Business and productivity—the gap between the two is bridged by technological advancement. One of the most evident forms of such advancement is the increasing availability of diverse tools that fulfill different business goals.
The key to using such tools successfully is to select the right one after considering the goal you want to achieve. Whatever goal you choose needs to be Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant, and Timely (SMART). Imagine a situation where you wait on an IT helpline to get an answer or go through an online tool that provides solutions for various system design problems.
Because you’re using a generic tool, you have to search for your problem’s solution. Finally, you end up spending almost 30 minutes without finding a proper answer to your problem. Now, to avoid this situation, a simple tactic is to contact the maker directly instead of searching online for possible answers.
Custom Tools
Contacting the maker directly is a custom approach, and customization is something that should be common to all your business tools. Custom tools save time and energy. So obviously, they will boost your productivity! And can you guess what they will do for your employees? Well, let’s find out!
Targeting Individual Issues
You can imagine what happens when you share a small workforce issue with your juniors in the team and with the HR Head. It is obvious that the HR Head will respond quickly to resolve it, isn’t it? The reason why is that you know the problem inside and out. And the Head knows all the possible solutions.
Similarly, when someone designs a custom tool, the designer can think of all possible creative ideas as per the needs of your business or the issue to be resolved. The professional works closely with the concerned business manager to find out how you can meet your goal through know-how and technology.
Furthermore, the designer will also ensure that the tool he is creating is capable of adapting to the changing or growing needs of your business. So you will continue to get dynamic support in response to changing requirements. As a result, you will save much time when it comes to resolving future issues and increasing your productivity.
Boosting Morale
It’s smart to give your employees a quick way to a specific solution when they have to fulfill a need or resolve an issue. When you do so, you are actually giving them the power to proceed. This power certainly boosts morale in a significant way.
With a customized and dynamic tool in hand, you eliminate the need to set up a new system, a process that is otherwise very discouraging. So you won’t have to learn new technology and a completely different system.
And such a tool lessens your workload, which would otherwise be a major productivity killer. A lighter workload comes from moving in the right direction and following best practices. These two components are among the 22 factors affecting productivity, as specified by Dr. John Sullivan, a Professor of Management at San Francisco State University.
A custom software application is more intuitive than on-shelf tools. Even though it is designed for complex projects, it is more user-friendly. The reason why is that it relies on the existing business lexicon and matches specific workflows.
One example is the Altium Design Software for designing efficient board layouts. Also, Pro DBX software comprehensively manages your business in the cloud. These tools allow you to meet your deadlines and stay within your budget.
Simplifying the Course of Action
The path to success becomes short and sweet when you aim for customization. Instead of choosing a generic tool meant for all businesses, choose a tool designed specifically for your business that removes all the non-essentials. It will be a direct, flawless, simple, and efficient solution for you to get the work done.
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Have learnt unknown stuff that even didn’t come to mind in the past.
Great in depth knowledge on this particular issue.
Thanks Zak.
The information shared above is very important for the users looking to expand their service. The language of the article is very easy to understand, it really helped me a lot.
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This concept of customized tools to help businesses with their SMART goals is interesting. It would be helpful to have more examples of customized versus non-customized tools that businesses use typically and some quantification of the gain in productivity
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Good article shared.. Really useful information. I also want to share some points on this how we can increase workforce productivity. You can use Mobile device management software in which yo can track, monitor and control over workforce.
The Idea is great but I do have a question. Implementing a custom tool would require a huge resource its true. But once the tool has been completed it won’t require the manpower which one had previously. In this case what can be done with those employees?
Hi Jayanta,
Companies who replace manpower with automation should retrain and redeploy those employees doing something else you need done or to expand. They already know your company, products, culture – why lose all that experience and training by letting them go?
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thanks for your great post
It’s really a pleasure to read your post as I got many new things to learn from it.
Excellent advice Zak!
And I couldn’t agree about the customization
approach, will definitely improve productivity
as well as increase company morale as well!
And we both know and appreciate, how lessening the workload,
will definitely lead to more smiling faces at the office!
Good stuff!Thanks!
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Hi Zak,
A very amazing informative article. Well said, the gap between the Business and Productivity is bridged by Technological Advancement. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks for sharing this informative blog. This blog is very helpful in every business. keep it on.
This is very helpful article for business purpose and this is good for increase the productivity of business development. thanks for sharing.
Hi Zak,
Thanks for sharing information about how to use custom tools to increase productivity.Every person have to check productivity at point of time .by using elf analysis. tools mentioned will help in getting work done very easily .to day every one living in technology world .technology making human more productive.
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Hi Zak,
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So, thanks for the great share.
I find that simplifying your course of action works tremendously when building your website for your business. I found a template that fit the jurisdiction of my business, cutting out functions that are not needed.
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Hello Zak
Day by Day, human beings are getting more machine dependent. If it’s for the sake of good, I should consider that. Technology has made our task easier. But, I would not say Technology has made our life easier. How do you feel o this factor?
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Most of the company owners are worried about “How to increase work productvity?”. This article is very helpful to business people and workers to increase their work productivity. Great idea shared and thanks for this article.
Thanks Zak for sharing this post! It is a good read especially for those who want to increase productivity at their workplace.
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