to the problems, it’s time
workers take control of technology. Only then will they be able to thrive and
take their business to the next level.
Brian Nichelson is an expert in
the field of technology and has been bridging the gap between technology and
people for over 25 years. As Founder and Executive Director of TechMatters
Institute, Mr. Nichelson helps organizations create implementation and learning
strategies that enable users to actually use the technology at hand.
You
can learn more about how to take control of technology and use it to better your
business in Nichelson’s new book, Taming Technology: You Can Control The Beast
(Cameo Publications, $15.95, ISBN 0-9715739-6-4). For a review copy, please call
1-866-372-2636 or send an e-mail to e-mail protected from spam bots.
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