How to Futureproof Your Workforce in 2023

In 2023, companies seek technology and solutions to streamline costs and prepare for a potential recession. Is your business ready for potential change?

Keep reading as we discuss how to futureproof your workforce, reduce inefficiencies and provide better insights for the year ahead.

Integrated data and integrated systems

Cloud-based systems present many advantages for businesses, including providing open API integrations.

You can leverage open API integrations to improve the convenience of daily operations and apply software integrations that automate processes and provide more reliable data. Below are a few examples of the most sought-after integrated systems for 2023.

Access control and time-tracking software

To ensure financial health in your business, you need to implement time-tracking solutions. Time-tracking software holds your employees accountable and allows them to oversee daily productivity. For HR and management, this provides reliable data to assess the ROI the business receives from staffing investments.

Learn more: Don’t Let Time Clock Fraud Go Unchecked: Here’s How to Identify and Prevent It

Contractors and hourly employees need assurance that they are billing their hours correctly. Inaccurate or ‘fluffed’ billing numbers can cause significant losses for your business. Many businesses use open API integrations with a cloud-based access control system to resolve this issue.

By integrating time-tracking software, businesses can see accurate numbers for their contractors' billable hours. Based on their access control events, you can verify whether your hourly employees and contractors are providing correct invoices.

This technology is invaluable to those looking to futureproof their workforce and reduce inefficiencies.

More accessible data and improved insights

You enable integration when you opt for cloud-based office software, security systems and applications. Integrating all technologies and solutions in your business will allow you to make data more accessible. Instead of hosting your valuable company data on several different platforms, you can host it on a single user interface, making all of the information readily accessible in one place. This integration eliminates data silos between departments and allows for better oversight.

For example, if a security team for a shopping center hosted business security cameras and access control information separately, they would have difficulty identifying unauthorized access. If a user entered using stolen credentials, your security team would need to correlate data from different sources using timestamps to resolve the matter.

Visitor management and wellness verification

To take advantage of the open API integrations with access control solutions, you can apply software integrations that expand the function of your security hardware. Visitor management and wellness verification software are the top choices for security integration and can enhance your workforce operations in the following ways:

• Reducing manual tasks: Visitor management software automates the visitor management process. It provides digital visitor registration surveys that visitors must complete to enter the building. The system logs their entry and exit times and prevents re-entry without re-registration. Visitor management can completely automate a significant element of reception duties, allowing you to streamline your staff.
• Improving health and safety: Wellness verification software provides users with symptom surveys to ensure the business doesn’t allow symptomatic individuals to enter, which could cause increased sick days and lost productivity.

Consider implementing these technologies to improve daily operations for your business and automate processes to provide more productivity and efficiency.

Desk booking systems

Since the beginning of the pandemic, businesses have leveraged cloud-based tools to facilitate hybrid and remote work. While many businesses have returned to the office in the last year, some are considering downsizing their office space.

Office space is a significant investment but provides a space for collaboration, communication, and company culture. Some businesses are taking advantage of the benefits of office space while implementing a hybrid work model. Hybrid work models allow businesses to downsize their office space, as employees can visit the office on a self-serve basis.

However, companies are turning to desk booking systems to ensure this scheme does not affect productivity and that each employee has access to desk space in the office. With a desk booking system, your employees can view your office floor plan on a user-friendly interface.

They can view which desks are reserved for each day and book a desk for when they plan to work in the office. The same applies to meeting rooms and spaces. If your business is seeking solutions to help reduce costs, then desk booking systems will allow you to reduce your office space requirements.

Final thoughts

Technology is paving the way toward a more efficient and productive workforce and can even help to improve business insights. To futureproof your workforce in 2023, you should consider the above mentioned technologies. Making information more accessible and providing self-serve automated systems will likely drive productivity and streamline operations.