Looking to save time and money? Want to improve staff performance? Here are our 3 top tips to help you optimise workplace productivity.

1. Enhance the workplace environment 

Whether your business is a supermarket, hotel, pharmacy, or optometrist, creating the best possible environment for your staff will make their job easier. Most businesses would love to have the funds to invest in their premises. However, enhancing your workplace doesn’t need to involve costly renovations. 

Optimising your workplace for productivity could be as simple as ensuring the work environment is always clean, organised, and all necessary equipment are stocked and in good working order. An orderly, clean environment with working equipment means your staff can perform their work without delay, they are respectful of their work environment, and the potential for OH&S issues are minimised.

A functional and clean environment will also impress your customers and indicate the quality of their potential purchase experience, which can lead to repeat business and positive word of mouth!

2. Engage your workforce by investing in training and professional development

In busy workplaces, it is easy to relegate training and professional development to the lowest priority. However, everyone benefits if each employee has the opportunity to expand their skill set. 

Investing in training and professional development doesn’t need to be expensive or time-consuming. Consider training options that can be directly reinvested back into your business, such as first aid, fire warden and fire extinguisher training, recycling projects, and ergonomic training. Cross-training employees from different areas of the business can give both the trainer and trainee new skills as well as diversify the workplace’s skill base, ensuring continuity if a staff member is absent. 

Personal development can also aid workplace performance and productivity. A time management course is usually suitable for all employees and can help them personally and professionally. Giving employees a relevant training opportunity after every year of service is a great way to retain staff and set goals for the coming year. Training employees in new equipment, processes or software increases staff commitment, confidence, and productivity.

3. Get your systems working for you

Productivity in the workplace isn’t just about people. Consider automated systems that will boost productivity by saving time, ensuring quality and consistency, and reducing human error.

Automating routine tasks increases staff morale as they have more time to prioritise other tasks. When researching automations, it’s best to consider introducing systems that have connectivity to other automated systems in your business. Check out our guide here on what to look for when automating your systems.

If your business involves retail sales with an automated point of sale (POS) system and accounting software, installing Ezylink will seamlessly link the two. This allows you to export data from over 20 POS systems directly into all the major accounting packages. In a matter of a few clicks, you can upload your daily sales and invoice files into your accounting system rather than having an employee spending endless hours on data entry.

Contact us to find out how Ezylink can save you time and money and boost the productivity of your retail workplace.