Technology Can Solve the Biggest Business Challenges If Leveraged Properly

All businesses face challenges that vary depending on the type of business and what it does.

23:33 26 June 2024

All businesses face challenges that vary depending on the type of business and what it does. Solving them removes friction that hinders processes and progress, ensures employed productivity, and ensures profits and survival. Business digitalization with the help of various technologies remains one of the best ways to solve the most nagging business problems. Knowing this, what challenges can it help your business overcome?

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Reducing Absenteeism

Absenteeism refers to the practice of missing work without a good reason. Employees can miss work for different reasons without it becoming an issue. However, this becomes problematic in the case of chronic absenteeism, where the practice becomes habitual and regular.

The practice can result in a loss of productivity and additional work for other employees who must complete more work to make up for what the absentee employee would have handled. While chronic absenteeism is grounds for termination, businesses that understand hiring and onboarding are expensive and time-consuming endeavors try to rectify the issue before things get that far.

They can use technology, apps, and software to keep tabs on employees and collect data such as how many days an employee misses and how their productivity is fairing. Such data can give human resource managers a place to start when discussing ways to stop the habit from continuing.

Managers can also use technology to collect data that helps them compare individual employees to the whole team. This way, they can show the slacking employees how far they are falling behind before taking more drastic and serious action. 

Reaching Employees Wherever They Are

Managers and team leaders want to reach employees wherever they are whenever they need to. Challenges arise when employees are out of the office and, therefore, unreachable directly. Technology has solved this challenge for businesses by enabling the use of apps that make it easy to reach and engage with employees at all times.

The right employee app can also ensure leaders and managers keep employees and whole teams informed and engaged. Employees can also interact with each other on their preferred devices through immersive experiences, which can have additional benefits to the business.

Ensuring Productive Collaboration Between Teams

Even though there is a push for employees to return to the office, many businesses have embraced remote or hybrid models. Businesses that have done so must ensure remote and off-desk employees can collaborate with in-office ones. 

Fortunately, technologies like real-time audio and video communication apps, video conferencing, and file-sharing platforms make collaboration among diverse teams possible.

Now they can work like they are in the office regardless of where they are in the world. In addition to improving team cohesion, such collaboration can create a positive work environment, improve productivity, and improve employee satisfaction. Additional benefits include higher job satisfaction and higher employee retention levels.

Technology solves many nagging business problems. Even though we typically see technology employed in areas such as asset management, accounting, and computing, businesses can also use it in other ways. These can include resolving absenteeism, ensuring better collaboration and communication among team members, and ensuring businesses can reach employees no matter where they are.