Do you want to further improve your business’s performance? Then it’s time to seriously consider integrating the various technologies you use. Nowadays, systems integration is one of the key catalysts for business growth.
Your organization employs a lot of devices, apps, and point-of-sale (POS) systems in your daily operations. These devices gather large amounts of data, including customer information, payroll records, sales histories, and many more. If these devices are integrated and are able to “talk” to one another, then you can maximize the data shared across systems.
What’s more, organizations with well-integrated technologies are able to drill down into the data. This allows business owners to thoroughly analyze the information and gain valuable insights to help improve their existing processes, maximize their people and technologies, and stay ahead of their competition.
Related article: What to do with the customer data you’ve collected
The numerous benefits of having integrated systems include the following:
1. Better data accessibility
With an integrated system, it’s easier for people in your company to access relevant data. Their strategies, plans, and decisions will be data-driven instead of based on gut feel. Better decision-making accelerates business growth.
2. Improved communications
In an integrated system, your devices aren’t the only ones talking to one another. Because it’s easier and inexpensive to share information across the company, it’s also easier for your staff from different operations to communicate and collaborate. And this kind of integration can go beyond your office’s four walls. Global businesses with several operations scattered in different time zones are able to align and work with one another. Documents can be written, shared, and edited by any number of users with the proper access.
3. Increased productivity
In the past, it took a while for data to be retrieved and shared. With integrated technologies, your data is more organized, accessible, and easier to share. Your employees don’t waste time waiting for data they need, and there is less room for error when everyone is sharing the same database. This lets your employees focus on improving the business, leading to better productivity.
4. All-in services
Processes are also more efficient when everything’s integrated. For example, online shopping sites have automated processes, from inventory to sales to purchase. This means faster transactions with minimal to no errors.
Related article: What to do with the customer data you’ve collected
Integration also helps you make more informed decisions faster. With real-time data sharing and processing, you can respond quicker and provide better service to your clients and customers. You can easily stay one step ahead of your competition.
5. Accelerated growth
In an integrated system, your data is conveniently collated for easy access and analysis. Your employees can easily share information and ideas, making collaboration more efficient and effective. You make faster but well-informed decisions and provide transparent feedback. Congratulations, you have the formula for rapid business growth.
With integrated technologies, you have information on what you are doing well, what can be improved, and what needs to be changed. And as your business grows, your technology can also keep up. An integrated system is simpler to deal with versus a complex web of different devices and technologies. It will be easy to scale up your system as your business grows. And thanks to technology, you can put new clients, new employees, and new departments in the loop more efficiently.
If you’re a small- or medium-sized business (SMB) owner, you may think integrating your technology is an expensive endeavor that only large companies can afford. That is not so. Even your competitors and other SMBs are embracing this change; you don’t want to be left behind.
Our IT professionals at Online Computers have deep knowledge and extensive experience to help your business function seamlessly. We provide expert managed services and IT solutions to SMBs and other companies in and around Hanover, Morristown, and Madison.
Don’t know what technology is right for your business? Read our comprehensive post about the 8 Most common IT mistakes, and how SMBs can avoid them. In today’s business environment, SMBs need to be tech-savvy in order to get ahead of the competition. But you don’t have to be a geek to be knowledgeable about technology. At Online Computers, we strive to educate our clients of the power of technology and how they can utilize it to enhance their business. Want to be smarter about IT? Get in touch with us today.
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