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Technology that Has Made Business Improve Significantly

Technology in the workplace

By Kevin GardnerPublished 5 years ago 3 min read
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There is no doubt that we have seen many businesses soar because of the influx of technology. It has allowed companies to be more efficient and productive than ever before. Some corporations are seeing a new way to get in touch with customers and keep them. They can send direct messages and get a question on a product within minutes. Here are some major ways that technology has made businesses improve significantly over the years.

Cell Phone

One thing for sure since the introduction of the cell phone and cell communications is that businesses have been able to equip their employees with these devices. It gives them instant contact with all staff so they can keep track of their progress. Never before has it been such a luxury to have a great handle on your entire staff and hear how the work is going. Communications in this way have moved companies into the future with even more type of devices such as tablets.

Scheduling

It can be hard enough to find out what the business is spending all of its money on versus getting everyone on the same page. We now can literally download applications to our phones or buy software that plans out the daily schedule. All employees can be given a number so management has an idea of where everyone is located. If you are a big corporation and have thousands of employees, then a well-suited scheduling software can save the company's stability and life. It's almost hard to image that we used to do all of this by hand, but it was actually done. Many businesses have multiple jobs that they work on for customers as well. A good scheduling software allows you to place people effectively in each job where their skills are used the best.

Accounting

Keeping the numbers straight in your accounting certainly proves to be a handful. Most companies just spend and spend and never get a hold of their finances. This also goes for payroll. There are certain taxes a company must pay and a good accounting system can be a huge help. You can also use a QuickBooks time tracker application to help with payroll and be accurate about time worked for all employees. This technology allows a company to track their time per GPS where they can log in and input their working hours. At the end of each quarter, a business will get a great idea of what taxes are due and how much their employees are of their budget. Gone are the days of jotting down with paper and pencil on a chart to find out who is getting paid what. Some of these apps are sophisticated where they calculate the amount of taxes to be taken out from each paycheck. When it comes time for a business to pay taxes, it's a matter of simply printing out a report.

Technology has moved along significantly in the last ten years. There is no doubt that you can use cell phones to speed up communications between employees. Most businesses will assign them to managers and high-end staff. Scheduling applications work with your team's productivity and how to maintain it. Workers can find their shifts easier and the company will know exactly what they did on each job. Productivity is important for any company, especially if you can't get a grip on what is going on and when. Next, you have software that you can use to help with all of your accounting needs. This means employees can send in their time worked from different locations. It an awesome way for any business to see what their employees are doing and how productive they have been. The technology of the future will continue to grow with artificial intelligence. This will take companies in a new direction and might cost us some jobs. Computer intelligence is getting better each year and continues to show amazing progress.

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