The Business Facilities that Set you Apart from the Competition

The Business Facilities that Set you Apart from the Competition

Getting a leg up on competition can be a tricky thing to tackle. The best way is to covertly place a stink bomb in their office so they lose a day standing around outside their office, waiting for it to clear. One: it might be hard to acquire a stink bomb and two: that’s really mean, so the best way to make your company stand out from the crowd is to update your facilities to the highest standard. This may sometime be costly, but if you’re better equipped, then the money will roll in.

SAP

You may have heard of SAP before, but have no idea what it actually is … I don’t think you’re alone. SAP is a company that, when translated into English means Systems, Applications, Products in Data Processing, which I admit, doesn’t sound particularly fun, however seeing as SAP is a very large and important company, they must be doing something right. SAP can help you revolutionise your business, however there are other companies, like www.weaveability.com, that make software that runs on SAP to help your specific business. For instance the above company specialise in ecommerce businesses. Once you get your head around SAP (or let the IT guy do it), your business will flourish.

Cloud Software

Ah, cloud software, not just for storing nude celebrity photos and your Neil Diamond collection. By migrating your IT infrastructure to the cloud you will be able to save time, money, effort, and the environment. Whatever your business is, if it uses a computer, it will be improved by implementing cloud software solutions. It’s safer due to the back up of data; it costs less because you pay for what you use and you don’t have to store it onsite; it’s greener for the same reason, and because everything is centralised, it saves time and effort. If you’re not using it, then you must be pretty stupid. No offense.

Advanced Conferencing Systems

Although traveling to Sweden for a 30 minute meeting can be fun, because you get to eat meatballs and visit a country where there is no litter or crime and everyone is happy, it’s extremely costly and time consuming and will knock out one or more key players from your business for a day or week.  Sometimes, it is unavoidable and there are certain business meetings that have to be done face-to-face, however by getting top of the range conferencing systems, you never have to worry about air fares and travel times again. Ever! Just check out these safety precautions as there is some danger to video conferencing systems.

Knowledge

Okay, this doesn’t exactly fit into the title because it’s not really (not at all) a business facility, however it’s so simple. If you were a doctor or a teacher would you keep your job for very long if you didn’t also keep your knowledge base to an acceptable standard? Admittedly if you make and sell shoes you’re not going to kill anyone by not reading up about the current trends in heel manufacturing, however every industry morphs and changes due to the fluidity of life and so this means you need to keep on top of the current market trends and competition. Knowing your industry backwards is the only way to move it forwards.

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