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here’s nothing like a good spring cleaning to help sharpen your tools and remove the dust and clutter, but one thing we often don’t think about spring cleaning is our computer system and software.
Early spring is the perfect time (before finalizing budgets) to seriously evaluate your software needs and tools and determine what is or isn’t working for your agency. So put down your feather duster, and instead think outside your cubicle of how you can spring clean your processes.
Spring cleaning your software means:
- Assessing your software and storage needs now and for the future
- Setting aside budget for growing software needs
- Sharpening your software tools and evaluating if there are any new add-ons or features you would like to integrate
- Upgrading your version of software
- Upgrading your storage needs
- Identifying tools that will help you do your job better
- Investigating other options for software that better suits your agency
First, every agency should evaluate and assess what their future needs are and if the current software is meeting those needs. Read more >
How many times have you heard the words, “that’s the way we’ve always done it” from a co-worker’s mouth? Most likely, a lot! So when it comes time to make a change—in assigned roles, vendors, software, or processes—it can be difficult! Especially when we’ve grown so accustomed to a certain way of doing things.
I’m a technophobe at heart. If I even have to plug into a USB connection on my computer, my hands shake. Nonetheless, so many of us are surviving, even thriving in the workplace thanks to devices like computers and printers and digital phone lines. Consider how smartphones have changed our lifestyles and eliminated the need for maps and telephone books and such, saving space and time for us.
When it comes to paydays and money availability, there is no such thing as a “typical” utility customer. Some customers receive their entire month’s income all at one time. Some are paid weekly. Others may rely on regular, but random paydays throughout the month. The best a utility can do is time bills consistently so the customer can anticipate, and budget, for their billings. Customers appreciate their services being reliable, and on a reliable billing schedule.
Buying a new computer or device can be a challenge, especially with so many choices to choose from. Should you buy a Mac, PC, or tablet? Each has its own pros and cons, advantages and disadvantages, and things they can or can’t do.
Guest Blog By: Teresa, BMS Sales Manager and former Montana school clerk
Guest Blog by Barbara Thomas, Support Specialist
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