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How many times have you got irritated just thinking about an upcoming meeting that brings nothing, prolonged discussions, and other distractions that prevented you from fulfilling your responsibilities? Some of them are inevitable but others you can avoid. How to achieve that?
What is 'efficiency' and how to improve it?
If your employees are efficient, it means they are productive, work effectively and give excellent performance. If you are not happy with the employee efficiency in your company, it may be worth to try finding ways to improve it. At work, it will mean that certain routine activities will be done faster. Even only 15 minutes saved each day, gives you 75 minutes of extra time weekly. You don't have to make huge changes to get results. A little goes a long way.
Eliminate distractions
We are all distracted by different things. For some it may be social media, a constant need to check the mailbox, talking to a friend in the office or a coffee break. You can get rid of such distractions very easily. Bespoke systems can help you plan and prioritize tasks. If you have control over which tasks were completed and which weren't, you know straight away if you fulfill your responsibilities according to the schedule. Put zour break for social media or a chat with a friend into the schedule. Once your break time has run out, go back to your duties.
Shorten meetings that take too much of your time
Think of a meeting that gave you no valid conclusions but digressions. We have all been there. To avoid that, send an agenda before the meeting, where you will determine how long each person can take to talk about the discussed topic. Keeping to the agenda and the timeframes will let you quickly discuss important issues and make conclusions. You can easily prepare such an agenda and send it to your employees using a dedicated application. During the meeting, make use of the data stored in the system. Require your employees to be professional and well-prepared for their talks. In this way, summing up and making conclusions will only take a moment.
Quickly save and easily access your data
How long does it take to find your notes from a meeting with your coworkers or customers? Saved in your notepad, word documents, gathered in emails... With bespoke business systems, you keep all your data in one place. You can find them e.g. in your customer database or in the sales processes table. An intuitive control panel of your application will also streamline the process of entering and organizing data. System availability is significant. If you need your data outside the office, think about building your own web application, which will be available on mobile devices. In this way, you will have constant access to key data.
Focus on a precisely tailored solution
A custom application helps improve efficiency as it performs exactly these tasks that it is designed to deal with. It is at your discretion, what processes your application will optimize: customer relationship management, manufacturing, communication within the company or document management. Bespoke software can get all these processes together in one system and, in this way, get rid of the need to use multiple applications. If you use several different solutions in your company, it is possible to integrate your dedicated application with your external systems. Such a tool can also be developed further in line with the needs of the growing business.
How to master time efficiency?
It is possible to increase your productivity. Eliminate distractions, plan and prioritize tasks wisely, schedule your breaks. You can control your plan easier with a bespoke application, perfectly tailored to your needs.
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