Why digital transformation supported by MPS will help your business attract and manage a strong pool of talent
When Henry Ford introduced the first moving assembly line at his factory in Michigan in the USA it slashed the time it took to make a car. Nowadays, unlike Mr Ford’s workforce, it is more likely to be your own staff who will be pushing for more and better technology than the management.
We all have access to far more advanced IT at home now. Empowered consumers are here to stay and they’re working in your business. You need to make sure comparable infrastructure is available in the workplace.
Of course there is the issue of cost. You wouldn’t be alone in thinking that having the most up to date technology is going to be expensive. But how cost-effective is it if your key staff are frustrated by outdated systems when they know there are more innovative solutions out there? That is not going to be good for recruitment or ultimately morale.
You only have to look at the news to see there is a skills and talent shortage across all sectors of the UK economy. Every organisation is desperate to keep its best people and recruit the best people.
Business talent management can be an expensive affair if you get it wrong. Recruiting new staff is costly. Staff who feel undervalued and underused are a waste of talent and resources.
How does digital transformation help?
- The cloud will be familiar to your employees at home in the guise of Dropbox or iCloud, for example. Staff will expect the same ease of use in the workplace.
- Efficient digital workflows mean staff can make best use of their time and not be dragged down by repetitive and manual processes. You want your IT investments to work harder than that.
- In a digital-first workplace, you’ll stand more chance of keeping your staff interested, giving the brightest the best chance to innovate your business. Being more productive is the ultimate win/win.
- A proportion of your staff probably spend part of the week working from home. You don’t want them comparing your systems unfavourably with their own home IT.
- And if one of your employees should leave, digital workflows will help safeguard business continuity - as all files and records will be digitised and held centrally (for example in a document management system), as opposed to floating bits of paper which have a habit of disappearing.
Of course not all businesses are fully digitised. In fact few are. But as your business progresses through its digital transformation programme, you’ll find that too can present talent management challenges. It’s essential to implement digital transformation programmes in the right way, to minimise the disruption and pain to the business as a whole and to individual employees and functions.
This is where Managed Print Services (MPS) comes in. With its in-depth understanding of legacy print workflows, a reputable MPS provider will know exactly how to implement digital workflows with minimal disruption to business operations. In this way, talented employees will experience the digital transformation programme as a positive change.
Groundhog days are not an option when it comes to business talent management. It’s not in the interests of forward-thinking businesses to snarl people up in boring, repetitive tasks that can now be safely automated. The expectations of technology in the office are now based on the experience of technology in the home and you don’t want to snarl your best people up in sub-optimal infrastructure. But you don’t need to rip everything out and start again. A forward thinking MPS provider will know exactly how to move forward with your digital transformation making it as painless and short as possible.
No-one wants or needs floating bits of paper any more. It is a waste of everyone’s time and skills A reputable MPS provider will take care of your document infrastructure, working with IT while you concentrate on the business and ultimately the bottom line – just ask Mr Ford.
Takeaways:
- Business talent management means giving staff the most up to date tools to do their job.
- Make sure your office technology is at least as innovative and easy to use as the technology staff have at home.
- A reputable MPS provider will help your business achieve digital success by keeping costs low and staff interest high.
- An efficient and effective digital workflow will encourage and inspire staff.
- Spending on a digital transformation is a long term win in terms of staff retention and your business goals.