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Over the past 5-10 years, the concept of "working remotely" has continued to entertain the minds of more and more employees. Something about the idea of being able to kick back in the comfort of your own home in your pajamas and get your work done really resonates with people. However, does this always make for a productive and happy employee? Unfortunately, there isn't a clear cut answer and is really dependent on a case by case basis depending on the employee. It takes plen

Streamline the clock in/out process and send invoices instantly with this excellent payroll service. Not every enterprise has integrated a time tracking and payroll system; especially start-ups and small businesses. The perfect solution for you if you find yourself in this scenario is TSheets. TSheets offers a bevy of features for various kinds of time tracking, job logging, expense reporting and payroll information - all hosted on a cloud-based dashboard. Whichever device yo

You have a lot to do each day. Many of us do. Keeping track of it all... not so easy. After plenty of searching for the best task organizer, we find here "Todoist". Perfect for helping you keep life in order. Todoist is an intuitive online and mobile application that can be used as a real-time task manager, helping you prioritize your daily tasks/projects on the go. You can organize each of your tasks by different colors, set 3 priority levels, and share your list with anyone

Data Analytics for all. Keeping consistent with the theme of utilizing KPIs, ReportPlus is an intuitive data visualization dashboard that can help you gain new insights and make smarter decisions faster. This application was built by user experience experts specifically for business users. The software is touch enabled to make it incredibly simple to create unique dashboards in minutes that lays out all of the metrics you need to see. Perfect for sharing data with clients in

A businesses' core competencies should be the the centerpiece of their day-to-day focus. If a company cannot find it's niche and strengths and operate within them, they will not be able to succeed. Aside from core business operations, are growth opportunities. These require a different set of skills and metrics to successfully capture, but all should stem from an awareness of your customer's priorities and pain points. At the beginning of every year, or perhaps quarterly, ent

"The effectiveness of a production effort" | The age old question of how to get more out of the resources you have. This week, we take an in-depth look at the questions you have about productivity improvement and some tips & tech to help your company take its productiveness to the next level. It is a pretty vague question, isn't it? What exactly would it mean to be more productive and how would we measure it? To kick off this article, I'll cite a quick blog from The New York

Personally, remembering passwords is frustrating. According to a study, the average person has roughly 90 online accounts, passwords for each one, 37 emails to reset forgotten passwords in their inbox, and forgets about 15 passwords per years. That is just for the average person's personal accounts; if we want to get into businesses' passwords, that's another ballgame. Most businesses have very complex passwords that are solemnly shared throughout the company to protect socia

*note: on the AppStore & Google Play Store, there is a paid version of iScanner and a free version of the same application called 'Scanner App'. We suggest the free version as it offers the same functionality and features* Ever needed to share a physical document with your co-workers, be it an employee schedule, purchase receipt, or a resume that just came into your office? With Scanner App, these problems are solved with an intuitive new scanning application. This month's ap