4 ways to use technology to cut business costs
July 19th, 2008 | by Adam LuckingMany cost conscious businesses are cutting their costs by thousands of pounds per year. How are they doing this? They are extremely focused on using new technology that helps cut costs on everything from telephone calls to basic utility bills. Some of the technologies are designed to reduce energy usage across the world from businesses.
So what are these new technologies? Choregus has put together a list for you to use as a reference.
1. Smart Metering
Businesses can now get Automatic Meter Reading equipment installed to their existing meters. This helps in the measurement of energy consumption on an hourly basis helping businesses to monitor their usage so they can take steps to reduce consumption. Advantages of this include more accurate billing.
2. Voice Over Internet Protocol (VOIP)
Using VOIP to make calls can reduce call costs enormously as calls to other VOIP users are free, whilst other types of call are priced competitively. Businesses can also setup VOIP to broaden their corporate identity. Staff working from other geographic locations can operate from direct lines with the same dialing code as the head office.
3. Web Conferencing
This is fantastic as a product. People can attend meetings without leaving their own desk. For the environmentally friendly company it is a brilliant way to hold meetings and extremely cost effective.
4. Virtual Switchboards
Using switchboard staff and even investing in switchboard technology costs an immense amount of money. A virtual switchboard can be used via the PC. This others flexibility and provides the usual functionality as traditional methods.
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