{"id":4017,"date":"2015-07-14T14:58:56","date_gmt":"2015-07-14T14:58:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/smarterbusinessprocesses.com\/?p=4017"},"modified":"2015-07-14T14:58:56","modified_gmt":"2015-07-14T14:58:56","slug":"why-productivity-matters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/smarterbusinessprocesses.com\/why-productivity-matters\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Productivity Matters","gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"text"}]},"content":{"rendered":"<h5>Productivity is something we\u2019ve been hearing a lot about recently, and that\u2019s because it\u2019s one of the few areas of the economy where Britain is struggling.<\/h5>\n<p>Britain is home to some of the world\u2019s most innovative and dynamic businesses, staffed by incredibly talented, hardworking individuals. Yet our productivity \u2013 the rate of output per hour worked \u2013 is well below its potential. In stark terms, it now takes a worker in the UK 5 days to produce what his or her counterparts in Germany can deliver in 4.<\/p>\n<p>Whilst the UK Government have some excellent long term plans to help address our Productivity lag, improvements will take years to soak through.<\/p>\n<p><strong>BUT by implementing the most efficient and collaborative Apps that smooth out administrative workflows NOW, the majority of UK companies can benefit from efficiency savings of \u00a0typically 20% to 40%. That\u2019s one or two days per week per worker.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h5><strong>How<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p><strong>See our <a href=\"https:\/\/smarterbusinessprocesses.com\/our-favourite-four-technology-pillars-for-business-efficiency-and-success\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Favourite Four Technology Pillars<\/a>, providing essential support to an organisation\u2019s workflow management and implement;<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/smarterbusinessprocesses.com\/smartsheet-consultancy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Smartsheet<\/a> for planning instead of\u00a0Excel\/Project<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/smarterbusinessprocesses.com\/proofhq\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">ProofHQ<\/a> for proof review instead of\u00a0Paper<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/smarterbusinessprocesses.com\/docusign\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">DocuSign<\/a> for e-signatures instead of\u00a0Post\u00a0and Fax<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/smarterbusinessprocesses.com\/overdrive\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">OverDRIVE<\/a> as your Intranet solution for Digital Asset Management (DAM)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><strong>None of these apps requires a degree in Rocket Science, just a guiding hand through the change process and some familiarity training for your existing staff. Thats what we do! \u00a0\u00a0Book your <a href=\"https:\/\/smarterbusinessprocesses.com\/contact\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Free consultation<\/a> and see how productive you could be.<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false,"gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"html"}]},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Productivity is something we\u2019ve been hearing a lot about recently, and that\u2019s because it\u2019s one of the few areas of the economy where Britain is struggling. Britain is home to some of the world\u2019s most innovative and dynamic businesses, staffed by incredibly talented, hardworking individuals. 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