Automation and Innovation

October 24th, 2017

Improving the quality of processes and maintaining acceptable levels of performance quality...

 

Today’s post is written by Ivy Ray, Account Manager at SafeSourcing Inc.

Improving the quality of processes and maintaining acceptable levels of performance quality, are critical factors in the success of any organization.  Considering that all processes need to exist to best serve the organization, it is important that all employees be challenged to find new and better ways of achieving the goals in a more efficient and efficient way.

The majority of businesses will be wiped out if they don’t abandon a fixation on status quo, because the environment of the future will demand a continuous rethink of processes, people, and technology. The future is being written before our eyes, and the use of automated processes is accelerating the rate of change in business to unprecedented levels. The key to survival and success is agility.

“Innovation is often viewed as the application of better solutions that meet new requirements, unarticulated needs, or existing market needs. This is accomplished through more-effective products, processes, services, technologies, or business models that are readily available to markets, governments and society”. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Innovation)

1) Automate Processes

  • • Build a culture around automation.
  • • Organizations that successfully utilize technology to support innovative approaches can save significantly on time and labor.
  • • Businesses risk becoming obsolete and bankrupt when they refuse to adapt.

2) Innovation

  • • You don’t have to be the one to create it.  Creating a better way of accomplishing a task is the beginning of innovation.
  • • Innovation has no end. What we want and what we need keeps changing.

3) Tools

  • • Search for tools that will help you accomplish your goals.
  • • Understand your long term plans and choose a tool that will grow with you.
  • • SafeSourcing has a suite of tools that are key to your sourcing needs.

“Technology will continue to become more powerful and easy to use and therefore more useful in driving effectiveness and risk management.” (https://spendmatters.com/uk/future-contingent-labour-predictions-trends/)

For more information on how SafeSourcing can assist you in exploring your procurement solutions for your business or on our “Risk Free” trial program, please contact a SafeSourcing Customer Service Representative.  We have an entire customer services team waiting to assist you today.

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