Back to Basics

Good management is a vital ingredient in every firm’s day- to-day running, irrespective of size.

Awareness of minor operational activities is essential to ensure  businesses are managed effectively. Although some of these operational activities are allocated and delegated to employees working in the company, it is not always possible to cover them all, especially when it comes to managing resources, booking rooms, hot desks, parking bays and the list goes on, it is difficult to organise everything correctly and on time.

There are tools and resources to do so but most come with a hefty price tag, and if you are an SME then you would rather spend that money else where, like generating new business!

you dont have to pay upwards of $5000 dollars a year! or $2500- either! if you have less than ten resources or rooms to manage and you want to increase the access and visibility of your assets to others sign up for at-venues.com and see your business efficiency change today.

Research shows that most businesses are 'low tech' when it comes to managing their resources – they use manual approaches or excel spread sheets or Outlook® to manage their physical resources.

Using such approach will not only undermine your business potential, it will create uncertainty in your business leveraging its potentials. This is why using an online resource booking system will allow you to escape all these problems and help you as a business book the desirable resource on time.

So... why an online resource booking system? the answer is short and simple: online means always on, accessible from anywhere and it can be free or economical in the least.

AT-VENUES, is an online scheduling system which contains everything a business will need for managing its resources.  AT-Venues is being used for effective scheduling/management and reporting of meeting rooms, conference rooms, hot desks, car park bays, event halls and equipment. our community of users are utilizing AT-Venues to schedule and manage the most obscure of assets!

The public/social calendar is a big hit with not only business enterprises but educational institutions, health spa's and individuals who book their time out to others!

So what are you waiting for? to take advantage of better scheduling capabilities sign up now on at-venues.com and if you have less than ten resources to schedule.... it is free!

Wake up Call...!!

The economic slowdown has and is serving as a wake-up call to all businesses across all sectors (there is no where to shelter!) the climate is forcing you think about achieving increased productivity, efficiency and reduce costs in order to  come out stronger at the other end of this long tunnel! businesses are having to correct themselves just like the market is doing so.

You’re likely to be thinking about how to reduce waste even further and better manage costs while improving and not compromising on process or operational effectiveness.

The market conditions are forcing businesses of all sizes to correct themselves too and evolve by making use of available technology, to re-evaluate organisational processes and procedures and upgrade them.

Technological improvements that can be implemented quickly, switched on or off, scaled up or down, available on demand and provide a rapid return on investment (ROI) are essential to adopt in to every day operations/processes.

Technology refresh is more essential now, than ever. The number of innovative, flexible and cost effective tools available online are greater than ever before, there is amazing choice... as businesses looking for innovative solutions we have never had it so good!

Today's start ups are tomorrow's partners, resellers, service providers, clients, acquisition targets and lets not forget competition.

And many are already making use of web based services to achieve operational or call it process effectiveness... web applications like Getharvest.com, Huddle.net, Google Wave, Gotomeeting.com, Powwownow.com and many many more are providing everyone from start ups to established players incredible tools to achieve incredible processes efficiencies and visibility into inefficiencies, accountability and the cost of it all. On tap services that scale up and down with your demand and is charged for accordingly.

If you are not already making use of some or as many as possible of these services you ought to be starting very soon...like yesterday.

When it comes to helping businesses run more smoothly, room scheduling does play a major part... face it; most of us do not have the luxury of multiple on site meeting rooms, one and if we're lucky two. Room scheduling software can make a huge difference to the efficiencies you can bring to the scheduling of your meetings, workshops, training sessions etc. Good room scheduling organizes people too not just the rooms.

The list of benefits for room scheduling software can not be endless, it is not the most sexy of web based services is it? unlike Google Wave or Twitter. but making your operations efficient, keeping your business organised and enhancing your services ought to be good enough reasons to get you started on room scheduling software for your business.

It is time to wake up and provide your business with the tools your teams need to be efficient and effective.

When it comes to room scheduling we have found 'simple' is key and combine 'simple' with 'reasonably priced' and we hope you have an unparalleled service on tap and we have a winner!

If you have less than ten rooms to manage you can gain the benefit of improved room scheduling for free... visit www.at-venues.com a flexible, web based room scheduling software that can have you up and running in less than 10 minutes.....

Visit www.at-venues.com to find out more.

An effective scheduling process will add to your bottom line!

Whether you’re charged with improving efficiencies and identifying solutions or responsible for scheduling and tracking room and resources, you’ve got a lot more on your plate than just worrying about scheduling rooms and resources.

Scheduling meeting rooms, breakout areas, equipment, caterers, and other resources does not have to be cumbersome and mind numbing. Yet a lot of companies continue to use tools that only do half the job, and a lot of companies do not even do that and use paper based systems… the dreaded meeting room diary for instance is as popular as ever!

We want to put those days behind us all, facilitate you with a simple effective tool so you can get on with more important things. And we want every business to be able to take advantage of such a tool from the bedroom start-up to the corporations spread across continents.

This is not rocket science and it need not be priced as such either, good resource management tools the way we see it are a basic utility service that needs to be available and affordable to all so that we can all benefit from the efficiencies offered by improved scheduling capabilities.

We want everyone to be efficient; schedule better and save time, money and reduce your carbon foot print and more.

Did I read that right! Reduce our carbon footprint! Yup you read it right and I shall delve into that in a later post.