If you were to think about the technology your using in your business right now, chances are there are two key factors why you have the IT setup you do:
Firstly, budget. How much investment has been made into IT systems over the years determines the standard and quality of devices, servers and applications you have available to users.
Secondly, the culture of your business. What your users are used to and are comfortable with can be more important than you think and may actually be a barrier to improving. If you feel your users would reject a new way of working or would take too long to train on new systems, it can be easier to just buy more of the same kit. In this situation you’re effectively standing still.
TAKE A LOOK OUT THE WINDOW
- Is it enough?
- Is it too much – are you overspending in the wrong areas?
- Are your rivals using technology better; enabling them to work more productively than you?
THE BENEFITS OF BENCHMARKING IT
A good benchmarking process will bring you many benefits including:
- You can understand your performance compared to competitors in your industry
- You can hold people to be more responsible for performance – as you’ll know what good performance looks like you know what to demand from your own teams
- It allows you to identify performance gaps and areas for improvement – this can also be used to see where your budgets need to be spent
- It creates a culture within your business of continuous improvement
HOW ABOUT SOME FREE BENCHMARKING TO GET YOU STARTED?
It can be a long and expensive process to implement a comprehensive benchmarking system. So you might be wondering, where do you start with your IT benchmarking? Well we can give you a helping hand along the way (we’re nice like that!). We’ve recently launched our Modern Workplace Survey which aims to find out the desires of today’s workforce, in order to help companies provide users with the right technology needed to keep them happy and productive.
By completing the survey you’ll be eligible to receive a free benchmark report which will let you see how your organisation’s technology fairs against others in your sector.
It only takes a few minutes to complete and you’ll then be on your way to seeing how your IT setup stacks up against your competition.
