Why Smart Technology in the workplace?

For almost any business, smart technology has the potential to bring huge benefits to their operation. The ability to improve staff productivity, enable new and innovative ways to communicate with others, make your space safer and more secure, and reduce costs, makes smart technology one of the best investments you could make. Here are some headline benefits you could enjoy from smart technology in your business.

Big savings on consumption

With smart technology a typical business can reduce their bills by up to 40%. This is due to the advanced and highly flexible way smart technology manages energy used in the property. By constant monitoring and learning about how a building is used, less energy is wasted. And bringing all the energy consuming devices in one management system makes their control seamless and integrated.

That headline percentage of a saving of up to 40% can be hugely beneficial if your business has annual energy bills running into the thousands.

The savings can be even higher when a business moves away from now obsolete lighting to LED. This can dramatically cut consumption to a fraction of old lighting technologies. Plus, as LED has a long working lifecycle, replacements are less frequent. Meaning your business saves even more.

Raise Safety and Security to new heights

Theft from commercial properties, as for retailers, has been rising sharply. So being able to keep your assets secure is highly important. But so is the safety of your staff. No employee should ever be at risk of assault, either from a customer of member of the public. And they should feel able to focus on their work without fear of threats or injury.

Smart technology can help bring granular access control to your workspace. Doors can be controlled with digital locks only usable by staff. Gates can be installed or upgraded to restrict access to perimeters or zones, preventing unauthorised people from moving around or through a building.

Safety can also include protecting staff from injury during their normal routines. Motion sensors can automatically turn on lighting when someone approaches, helping your balance their safety with reducing energy consumption. And other services can be incorporated to give you complete control over fire and security systems. These can harness the storage and processing power of the cloud, to extend the reach of your security platform and make it more effective.

Make your workplace popular

The pandemic delivered a huge shock to commercial properties. Suddenly, the very people who used them were pushed out. And as they discovered new ways to work, going to a physical office became obsolete.

Businesses have adapted to staff preferring to work at home and visiting the office for a set number of days each month. This ‘hybrid’ model could be improved though. What if your business could offer smart technologies on demand that actively make work more efficient, easier, and engaging?

Bringing in smart technologies that enable your people to work better together and alone will create a workspace that is more attractive to visit. Interactive display systems, modern conferencing, adjustable light, temperature and sound can dramatically improve work levels. More importantly, it can also make the workspace more attractive. This will increase attendance levels, helping teams to once again be more often working in person. And by developing a new working environment which is more enjoyable as well as efficient and productive benefits a business.

It pays for itself

Smart technology in a business should not be viewed as a cost. It is an investment, in your operations and your people. And it can be shown to give a return too.

There are the more obvious metrics, such as the lower energy consumption though better management of heating and lighting. There is also a side benefit from the increase life expectancy from assets; lighting components, computing hardware and so on will last longer from being used more efficiently. And there is the increase in productivity from staff too. But smart technology also plays a role in staff retention. By providing better facilities, your teams will not just be more productive, but also feel valued. And that will improve staff turnover, saving major sums other wise spent on recruitment and training.

Get smart

So, if you want to make your business more attractive to staff, more effective in dealing with customers, and more competitive in an increasingly tough environment, smart technology can bring huge benefits. To find out more, contact us to see how smart technology can unlock new ways to work for your business.