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In order for a project to be successful, employees must work together. This sounds simple enough until you consider that some companies employee people from all over the world and sometimes these people must work together to design presentations, documents, and complete projects. For some companies in which employees are spread out, convenient, easy to use communication methods must be used. Therefore, business collaboration is necessary for these people. Business collaboration allows employees that are separated by just a few miles or a few thousand miles the opportunity to work closely together just as employees in the same office would.

1. Local Companies

2. Enhances Employee Productivity

3. Time is Money

4. Solve Problems Faster

5. Featured Local Company

1. Local Companies

Linktivity Division of Inter-Tel
520-670-7100
3760 N Commerce Dr
Tucson, AZ

ParcelPort
480.333.5890
5402 W Roosevelt
Phoenix, AZ

Innovative Thinking Conference
(480) 443-7431
7702 E Doubletree Ranch Rd Ste 200
Scottsdale, AZ

Nsa-Arizona
(480) 968-7443
Tempe, AZ

Family Matters
(480) 948-2545
13402 N Scottsdale Rd
Scottsdale, AZ

Wellquest Seminars
(602) 997-1555
Phoenix, AZ

Fausel James A
(480) 949-8472
8338 E Buena Terra Way
Scottsdale, AZ

Davison-Crews Associates
(480) 595-2200
Cave Creek, AZ

Acacia Systems
(623) 937-5115
5335 W Luke Ave
Glendale, AZ

Latz Negotiation Institute (Lni)
(480) 951-3222
6242 E Shangri La Rd
Scottsdale, AZ

2. Enhances Employee Productivity

There are many things that can interfere with an employee’s productivity and one of the biggest challenges to an employee is when a colleague is miles away. This can lead to lengthy trips or phone calls in order to properly prepare a presentation or important documents. Business collaboration allows this group of people to work together as if they were in the same building. Employees can accomplish this through live online discussions and through collaboration software that allows secure document sharing and alerts the team to when changes are made to a document. Beyond helping employees bridge the mileage gap, business collaboration can also assist a business in bridging a mileage gap between them and the customer. This means that thanks in part to the document sharing features of collaboration software, a business can allow customers to view the documents. This can be done when a document or other project is finished or as an on-going activity so that the customer can see progress. Also, customers can join in on the business chats to ensure that their needs are being met.

3. Time is Money

As the old saying goes, time is money was never truer than when one investigates business collaboration. When an employee is working on a project there comes a time when no one can move forward until they hear from someone else. These communication delays can be costly because more time spent on a project means more expense for not only the company but also for the customer. In one study, it was found that business collaboration saved employees an average of 32 minutes a day because they were reached on the first try. Business collaboration can help ease or nearly eliminate these costly communication delays through the use of real time business chats, document sharing, and shared calendars that allow employees to make announcements and contact lists. Furthermore, communication delays can also cause major inaccuracies in a project or presentation since these delays can allow for people to be on “different pages”. Inaccuracies can lead to the need to re-do all or a portion of
a project or to a client leaving a business. These real-time information processes can enable a business to finish a project faster and more accurately than without business collaboration. As anyone knows, the faster and more accurately a project is completed then the more projects a company can take on and the more accurate a finished project is, the less time is spent re-doing it. So in the end, the amount saved in time will equate to more profits for a business.

4. Solve Problems Faster

Business software collaboration products take a business beyond just file sharing and emails. Studies have shown that the use of electronic means for collaboration efforts generates a greater number of quality ideas and leads to quicker problem solving. This is due to the ability of business collaboration software products to link multiple tools together to be shared amongst a group. Group sharing of these tools allow for better organization such as calendar/meeting scheduling and more immediate decision-making. Furthermore, the group sharing of ideas allows employees to have open, real-time discussions that end with a higher chance of ideas being put into motion. Once ideas have been formulated and put into motion, employees who use alternate methods of business collaboration would have to spend time thinking about where a file is, who made changes to the file, and when the changes were made. Collaboration software keeps track of what changes are made, when they were made and who made them. This allows employees to answer their questions quickly thusly allowing them to move onto the next phase for completion of the project.

5. Featured Local Company

Linktivity Division of Inter-Tel

520-670-7100
3760 N Commerce Dr
Tucson, AZ
http://www.linktivity.com

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Business Collaboration Arizona

1. Local Companies

2. Enhances Employee Productivity

3. Time is Money

4. Solve Problems Faster

5. Featured Local Company