Cutting costs a must for SMEs

Simplifying business operations increase productivity, reduces costs and heightens efficiency.

This allows entrepreneurs to free up and manage their time better, so they can pursue their hobbies and other passions.

Here are some ways to simplify business operations as recommended by the Globe Business group:

1. Monitor your business anytime, anywhere.

Any business that needs to secure its premises—hotels, restaurants, bars or resorts; factories; warehouses; retail outlets; government/law enforcement agencies; financial institutions from banks to lending businesses; moneychangers or pawnshops, etc.; hospitals and clinics; and schools will reap tremendous benefits from knowing what’s going on within the place of operations.

2. Stay connected.

The Internet plays a crucial role in businesses development as it helps companies increase their visibility as well as make their production and promotion more efficient at lower costs.

3. Access your secured network anytime.

Two Globe Business products, Virtual Private Network (VPN) Express and the Multi Protocol Label Switch (MPLS) allow business owners (or authorized personnel) to remotely access business data and connect a company’s branches and company sites.

VPN lets one read company e-mail, upload and download files, check reports and do other business tasks—even outside the office. This business solution ensures private, secure communication between two or more multisite companies. It provides real-time connectivity and access to a company’s secured network. Business owners may access business data and assist colleagues, all in real time live from home or anywhere with Internet access.

VPN Express provides highly secured and efficient networking. It is useful to financing institutions; government agencies—practically any business where the head office needs to connect with company sites.

MPLS allows interconnection of systems and applications among business branches within a scalable and reliable network.

It’s most useful to franchise food or retail outlets; and any business whose branches need to coordinate with one another to ensure quality service to customers.

A sporting goods chain, for example, may network its branches so customers are able to find a particular athletic, exercise or gym product that may be available in some branches but are out of stock in others.

4. Manage your phone call expenses.

There are a number of available postpaid plans that allow businesses to choose the mobile services that best address their needs.

With the packaged unlimited talk and/or texting features, subscribers can save as much as 70 percent per month on their mobile phone bills.

5. Make text messaging easier and cost-efficient.

If your business involves high-volume text campaigns, Globe’s TxtConnect can help you send SMS blasts to your employees and customers in just one send. This service is web-based so it is easier to send SMS than regular text messaging or phone calls.

6. Secure your business data.

Organizing and securing your business’ vital data and ICT resources is now possible through data storage services.

Any business that relies on and processes huge amounts of data—especially confidential information—like financial institutions, government agencies, hospitals, schools, hotels, resorts, restaurant chains and the like will surely benefit from this service.

Losing data in this day and age, whether due to a computer virus, deliberate hacking, spying or data theft; or computer hardware/system failure is disastrous for business.

7. Install a trunk line that needs no operator.

Services such as Globe Business’ Integrated Services Digital Network -Primary Rate Interface (ISDN PRI) provide fast, accurate data transmission over existing copper telephone wiring.

This service is ideal for businesses that need constant communication between personnel in various departments and their customers, including hotels, hospitals, insurance companies; shipping offices; government agencies; financial institutions; call centers; mass media offices; franchised retail or food outlets and the like.