{"id":1306,"date":"2019-06-13T13:04:52","date_gmt":"2019-06-13T05:04:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sage.com\/en-sg\/blog\/?p=1306"},"modified":"2025-10-17T21:19:11","modified_gmt":"2025-10-17T13:19:11","slug":"tips-to-manage-flexible-working-in-your-business","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sage.com\/en-sg\/blog\/tips-to-manage-flexible-working-in-your-business\/","title":{"rendered":"Tips to manage flexible working in your business"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Offering flexible working provides great benefits to both your business and employees. However it might raise concerns about time management, stock control and efficiency of staff.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thankfully, modern business management software (the next generation of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) solutions<\/a>) are flexible and easy to implement. They allow your employees to connect wherever they are, so your business can embrace the benefits of flexible working and improve efficiency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here are six top tips to help your business embrace flexible working:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1. Seamlessly share data across your business<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Give people across your business access to accurate, timely information.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Business management software brings data together in real-time<\/a>, providing an up to date, single view of your business that\u2019s easy to digest. There\u2019ll be no need to wait around for stats, or let projects slip because someone is out of the office or has taken a holiday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2. Manage and customise your solutions<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

It\u2018s important that your software solution offers the flexibility to support the unique ways your business and employees choose to work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Choose software that makes it easy to scale your software up and down to reflect the individual requirements of your business. This could be used to accommodate seasonal staff or to change your business processes when you need to.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With the right software, IT departments can configure specific workflows and end users can purchase the modules they need and add to them as necessary. Business management software makes this easy to do, removing the need for extensive integration that was a challenge with older ERP systems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

3. Improve decision making by accessing critical data on the move<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Anytime, anywhere access via a web browser allows you and your employees to get the right information at any time \u2013 on the road, at home or in the office. Check your software offers this and can support a range of devices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Modern business management solutions provide reports that pull data in real time, improving the efficiency and accuracy of the decision-making process. Managers are able to quickly see transaction details to identify trends or understand the reason for exceptions, making proactive business decisions easier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

4. Make sure the supply chain doesn\u2019t stop without you<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Your software should be able to manage every element of your supply chain<\/a>, from quotations to price books and delivering goods.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

By linking all your data together, you will get a better understanding of the whole supply chain and be able to access stock and financial data, even when people are away from the office.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

5. Automate, effortlessly<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Save time and avoid disruption by using the automated statements, standing orders and direct debits within your software.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Your software should ensure that it\u2019s simple to:<\/p>\n\n\n\n