You probably don’t think much about the printers and copiers in your office, unless they break down. Those are the times when you might wonder if it’s time to make an upgrade. But then the technician shows up, makes the repairs, and it’s back to business as usual. After all, making an upgrade is much more than your current budget can handle. Or is it?
Most small businesses require their employees to wear many hats, particularly in their first few years of operation. When you only have a few employees, everyone has to do a little more to manage the day-to-day operations. Fortunately today’s copiers and printers now come with many features to help save time and increase productivity!
Today’s office has a few things in common with the office of yesterday: There’s still the expectation of taking care of your clients, and your survival depends on your ability to address their needs more effectively than your competition, more quickly, and at a lower cost. The big difference is that now you have more competition than ever, and you have to find innovative ways to maintain your competitive edge.
Congratulations! Your business continues to enjoy unprecedented growth, and your whole team is fired up about your success. But that pride can also come with a little bit of anxiety, because you know good and well that you have a lot of advance planning ahead of you to be prepared for that growth!
If your business is growing, it’s inevitable you’ll experience growing pains. No matter how modest or meteoric your expansion might be, an office that is bogging down under too much work, combined with too little capacity is destined for trouble.