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multi-project management sys-  that have not yet been integrat-  Furthermore, these systems
          tem that worked in conjunction   ed can be drastically reduced.   lifted  the  burden  of  scanning
          with synchronous mapping of   Workers who were once bound   error-prone Excel sheets that
          relevant supply chains. Rather   up in complicated, or at the   impeded strategic analysis. By
          than wading through disjoint-  very least strenuous processes,   incorporating  manageable  in-
          ed sources of information and   are now to spend their time on   terfaces, Interstuhl optimized
          risking   miscommunication,   strategy and creating value for   time savings for the generation
          this update removed the tedi-  the company in new ways.     of reports by 30 percent.
          um and inaccuracy of manual   For a good model of responding
          input, among other improve-   to outmoded systems with cre-  Improving business
          ments  to  accessibility.  This   ative, automated solutions, we   performance permanently
          example sheds light on how    can look at the success of Inter-  Freedom and flexibility are
          teams can rely on the resource-  stuhl,  a  Germany-based  office   valuable.  When  employees
          fulness of automated solutions   furniture manufacturing com-  are freed up to work more on   Vaulting
          to bring out the best quality in   pany that wanted to smoothly   strategy and value creation, a   over the
          their work and reach the finish   manage the expansion of its   natural outcome is improved   obstacles
          line on time.                 business. The goal was to ad-  long-term  business  perfor-  that stand
                                        dress the need for secure IT   mance. Quality-driven strat-  in the way
                                                                                                     of cre-
          Time-saving strategies for    solutions that integrate well   egies have started expanding   ativity and
          busy planners                 with internal resources and   to include automated methods   efficiency
          Automation can enhance re-    eliminate manual reporting in   for gathering and organizing   allows
          source allocation in many busi-  favor of automated systems.   accurate data. Although you   workers to
          ness functions concerned with   Not  wanting  to  ditch  exist-  can’t make up for lost time, the   exert their
          planning  and  analyzing  data.   ing platforms whose potential   greatest advantage of automat-  skills on
          By condensing project manage-  was not yet being realized, the   ed processes is that once they   new, more
          ment and financial resources   company discovered easy-to-  are established, the benefits are   rewarding
          into simpler interfaces that   learn cooperative systems that   significant right from the start.   challenges
          do the work for you, the time   brought much-needed harmo-  Investing in these areas leads   that can
          and energy spent swapping     ny among the tools they had   to positive outcomes across the   make or
          between  platforms  and  tasks   already been working with.   board, and the market is catch-  break busi-
                                                                                                     ness out-
                                                                                                     comes and
                                                                                                     reputation.
                                                                                                     Zeroing in
                                                                                                     on these
                                                                                                     obstacles is
                                                                                                     not always
                                                                                                     easy but is
                                                                                                     absolutely
                                                                                                     crucial in
                                                                                                     the pursuit
                                                                                                     of success-
                                                                                                     ful process
                                                                                                     implemen-
                                                                                                     tation.










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