How many times a simple not so very important task has distracted you at work and affected your efficiency? Many times, right? Here are a few tactics which can help you save effort on such tasks. The saved time and effort can be put to constructive things and can help businesses grow by being efficient.

IoT tagged devices

Few devices are common between all the employees and when one requires the device, nobody knows where it was used and kept last. IoT tagging that device can turn out to be a boon in such situations. It can save a lot of time and effort in finding the device. Tagging all the other equipment which is given to the individual employees can also be very helpful in managing the assets.

Maintenance Tracking

Real-time tracking of the devices can help reduce downtime drastically. Wouldn’t it be great that the printer never runs out of ink? Well, we can let that be an invention for the future but in the meanwhile, we can replace the ink cartridges timely. There are IoT printers that let the maintenance guy know when the ink is running low and when the page is running out and he can do the needful without creating downtime.

Smart Lightings

Lights that automatically switches on and off itself using sensors can save electricity cost for companies. Even there are intelligent lights that do not put a strain on an individual’s eye and it can help improve concentration.

Now here are a few tactics which can be used to grow business by using data automation

Advertising Opportunities

With almost everything around us are connected to the internet in some way or the other, it provides a great amount of data of the users. What they like and where their interests lie can be captured and suitable advertising can be put across them which has a higher chance of converting into business for the company. Digital Marketing uses these tactics and are becoming more automated every passing second.

Instant Service

Business, with the help of automation, can provide services at a faster rate than ever. Like a grocery delivery business, knowing what a customer will order when based on the customer’s previous data will help the business be service ready when the customer needs the product. Nothing more is satisfying than instant gratification and this if a business provides then the customer tends to be more loyal to the services. And the customer attrition rate is low.

There are plenty of automation opportunities these days. The businesses have to decide where they want their workforce to focus and what is better being automated. Striking the correct balance between human work and automation can make a company more efficient and profitable.

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