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3 Ways to Unify Your Business Operations

By Sabado Domingo

Have you ever had a branch or department of your business that seems to be in its own world? When certain branches of the business aren’t unified, they don’t work well together due to a lack of communication, leading to further errors that can often be costly.

Ensuring your employees and departments are all on the same page and working toward the same major goals will grant your business a level of momentum you won’t get without unification.

With that in mind, here are three ways to unify your business operations and push your business to the next level:

Establish a Company Vision

What does your business stand for? What are your values, goals, the overall vision for the business? This is an incredibly vital component to the success of your business, as those without a vision or any goals tend to fall behind those that have them.

A unified goal or vision can give everyone in your company a central point to rally at. If everyone seems to be doing their own thing, remind them of the company’s vision, of the goals you hope to accomplish as a business entity.

Think of an army in the field; each soldier has their own beliefs and things they hold dear, and yet they all function as a unit under one unifying idea. Your business should be no different. While it will be made up of people from all backgrounds, races, and genders, the company vision is the one thing every employee will have in common.

Crafting a company vision is simple; identity what you want to achieve with the business, and any values such as honesty, integrity, or quality that you want to be associated with your brand.

Use the Same Tools Across the Board

What do you use for bookkeeping? Inventory and point-of-sale (POS) management? Employee management? If you have different tools and software for every aspect of the business’s payment processing and sales processes, you’re probably only serving to further drive a wedge between departments and make synchronicity more difficult.

POS software that tracks your inventory and processes payments can help bridge this gap and eliminate that desynchronizing wedge that your old software created. Modern POS systems perform a variety of tasks, not only limited to processing payments and printing receipts.

Using a POS system will also help integrate your payments, eliminating the need for manual entry of transactions and bridging the gap between bookkeeping and payment processing. This means fewer man-hours spent sifting through receipts and transactions and ensures the accuracy of financial records.

A POS system will also help you track employee performance and time cards, so you won’t have to spend precious time tracking the information down manually. You can access employee sales numbers and set goals within the POS software, as well as check their time punches for punctuality.

Overall, a POS system is perhaps the greatest tool your business can employ to help unify your staff and provide a bridge to eliminate gaps between departments. You can even use your POS system on your website, ensuring that both web-based and in-store operations are unified as well.

Develop Your Management Team

Investing in your management team will not only help your business to run smoother but will also provide them with greater leadership tools which they can use to help unify operations and employees. Every good business starts with good leadership, and a quality leadership team can act as a rallying point when things go haywire.

Extra training, classes, and workshops, or even a degree can all increase your management team’s ability to effectively lead and direct your staff. You can offer such benefits as paid classes and workshops, or even tuition reimbursement for your management team, furthering their leadership abilities and their faith in the company itself.

Never underestimate the power of a driven, educated, and well-trained management team. This is what separates successful businesses from unsuccessful ones. Investing in your management can have long-term benefits that span far beyond simply unifying business operations.

Employees who feel valued at their place of employment are far less likely to seek employment elsewhere, and also more likely to develop a passion for their work. People want to feel as though their efforts matter in the grand scheme of things, and what better way to prove they do than by investing in their skills and education?

Offering training and education to management will help you attract qualified candidates. This is an impressive perk that not all companies offer, so be sure to implement it in your business and start revolutionizing how you manage your business.

Conclusion

Unifying business operations is a multi-faceted task, but is not impossible. By training and developing your management staff, creating a unifying company vision, and using the right tools for the job, you can unify your staff and departments for a more efficient and productive business overall.

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August 9, 2019

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