Get These Cluttered Areas Of Your Business Reorganised

March 27, 2018

Are there area of your business that are in need of some of desperate reorganising? Having to reorganise things can be time-consuming and other tasks may take priority as a result, however these disorderly elements of your company could be slowing you down in the long run. Here are some organisational tasks that could be worth sparing some time for.
Give everyone set projects and roles
If it’s currently a bit of a free-for-all when it comes to employee roles and tasks, it could be worth reorganising who does what to ensure that tasks are getting done and that wires aren’t getting crossed. When delegating roles, you should consider what each of your employees’ strengths and weaknesses are and delegate accordingly. There’s no use giving someone a task that they’re not good at and dislike when someone else could do it better and may enjoy the task. You can use meetings to delegate tasks and project management software to track and record progress – you can download such software from sites like www.smartsheet.com.
Organise payments to start coming out on the same day
If payments come out on different days and you’re finding it hard to keep track of them, try getting in contact with your creditors and changing monthly payment dates. Such payments could include office rental costs, subscription payments, insurance, debt payments and even employee pay.
Consolidate your suppliers and providers
You could also start to get confused if you’re using too many suppliers or providers. It’s possible you may be able consolidate some of these so that one supplier/provider does the job of many. This could include switching multiple insurance schemes for one general business insurance scheme, or going through one marketing company rather than paying separate companies for SEO, social media marketing and ad design.
Keep legal paperwork together in a safe place
Your legal paperwork is important documentation that you could need in the event of an emergency so make sure that it’s kept secure in an easy-to-find place. Software as available from https://www.symfact.com can store all your contracts in one place rather than having them spread out everywhere. If you need to keep physical records of contracts, make sure that they are stored together in a secure place.
Create folders to organise emails
Email inboxes can become confusing places – there may be unread emails to get through, read emails to act upon later and read emails that you’ve already acted upon. Setting up a folder system can help you to identify which emails need immediate action and which don’t. The Five Folder system is worth reading about and could help you to easily prioritise emails that need a reply.
Integrate all your devices
If you’ve got separate information stored on separate computer hard-drives, local servers, mobile devices and tablets, it’s time to integrate all these devices so that they all share the same information. The easiest way to do this is to start storing everything on the cloud. Your information will then be accessible from any device in any location, preventing you from scrambling between devices and locations.  

Mark Asquith

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