Reasons All Startups Should Embrace Automation

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Reasons All Startups Should Embrace Automation

Like many business professionals, you’re probably wishing you could get more done in less time. Does your business spend more time than you’d like on manual work and repetitive tasks? It might be time to question whether or not automation is right for your business.

What automation can do for your business

In 2018, it is more important than ever to stay competitive. Failure to keep up can lead to missed opportunities for growth. To keep up with new opportunities and new growth, automation is key. While automation can eliminate time-sucking repetitive tasks, automation will never result in complete elimination of work. Automation will not replace humans and will save firms time, and money.

Start thinking about what you’d like your business to accomplish this year. Are there tasks you just hate doing? Things that take up too much of your time? Think about the things taking up your time, and how they affect where you’d like your business to go. These are the tasks you should automate immediately.

Think about other tasks that you can’t do yourself. Automating them frees up time to focus on the things the business does well, opening up new growth opportunities for the company.

How to start automating

Start with your easiest processes first. Moving product through a warehouse, for example, does not have to be a manual process. Move product more quickly down the line with a gravity conveyor. Employees are still needed to ensure the conveyor is working properly. Use their talents in other areas that best suit them, and the business.

Figure out which processes to automate and then research how to automate them. Encourage staff to embrace automation, then teach them how. The goal is to automate, but that does not mean you do it all at once.

Adopt a gradual plan and automate slowly, but well. Stay competitive in an ever-changing market. Start moving your business forward towards automation.

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Samantha Acuna is a writer based in San Francisco, CA. Her work has been featured in The Huffington Post, Entrepreneur.com, and Yahoo Small Business.