What Is Productivity?

Productivity means the efficiency of an organization or its employees to convert inputs, such as capital and labor, into outputs, like services or products. Project managers employ incentives, goals, and communication strategies to boost employee performance and increase productivity.

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Why is productivity important in workplace?

But what does that mean, and why is it so important? In economists’ terms, “productivity” means labour productivity. Specifically, how much value each worker generates per hour.  Higher productivity means higher wages, and an increase in the standard of living.

With the current cost of living crisis, and in the face of doom laden media speculation about under investment and inflation, the drive to improve productivity from the ground up has never been more pressing.

How does productivity affect you ?

Regardless of your industry or role in the business or organisation where you work, the level of personal and group productivity will have an impact on costs, and revenues. But what does this actually mean for you and your business?

Analysing your business’ productivity is a positive, proactive way to tackle a national problem. The good news is, making the necessary changes to improve doesn’t have to be expensive or time consuming. 

We’ve worked closely with clients from a broad range of industries for over a decade, and pride ourselves on the key areas of;- 

Workflow Management.

We can identify areas of improvement and help you streamline your workflow, with our Business Process Mapping Solutions.

Keep track of your processes and automate the flow of data with our Workflow Manager Tool.  

Automation.

Automating menial tasks frees up your time, allowing you to concentrate on more important areas of your business. Clients report efficiency gains of 30% and more simply by automating repetitive tasks.

Improved Reporting.

Poor, inefficient data management is one of the biggest challenges to productivity. We can help you streamline your data analysis with our Smarter Dashboard solution. Save time, and get a clear picture of your data in concise, graphical format. 

Communication.

With remote working here to stay, and clients frequently working out on site, poor communication is fast becoming a time consuming challenge to productivity. Our Smartsheet tools are cloud based, meaning that data is uploaded in real time, ensuring everyone is kept in the loop. Create staff surveys with our tools such as Smarter Forms, and can take advantage of features such as cascading drop-down lists and conditional logic. 

Training.

Ensure your team has the skills they need to do the job. Engage with them to ensure they feel part of any new changes, and listen to what they have to say. Our training modules are run as 1-2-1 sessions, or remote workshops for the entire team.  

But in our experience the real secret is no secret at all. We recognise that nebulous productivity stats and government targets aren’t right for everyone. There is no one size fits all approach. The real answer to the Productivity Conundrum lies in identifying the challenges specific to you and your team. 

It’s in those conversations when we sit down together and talk specifically about your business, your challenges, your goals for the future, that we can start to build a picture of what will work for you. 

Streamlining processes to improve productivity

We have the tools and a team of experienced consultants ready to implement the changes you need to see achievable, measurable change, at a pace that’s right for you.  

Demo videos of all the solutions mentioned in this blog are available on our Youtube Channel. Or, for a free consultation get in touch with us today.

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As recommended worldwide Smartsheet Consultants, ProofHQ and DocuSign Partners, OverDRIVE is a perfect addition to our toolkit. 

OverDRIVE is a Digital Asset Management system that acts as an intranet producing better visibility and collaboration solutions.  Working as part of our suite of cloud based solutions, it helps pull everything together to deliver amazing results, resolving real world efficiency challenges.

A smart way to provide users and teams with simple and powerful web access to corporate data and information,  OverDRIVE lets you quickly and automatically build a project workspace or web portal using documents and data from your favourite cloud applications.

A Simple way to publish and manage information

There are many great applications for OverDRIVE including;  

• project workspaces
• intranets
• photo repositories
• digital asset libraries
• education portals

For more information on how OverDRIVE can improve your digital asset management / document sharing, visit our website , or  contact us to arrange a free consultation or demonstration  or request your free trial. We’d love to hear from you!

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We’re pretty excited that Gartner Inc., one of the most prominent technology research companies in the world, decided to name Smartsheet as a “Cool Vendor” for 2015.

How cool is that?

Each year, Gartner selects companies in critical technology areas and publishes a series of reports detailing why these products and services were chosen. Or, essentially, why they’re pretty cool.

Cool Vendors are selected because they are innovative, unique, and have a real market impact. Smartsheet was one of just four Software as a Service (SaaS) companies included in the 2015 Program and Portfolio report.

Click here to download the Report

So, What Makes Smartsheet So Cool?

• It helps anyone get more work done.
• It provides transparency and visibility into projects.
• It combines the most powerful features of Excel, Dropbox, Microsoft Project, and email.

Boost Productivity and Drive Results With Smartsheet

If you’re using Smartsheet, you know we have a familiar spreadsheet interface and an abundance of intuitive collaboration features to help people, teams, departments, and entire companies coordinate anything.

We’re fortunate to help industry-leading organizations like Cisco, Google, Bayer, Groupon, HomeAway, DHL, and others get work done, easily, and more efficiently. With six million users worldwide, we help companies boost productivity, streamline communication, and drive results.

Now, that’s cool.

Read the Cool Vendor Report by Gartner to learn more.

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