Time management tools can be a game-changer for SMEs, offering a range of benefits from improved productivity to enhanced employee satisfaction.
Many SMEs struggle with managing time effectively, leading to decreased productivity and missed opportunities. Today’s edition of tech Tuesday provides a comprehensive overview of time management tools that can help businesses overcome these challenges.
gatheroo.io
Gatheroo is a cutting-edge tool designed to simplify client document collection and management for SMEs, saving valuable time, reducing administrative headaches and keeping information safe and away from email interception. Gatheroo streamlines the chaotic process of gathering information from clients by automating reminders, providing real-timestatus updates, and offering an intuitive interface that makes collaboration effortless.
This speeds up project timelines and enhances client satisfaction. Vital for industries that collect sensitive information: accounting, bookkeeping, legal services, consulting. Gatheroo transforms how SMEs manage client interactions, allowing teams to focus on higher-value tasks, while giving clients peace of mind that information they share is safe.
Quandoo
Quandoo for Restaurants simplifies reservation management, helping the hospitality sector to secure online bookings and fill more tables. Its newly launched integration capability enables businesses to connect their existing reservation management tools with Quandoo’s marketplace, which helps them to amplify their online presence. Restaurant staff often spend too much time managing bookings, via phone, email, online and in person.
Quandoo for Restaurants provides real-time insights that remove the need for manual data entry and reduce the chance of missed or double bookings. It creates a unified booking process for both diners and staff, which can be managed from any device. Meeting the demands of today’s digital consumers, online reservations can be made 24/7 via the Quandoo marketplace, which has seated 400 million diners in 16,000 restaurants.
Oracle/Aconex
With any construction project, one of the most time-intensive tasks that also does very little to push the project forward is simply getting everyone on the same page. Barriers to communication and collaboration can take a lot of time and effort to mitigate. Enter Oracle Aconex, a secure and flexible construction project management system that provides a level playing field where all project organizations own their data.
Aconex helps teams eliminate barriers to collaboration by connecting all project stakeholders on one system. With an unalterable audit trail that minimizes disputes, Aconex captures a complete project record, cutting down on administrative tasks and leaving more time for the hands-on management that will make your project thrive.
Sundial
Sundial streamlines written meeting requests and responses for fast, personalized and error-free scheduling. Ultimately, Account Executives and Recruiters use it to provide important clients the professional courtesy of written scheduling, while retaining the convenience of a calendar-link.
- Saves Time: Account Executives and Recruiters easily schedule 3-4 meetings a day. With Sundial, they can be saving more than an hour every month from the act of saving 1-minute each time they schedule a meeting.
- Personalized Experience: Sending personalized, written times helps you stand out among the lazier folks out there sending calendar-links.
BrightHR/HR software
Inaccurate time tracking affects an SME’s payroll, employee management processes, shift planning, and so much more. That’s why having the right tools to simplify the process while ensuring time-tracking accuracy is crucial. BrightHR offers Blip time-tracking software to fulfil this purpose and support SMEs in their everyday processes.
With Blip, employees can clock in and out from just their mobile device, employers receive real-time updates of who’s on, off, or on a break, and auto-alerts prompt forgetful staff to track their hours. Geolocation tracking allows you to manage staff from anywhere while downloadable timesheet reports help you keep a compliant payroll. Blip is a free app that all BrightHR customers can access once they are signed up for BrightHR software. Software packages start from just $12 a month.
Keeper Security / Keeper Password Manager
Employees often struggle with forgetting their passwords and having to reset them when attempting to log in to their multitude of online accounts. This is time-consuming and leads to a loss in productivity.
Description of the product Keeper Password Manager is a tool providing the ability to store, protect, share and manage passwords for applications and online services used by a SME. Everything stored in a secure password manager is encrypted at the record level and can only be decrypted by you when you enter your master password. Relevance, significance and which industry the product is trying to disrupt Keeper Password Manager is trying to disrupt the cybersecurity industry, specifically the segment related to password management and authentication.
Traditionally, users rely on simple passwords or reuse passwords across multiple sites, which creates vulnerabilities. Password managers aim to change this by offering tools that generate, store, and automatically fill in strong, unique passwords for each site, reducing the risk of password-related breaches.
Smartsheet
Businesses today require adaptable time management tools to meet the diverse needs of their organisations and employees. That’s why Smartsheet, the enterprise work management platform, provides its customers with a portfolio of tools that give organisations the ability to effectively manage their resources.
Resource Management involves efficiently allocating and utilising resources, ensuring immediate and future needs are met. Smartsheet facilitates this by enabling flexible planning and forecasting of future resource needs. Smartsheet’s workload tracking features help teams better understand who is available, what people are working on and manage workloads.
These features enable companies to achieve better resource alignment and to leverage data to get work done more efficiently. With a single source of truth for resource data and metrics displayed on dashboards, project and executive teams gain the visibility they need to make informed decisions, improving project execution and helping them achieve more.
Thryv
Thryv is a do-it-all small business software that has the tools business owners need to communicate effectively, manage their day-to-day and grow their businesses – all in one place. The platform has helped over 85,000+ small businesses become more productive, efficient and organised, and has proven to help business owners save 20 hours a week 1 by putting office work on autopilot.
Thryv helps small businesses: Never miss a message or customer – with free communication software to help business owners save time and resources while keeping client and team information organised. Manage time and appointments easily – by taking care of booking requests and appointments, quickly create and send invoices, and centralise client information all in one place.
Build and manage online reputation – by allowing businesses to manage information across 40+ local listing sites, stand out in search results, and create a seamless experience for customers to find your small businesses and get in touch. Make it easier for customers to pay – by offering safe online payment options. In just a few clicks, customers can pay using all major credit and debit cards.
Zebra Technologies
Effective time management is crucial for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) aiming to optimize labour costs and enhance productivity. Zebra’s Workcloud Workforce Optimisation Suite presents a robust set of tools designed to streamline scheduling, task execution, and compliance, ensuring that employees are positioned effectively to meet business needs.
Harnessing AI-driven insights, the Workcloud Workforce Optimisation Suite enables dynamic scheduling that can swiftly adapt to last-minute changes and fluctuating customer demand, minimizing downtime and boosting efficiency. The suite simplifies task management by offering clear directives to employees, empowering them to perform their duties confidently and remain engaged.
Moreover, it ensures compliance with labour laws through precise time tracking and attendance management, aiding SMEs in controlling costs while adhering to regulations. The Workcloud Workforce Optimisation Suite is a comprehensive solution that revolutionizes workforce management. By integrating scheduling, forecasting, and task execution, SMEs can cultivate agile operations, driving superior business outcomes and elevating overall productivity.
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