As technology advances, how are you leveraging it to address the complex and changing needs of your business? It’s no secret that it’s easier—and “greener”—to do business with less paper, but the true value of going digital goes far beyond just consuming paper and ink. A cloud-based workforce management approach can bring more value to your business than you think.

Old habits die hard, but there’s no denying that paper-based organizations are often seen as backward and outdated. Manual time and attendance processing is inefficient, expensive, and time consuming. Fortunately, the advent of cloud-based computing means that flexible and simplified solutions are now within the reach of most businesses.

Here are some benefits you can get by moving to a paperless labor management system:

1. Compliance and Accuracy – Helps you easily capture time and attendance data for accurate payroll processing and employment law compliance. You can eliminate error-prone manual calculations while maintaining the flexibility to meet the needs of your employees.

2. Workflow Automation – Streamline time-sensitive tasks like leave requests and approvals. Increase efficiency by ensuring staff members are quickly notified when action is needed. Shipping sequences can be scheduled automatically, scheduling and forecasting require fewer resources. Files are easier to access from workstations, making record retention and retrieval easier.

3. Increased self-sufficiency: Employees, managers, and HR staff benefit from paperless transactions. Self-service workflows give employees and managers access to the information they need to make informed decisions, while status inquiries and paper requests become a thing of the past. Employees gain access to scheduling, time balances, and PTO requests, freeing up time for supervisors and HR staff.

4. Integrated Solutions – Gain insight into operations and enable more focused business analysis. Gain scheduling efficiencies based on workforce requirements. Measure actual hours against projections. You also gain insight into workforce productivity trends, enabling intelligent decision-making based on real-time information, taking advantage of rich data collection opportunities.

5. Access to Field Data – Increase productivity and ensure information is up-to-date regardless of workforce location. Cloud-based job management supports you wherever you are and is accessible across all types of devices, providing true responsiveness. Time reports provide critical information on employee payroll, scheduling, and historical trends.

6. Disaster Recovery: In the event of disasters like fire or flood, know that critical documents are accessible and protected.

Finally, if your company believes it is important for the environment to reduce paper consumption and adopt a greener approach, going digital will not only reduce costs and improve productivity, but switching to cloud-based labor management can help. your company to do more with less, leaving a smaller environmental footprint.