Companies have a habit of becoming complacent with their current job management process.

You’ll probably have seen an image that’s regularly shared around on social media. It’s of a cartoon dog sat in a burning room and saying: ‘This is fine’.

It’s a popular meme that’s used to highlight any situation in which somebody is trying to blot out a dangerous situation that’s occurring around them.

And the ‘this if fine’ mindset is something that’s easy to fall into when you’re running a business. It’s when you know that serious changes need to be made but, well…you’re just too busy.

So you bury yourself in the day-to-day and put any of those big scary tasks on a to-do list that never gets done. And, just like the cartoon dog, the longer you leave things, the worse it’s liable to get.

Why should companies switch to job management software?

1. It's becoming the new normal
2. Gives a competitive edge
3. Enforces a safe process

It's becoming the new normal

Thanks to the growing and disruptive influence of digital technology, managing change is something that most companies now have to face up to: not only in business, but in all areas of life where we’re seeing how paper-based ways of doing things are being replaced by smarter and faster digital alternatives.

See some real examples of how paper is being replaced.

For businesses with a mobile workforce, digital has created new ways to manage workers that are significantly faster and more efficient than the paper-based methods we’ve traditionally relied on.

And if your business isn’t adapting to these changes, you could find yourself in a ‘this is fine’ situation. Because you can try to ignore what’s happening but this won’t go away.

Gives a competitive edge

The organisations who have already made the switch to digital are giving themselves the kind of competitive advantage that no amount of graft or goodwill can overcome.

This is a particular problem for companies who provide mobile services because every minute counts as you try to hit deadlines and meet the expectations of your customers and clients.

It's what can make the prospect of moving to a digital system seem so daunting. It’s the fear of the potential mess and disruption that a changeover process could cause.

It can feel like it’s adding to your problems rather than solving them, so you put it off. But like most scary changes, this fear is far, far worse than the reality.

Enforces a safe process

With paper based systems, it's easy to take a 'set it and forget it' approach to the job information your mobile workers record. That's until an incident occurs and it's up to the office to prove that the mobile worker did all their health and safety checks.

You look back at the job sheets and see that the checks weren't filled in properly, if at all. Or if they are, you have little to no proof that they were completed in the first place.

Hundreds of companies using job management software can enforce a process for mobile workers to follow.

This means that they can't skip or do it later. The tasks have to be completed and managers can even enforce photos to review.

When it comes to safety, 'too busy' is not an excuse.