{"id":944,"date":"2022-03-04T13:13:18","date_gmt":"2022-03-04T13:13:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.up-project.org\/?p=944"},"modified":"2022-03-04T13:13:18","modified_gmt":"2022-03-04T13:13:18","slug":"how-you-can-streamline-your-business","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.up-project.org\/how-you-can-streamline-your-business\/","title":{"rendered":"How You Can Streamline Your Business\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"sqlin64ba6cf77c112\" ><a href=\"http:\/\/affiliates.milesweb.com\/2325-1-1-18.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img style=\"border:0px\" src=\"https:\/\/affiliates.milesweb.com\/media\/banners\/728x90-MilesWeb.jpg\" width=\"728\" height=\"90\" alt=\"\"><\/a><\/div><style type=\"text\/css\">\r\n@media screen and (min-width: 1201px) {\r\n.sqlin64ba6cf77c112 {\r\ndisplay: block;\r\n}\r\n}\r\n@media screen and (min-width: 993px) and (max-width: 1200px) {\r\n.sqlin64ba6cf77c112 {\r\ndisplay: block;\r\n}\r\n}\r\n@media screen and (min-width: 769px) and (max-width: 992px) {\r\n.sqlin64ba6cf77c112 {\r\ndisplay: block;\r\n}\r\n}\r\n@media screen and (min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 768px) {\r\n.sqlin64ba6cf77c112 {\r\ndisplay: block;\r\n}\r\n}\r\n@media screen and (max-width: 767px) {\r\n.sqlin64ba6cf77c112 {\r\ndisplay: block;\r\n}\r\n}\r\n<\/style>\r\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Ebrima; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">When you are running a business, you want to be sure that you are running it as effectively as possible. When your business is both effective and efficient, it is more likely to be profitable. So, just what can you do to streamline your efforts, and what should you be looking at doing first? The sooner that you can get to grips with streamlining your business then, the more benefits you will find from the whole process.<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Ebrima; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.999999999999998pt; font-family: Ebrima; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">What Is Your Business Currently Doing?<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Ebrima; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">So, to begin with, what is your business doing? How are you going about your business on a daily basis? Are you doing everything in-house? Who are you selling to, why, and how? And how are you handling customers&#8217; orders or sales? The more that you know and understand your business, and its daily operations, then the easier it will be to streamline what you do and what you offer. Looking at your business operations from the position of an outsider will give you a better overall view of what is happening and of course, what can be changed.<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Ebrima; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.999999999999998pt; font-family: Ebrima; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">Look At Daily Processes<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Ebrima; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">What daily processes are taking part in your business, and are they as efficient as they can possibly be. Your business may be carrying out financial transitions, it may be shipping products, and it may be handling HR &#8211; but how well is it doing all of this. <\/span><a style=\"text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.processology.net\/what-is-a-business-process\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Ebrima; color: #1155cc; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: underline; -webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">What daily business processes<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Ebrima; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"> are you doing every day, and how effective are they? If they are taking up a lot of time, or if they cost your business a lot, then you have to look also at sustainability.<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Ebrima; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p><div class=\"vzidt64ba6cf77c277\" ><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\n     style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\"\n     data-ad-layout=\"in-article\"\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1998875270506674\"\n     data-ad-slot=\"5700030306\"><\/ins>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script>\n<\/div><style type=\"text\/css\">\r\n@media screen and (min-width: 1201px) {\r\n.vzidt64ba6cf77c277 {\r\ndisplay: block;\r\n}\r\n}\r\n@media screen and (min-width: 993px) and (max-width: 1200px) {\r\n.vzidt64ba6cf77c277 {\r\ndisplay: block;\r\n}\r\n}\r\n@media screen and (min-width: 769px) and (max-width: 992px) {\r\n.vzidt64ba6cf77c277 {\r\ndisplay: block;\r\n}\r\n}\r\n@media screen and (min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 768px) {\r\n.vzidt64ba6cf77c277 {\r\ndisplay: block;\r\n}\r\n}\r\n@media screen and (max-width: 767px) {\r\n.vzidt64ba6cf77c277 {\r\ndisplay: block;\r\n}\r\n}\r\n<\/style>\r\n\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.999999999999998pt; font-family: Ebrima; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">Focus Your Efforts on Outsourcing\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Ebrima; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">You cannot streamline your business by taking on lots and trying to do everything in-house. When you focus your efforts on outsourcing, you positively shift some of the responsibility you hold to agencies or other businesses. For example, HR is a big area to cover in-house; <\/span><a style=\"text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gnapartners.com\/payroll-administration\/payroll-processing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Ebrima; color: #1155cc; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: underline; -webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">it covers everything from payroll processing<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Ebrima; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"> to hiring and firing, and trying to undertake HR in-house can be costly and ineffective. When it comes to outsourcing, look at what you are doing that is time-consuming. When you are not an expert in an area, trying to do something in relation to the areas of expertise will cost you much more and take you longer than you think.<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Ebrima; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.999999999999998pt; font-family: Ebrima; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">Look at Automation<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Ebrima; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">A lot of the things that you do within your business can be automated. For example, you can automate areas of customer service, and you could do this by having automated email processes, phone processes, or even social media messages. When you focus your attention on automation, you save time, and you save money because you will not need to hire an employee for a certain role or area of responsibility.<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Ebrima; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.999999999999998pt; font-family: Ebrima; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">Focus on Your Employees<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Ebrima; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">When your employees are happy, content, and fulfilled within their roles, you will find that they then perform much better for your business. To ensure that you focus on your employees, you need to be sure that you are listening to them and communicating with them (as efficiently as possible). If you do not look at what your employees need, then you may find that employees lack focus and direction. <\/span><a style=\"text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/hbr.org\/2020\/01\/the-little-things-that-make-employees-feel-appreciated\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Ebrima; color: #1155cc; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: underline; -webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">When employees feel valued<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Ebrima; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">, you will find that they will make a much bigger (and valuable) contribution to your business.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"docs-internal-guid-a89a232f-7fff-23e1-8cf1-5dbe7fc99e86\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When you are running a business, you want to be sure that you are running it as effectively as possible&#8230;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1637,"featured_media":711,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.up-project.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/944"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.up-project.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.up-project.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.up-project.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1637"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.up-project.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=944"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.up-project.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/944\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":945,"href":"https:\/\/www.up-project.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/944\/revisions\/945"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.up-project.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/711"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.up-project.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=944"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.up-project.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=944"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.up-project.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=944"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}