Survive the recession by working smarter

Survive the recession by working smarter
– not harder

There’s a big difference between working hard and working smart; the global recession has raised the burning question; how efficient are we really as a nation?

As the recession lingers, New Zealand’s public and private organisations are continuing to look inwards to streamline business functions. As an example, the Government’s ‘digital continuity action plan’ launched yesterday aims to drive greater efficiencies across the state sector with a focus on frontline service delivery and value for money.

New Zealand-owned information management firm, Techtonics, suggests there’s plenty of scope to improve efficiencies – within both the public and private sectors.

Techtonics’ representatives spoke candidly at an exclusive business breakfast in Wellington this morning (Tuesday 18 August); both on the challenges currently facing New Zealand’s business and public sectors, and on the impact of streamlining efficiencies to the bottom line.

The event was the first of a regular business breakfast series aimed at providing senior managers of public and private sector organisations with access to leading business and information management commentators.

Techtonics Chief Executive Greg Bickerton says organisations of all sizes are seeking to enhance productivity and accessibility of business intelligence by integrating information management further across their business functions.

To support this demand and help others work smarter, Techtonics has remodelled its own service offering with the key focus on providing services and infrastructure to improve systems efficiency and increase productivity.

“Improving the capture, maintenance and accessibility of business information allows organisations to leverage their intelligence to their best advantage while significantly decreasing re-work time,” Mr Bickerton explained.

He said Techtonics’ robust and thoughtful solutions along with its transparent and collaborative operating practice were key strengths that were already proving successful for the business.

“We’re practising what we preach by driving productivity within our own business and it’s already making a huge difference for both ourselves and our clients. The positive output to be gained from the recession is clear: as a country we need to be more productive. We’re embracing this as a business and it’s proving itself already,” Mr Bickerton added.

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