Business Technology Insights

As a small business owner, you likely have two objectives when it comes to your office technology. You want to save as much as possible on any technology you invest in, but you want to optimize your ROI. 

When harnessed correctly, technology and your IT strategy provides your small or medium-sized business with the opportunity to greatly increase internal efficiencies, improve productivity and optimize profitability. 

Technology can help you optimize your existing processes, enhance them with slight tweaks, or even revamp your business processes completely to make your business more efficient and profitable.

Technology is critical to every single business. It can lead to increased efficiency, higher productivity levels, a competitive advantage over others in your industry, enhanced cybersecurity, happier employees and so much more. 

The problem is, when you implement new technology into your organization’s processes you are disrupting the daily routine of your team. Your employees will have to change their processes, they’ll need to use new tools to complete their work and their day-to-day tasks are different.

No matter how successful your small or medium-sized enterprise (SME) is, there’s always an opportunity to optimize how you’re currently working. Cutting expenses and improving internal efficiencies can drive up those profits even higher. 

When most companies think of reducing costs they think of cutting rent costs, reshaping the way they employ staff members or ending partnerships with vendors. What they don’t realize is that these drastic changes can all have a negative impact on the results achieved by the business.

There’s no doubt about it, every small, medium and large enterprise needs to print and copy documents on a regular basis. What you might not know as a business owner or office manager, however, is just how much print costs are eating into your company’s revenue. 

In fact, the average employee printing habits cost a company $725 per year, per employee. That means if you have 10 employees, you could be losing a staggering $7,250 from your bottom line each year simply from poor control over your organization's printing.

The primary purpose of technology in the business world is to make our lives easier by enhancing how our employees perform daily tasks. There’s no doubt about it, your IT strategy has a direct impact on the productivity and efficiency of your employees. 

Don’t get us wrong, building a team that is collaborative, efficient and productive is still challenging for any business, but technology advancements over the past few years have made it significantly easier.

Documents are an essential component of any organization, but managing these documents in a way that ensures operational efficiency and business security is more complex than it seems. 

When most organizations start out, they require very little hardware or IT strategy to get going. A computer, phone and perhaps some office technologies such as a printer is often all you need to start growing your business.  As your company expands, however, you will soon need to invest in new hardware, software and advanced IT solutions that support the automation, efficiency, productivity and security of your growing workforce.

Small to medium-sized businesses in Ontario operate in a highly competitive market. As a result, companies are continually looking for ways to cut down their expenses, improve their return on investment (ROI) and maintain a healthy bottom line. To make these operational savings, many organizations turn to their IT strategy and the hardware that supports it.

There are a range of benefits that come with remote work, including a better work-life balance, less commute stress, increased productivity and money savings. Perhaps one of the most popular benefits though, is the ability to work from home and, in turn, the opportunity to completely customize your own office space. 

When it comes to designing a professional home office space, however, many people have no idea where to start.