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You can’t cast an eye on the future without a quick glance over the shoulder at the past. A decade ago, we didn’t have Facebook. A decade before that, the World Wide Web laid a barren land awaiting a catalyst. Anticipating what holds for us in the decade to come is as good a guess as anyone’s, but the changes, for better or worse, look to be coming in thick and fast.
We have smartphones, Uber, softwares and robots replacing humans in a workforce; all implications of a future that is to come, and not quite one that is already here. The readiness and ambiguity we face with steadfast changes to our future runs the risk of businesses being left behind, and but there are also newer ways to stay ahead in our ever-changing climate.
Not only should we acknowledge the need for change from traditional methods to more digitized ones, we should permit flexibility while managing information security in a workplace – getting ready for the future could prove to be quite the handful. Being aware of these concerns, however, will help minimize the risk of these businesses keeping up with the times. Canon enters the fray with several solutions to minimize the risk of businesses sinking beneath the waves of digitization.
Sophisticated technology to better manage businesses is increasingly becoming both costly and necessary. Customized programs that analyze to meet specific business needs have become more ubiquitous, and Canon’s Managed Document Services (MDS) proves a stellar example. The MDS determines the specific solutions needed for a business to run efficiently, and these solutions are routinely inspected with after-sales services to ensure the transitions are expertly engineered for a smoother run-in.
It’s not all bad with change and technological innovations; telecommute has become possible and increasingly common. With work possible from virtual offices, and business communication with individuals across the globe possible with a press of a button, work schedule flexibility has taken new shape. Mobile printing is a viable enhancement, allowing users to submit confidential jobs from any mobile devices which are held centrally on a print server. Recognizing the potential in this field, Canon has adapted accordingly with our very own Mobile Printing App, where jobs can be viewed and released directly from their mobile devices for printing.
Remote reporting relationships have emerged as a vital factor of improved technology because several duties and responsibilities are now accomplished on the move. Team members and managers living and working in different locations is becoming more common, whilst still firmly in hold of a business’ integrity and increasing collaboration.
Technological advances will have us second guessing the privacy and security concerns that come with technical change, and therein lies a pivotal role for human resource managers handling essential administrative and finance matters and documents. Electronic storage and organization of information may be omnipresent, but Canon’s Therefore solution does that, and even more for security. Administrators can customize access permissions for each individual user, and with a digital signature applied to every document, file tracking becomes way more convenient.
Employee training with tutorials, guidance on securing data and preventing breaches will be prerequisite and critical in ensuring maximum security and keeping business information secure. Canon is proud that our after-sales services and communication with technology vendors to keep up-to-date with technical aspects of workplace changes is key in facing the challenge of securely managing information.
With some light shed on the upcoming economic landscape, business leaders and owners can better hone their foresight towards the long-term planning and running of their respective establishments.
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